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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today filed an amicus brief with the Virginia Court of Appeals contending that our constitutional right to privacy is violated when police surreptitiously place GPS devices on cars without first obtaining a warrant. “If the police are allowed to attach a GPS device to anyone’s car and remotely…
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The Waynesboro Police Department is asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Augusta County female. Anthony Duane Martin, 24, is wanted on five felony warrants in relation to the Sept. 18 incident in a northeast Waynesboro residence. Police do not have a…
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State Police investigate link to ’05 Fairfax case Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Investigators are pursuing a forensic connection between the disappearance and death of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and an unsolved 2005 abduction and sexual assault in Fairfax. Forensic evidence recovered during the course of the Harrington investigation has confirmed the link…
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Dec. 7 allegations of sexual assault sent police on search, city into panic Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro Police have arrested a city woman on charges of knowingly filing a false police report on Dec. 7 alleging that she had been the victim of a sexual assault. Wendy Michele Earney, 36, reported to police…
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With Ohio becoming the first state to come into substantial compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) that is part of the Adam Walsh Act, the Justice Policy Institute, a national organization focusing on juvenile and criminal justice issues, warned that compliance with the Act will provide little in the way of…
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State money going to support programs to improve criminal-justice services across the Commonwealth will be flowing to a few worthy programs in the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. The Collins Center and First Step Inc. in Harrisonburg will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, more popularly referred to as the…
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Take Back the Night, an annual student-directed rally uniting men and women against sexual violence, will be held Monday through Thursday, Jan. 19-22, at Eastern Mennonite University.
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Story by Jim Bishop For those who’ve asked, “What Would Lloyd Do?”, some possible answers to this not-so-rhetorical question are provided in a new play with music written by and starring Ted Swartz and Trent Wagler, that will premiere at Eastern Mennonite University’s fall homecoming and parents weekend. In the two-act, 90-minute play, a struggling…
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Brock J. Johnson, 47, of Waynesboro, was arrested early Thursday morning, after police almost botched an investigation into an earlier incident in which a female victim had been assaulted.
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It’s been 20 years since Donald Trump bragged that, as a star, he could do anything — even assault women — and get away with it.
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