On August 29, 2012, about one week before school starts, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office will treat 25 homeless kids to a shopping spree for clothing and school supplies. For 19 years, the Shop with the Sheriff program has partnered with Target to help needy children get ready for the upcoming school year. The children…
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Virginia – A new synthetic drug, commonly called bath salts, hit America’s streets a couple of years ago, but it went unnoticed until police began reporting cases of addicts with bizarre behavior. Then, last month, authorities in Miami, Florida accused a man of eating another man’s face. It’s calm now. But it hasn’t…
We lost Dave on 30 May 2010 in a tragic accident as he returned home from the nation’s capitol just having participated in “Rolling Thunder”. Dave was a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a grandfather, a soldier, a law enforcement officer, a boy scout troop leader, a teacher and a man strong in…
CERTIFICATE of RECOGNITION By virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution in the Governor ofthe Commonwealth of Virginia, there is hereby officially recognized: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ MEMORIAL WEEK WHEREAS, the safety and well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia are of the utmost importance to the prosperity and livelihood of Virginia’s families…
Alexandria, VA – For nearly four decades, the Neighborhood Watch Program (housed within the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)) has worked to unite law enforcement agencies, private organizations, and individual citizens in a nation-wide effort to reduce crime and improve local communities. The purpose of the Neighborhood Watch Program is to enable citizens to act as…
Funeral arrangements are as follows: Visitation: Thursday, April 5, 2012 Nelsen Funeral Home 4650 S. Laburnum Ave. Richmond, VA 23231 Hours: 4:00pm to 8:00pm Funeral: Friday, April 6, 2012 1:00pm Samaria Baptist Church 8130 Lott Cary Road Providence Forge, VA 23140 No interment Directions: To Samaria Baptist Church: From I-64, take exit 211 (Talleysville/Roxbury Route…
A Charles City County deputy, responding to a traffic stop made by another deputy, was killed in a single-vehicle accident early Saturday morning on Route 5. Deputy Michael C. Walizer, 36, of Charles City, died at the scene of a 2 a.m. accident, approximately one mile west of Route 155. According to a statement from…
A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED IN EXCESS OF $70,000 FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF DAVID METZLER AND HEIDI CHILDS ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 26, 2009 The Joint Montgomery County, Federal and State Task Force would like to announce information that has developed…
Dear Editor, As a member of the Virginia law enforcement community, I read Carten Cordell’s recent article, “New VA Law Helps Criminalize ‘Sniffles’ And Invades Privacy” with great interest. The article paints an ominous—albeit inaccurate— picture of the anti-meth legislation recently passed by the Virginia General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Bob McDonnell. …
Sheriff Steve Dempsey of King George is pleased to announce that his office has entered into agreement with TRIAD to work toward meeting the needs of senior citizens who are affected by crime and the fear of crime. On February 21, 2012, Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli was the keynote speaker offering his support to Det./Sgt.…
Jesse Bowcock quietly nodded that he remembers his years as a child. He grew up in Corbin, Kentucky just down the road from Colonel Sanders. Yes, that colonel, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, now re-branded as KFC. Sanders would run the kids off from his kitchen when they came following the deliciously familiar aroma. …
The Project Lifesaver program celebrated its two year anniversary in Loudoun County, Virginia in February 2012. The program, administered by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, is an electronic based tracking system for people with medical conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Autism, or other conditions, that have a tendency to wander from home and become lost. The…