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Man charged for Rescue Mission ambulance theft gets 30 days in jail

Antonio Michael Louis Hill, 34, spent at least 30 days in jail after his arrest. Judge David Carson gave him credit for that time but suspended his driver's license for six months.

Woman testifies about fight that led to Roanoke County murder charge

Judge Jacqueline Talevi said Shane Stager can remain out of jailon the conditions of the $55,000 bond he was granted last month.

Search warrant leads to p*rnography charges in Blacksburg

Blacksburg police charged a person with four counts possession of child p*rnography and four counts of possession of p*rnography involving sexual contact with an animal.

Roanoke police identify officers who shot and killed ax-wielding man

Sergeant M. Mulligan, with 12 years of service, and Officer J. Coles, with five years of service, were involved in the shooting that killed a man Saturday.

Blacksburg man charged in Huckleberry Trail assaults granted bond

Judge Robert Turk ordered the man, who has a schizophrenic disorder, to report to pretrial services every weekday morning and take his pill in front of someone.

Roanoke man charged with midnight stabbing granted bond

Gregory Alan Jackson, 31, of Roanoke is charged with aggravated malicious wounding in connection with the April 14 incident.

Roanoke woman convicted in Jan. 6 riots at U.S. Capitol

Casey Tryon-Castro will be sentenced later, following a 10-day trial in Washington, D.C.'s, federal court that concluded Monday.

Settlement reached in lawsuit filed by tenant of former Del. Marie March

    The lawsuit claimed that March harassed and discriminated against a disabled woman living in a Christiansburg apartment Mach owned.

    State police identify man shot and killed by Roanoke police

      Travis Tauren Martin, 41, of Roanoke, was pronounced dead at the scene of an officer-involved shooting Saturday.

      New judge to hear challenge of Virginia's withdrawal from clean-air initiative

        A Floyd-based conservation group is claiming that Virginia illegally withdrew from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

        Roanoke woman convicted of murder has plea deal reversal denied

          "I feel like I was tricked into signing the deal," Charlotte Saunders wrote in a March 22 letter to Judge David Carson.

          Roanoke police report early Friday shooting

            A man was found shot on Tazewell Avenue Southeast.

            Ciaffone and Thompson sworn in as judges

              Ciaffone will assume a Circuit Court vacancy on the 23rd Circuit and Thompson will fill Ciaffone's vacated Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court position on the bench.

              Man charged with death of infant in Craig County

              The suspect is originally from Louisiana.

              Juvenile arrested in fatal Ferncliff Avenue shooting

              The male teen, who remains unidentified by Roanoke police, is charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

              Teen killed in Roanoke's second unjustified fatal shooting of 2024

              The gunfire incident is the second to kill a teen in the city this year, although police have determined that the first was justifiable.

              Crash report reveals details of fatal Roanoke police pursuit

              The crash report associated with the incident makes no indication that the Roanoke police officer's vehicle ever made physical contact with the decedent's.

              Woman pleads guilty to arson of southeast Roanoke house

              A resident was critically injured in the fire, which destroyed his home, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

              Rocky Mount man indicted on 25 child p*rnography charges

              Luther Henry Wager, 27, was also indicted Monday on two counts of sexual abuse of an animal, according to a news release.

              West Virginia man shot by police Tuesday in Montgomery County

              Jason Lee McDuffy, 44, of Beckley, died at the scene, according to a state police news release Wednesday.

              Roanoke man indicted for November shooting

              Tedin Nire Sanders has a criminal record in Roanoke that dates from July 2023 and includes unresolved wounding, shooting, firearm and robbery charges.

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              Police chase ends with shots fired in Montgomery County

              Christiansburg police reported the shots fired incident but did not indicate whether any officers or other individuals were struck by the gunfire.

              Roanoke police report Williamson Road shooting

              Several were injured in what Roanoke police say was a shooting on Williamson Road early Sunday morning.

              Floyd, Christiansburg students face mob charges

              Escalating violence involving teenagers, driven by social media and in some cases their parents, at the picnic area of Floyd’s United Methodist Church on May 8 and 9.

              UVa reaches $9M settlement with families of 2022 shooting victims

              "The settlements approved today is just one small step on this terrible road that these families are on," Elliott Buckner, lawyer for Perry's family, told the press.

              Roanoke man sentenced to 24 years for shooting stepfather

              The fatal January 2023 shooting was the third reported in Roanoke that year.

              Convictions of Blacksburg surgeon reversed by appellate court

              A federal jury convicted Frank Craig Purpera in 2020 of controlled substances violations.

              Man hospitalized with gunshot wound after northwest Roanoke crash

              The gunfire incident is the eighth to injure but not kill at least one person in the city since Jan. 1, excluding an officer-involved shooting.

              Salem names interim police chief

              Deputy Chief Derek Weeks, 49, has been with the department for 23 years, the city said Wednesday.

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