Gene Washington appears for last motions hearing of the year
The man charged with brutally beating a mother and daughter to death before setting their Rugby Avenue home on fire one year ago appeared in Charlottesville Circuit Court December 7 […]
SWAT PTSD: Albemarle police sued for false imprisonment
How many cops does it take to check on a man when his employer is concerned that he hasn’t shown up for work? At least a dozen, by Benjamin Marshall […]
Dog fights: Fluvanna SPCA sued for aggressive dog incident
Following a string of less-than-perfect adoption incidents, a family has filed a lawsuit against the Fluvanna SPCA alleging gross negligence after a dog bit their 5-year-old child’s face, just days […]
Nelson sheriff candidate indicted for election fraud
William Everette “Billy” Mays, the Nelson sheriff’s office investigator who led the Alexis Murphy missing teen case, was indicted on two counts of election fraud November 24. Mays ran for […]
Unsettled: Syrian refugees and the politics of fear
You know, it takes a special kind of politician to unite elected officials from all points of the political spectrum. When was the last time you can remember a lone […]
John Wayne Jordan escapes by Gator—briefly
John Wayne Jordan, 50, a trustee at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail, disappeared on a John Deere Gator and was on the lam for about 11 minutes from the time […]
Unwelcoming cities: Chasm grows in our nation’s reaction to refugees
In the week since terrorists waged the largest attack in Paris since World War II, sympathy to the French has been pretty much universal. To Syrians fleeing slaughter in their […]
ABC officials file motion to dismiss Martese Johnson’s lawsuit
Three ABC agents and its director filed a motion in U.S. District Court November 16 to dismiss all seven claims in UVA student Martese Johnson’s $3 million lawsuit stemming from […]
‘Almost instantaneous’: Realtor’s DUI manslaughter charges go to grand jury
High-end real estate agent Andrew Middleditch’s charges for driving under the influence for the second time and for involuntary manslaughter stemming from a Memorial Day crash that killed 78-year-old […]
Toscano resigns, reconsiders House minority leader position
Delegate David Toscano made two surprise announcements within two days. On November 12, he sent an e-mail to the Democratic caucus in the House of Delegates saying he was stepping […]