
Days Inn shooting suspect charged
Charlottesville Police have charged 23-year-old Xavier Grant Murphy with second-degree murder of 21-year-old Tatiana Wells, the shooting victim at the Days Inn Hotel on Friday evening.

Charlottesville Police have charged 23-year-old Xavier Grant Murphy with second-degree murder of 21-year-old Tatiana Wells, the shooting victim at the Days Inn Hotel on Friday evening.

The Commonwealth will graduate its 128th generation of Virginia State Troopers at a ceremony on Friday.

On March 14 of this year, students across the US left class for 17 minutes – one minute for every person killed in the Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School massacre.

Over the past week or so, the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office has responded to a number of larcenies from vehicles, homes and outbuildings in the Crimora, New Hope and Waynesboro areas.

We have had school shootings one after another; recently it was in Texas and Indiana. The common question I get asked is how to resolve this issue.

Virginia’s official and only comprehensive report on local and statewide crime figures for 2017 is now available to the public on the Virginia State Police website.

The newest edition of a biweekly report from Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence spotlights Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin’s veto of a bill that would have allowed individuals to carry loaded firearms without a permit, training, or a background check.

The 127th generation of Virginia State Troopers was welcomed into the ranks Friday, with 52 new troopers presented their diplomas during commencement exercises at the State Police Training Academy in North Chesterfield County.

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office will now be accepting applications for those interested in joining our team as reserve sheriff’s deputies.

The General Assembly convened a special session on April 11 to resolve the budget impasse. In the meantime, on April 18, we held the annual reconvened, or veto, session to consider the Governor’s amendments to and vetoes of bills. More on that later.
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