The 16-year-old who pleaded guilty in an Albemarle County court Wednesday to participation in the string of shootings on and near Interstate 64 in March is now facing charges in Waynesboro as well, police said.

A Lyndhurst man’s lawsuit against the Augusta County Sheriff’s Deputy who shot him while serving a search warrant three years ago appears sufficiently well founded to proceed to trial, a judge said Friday.

Lawyers for an Augusta County Sheriff’s Department deputy are expected to ask a judge today to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Lyndhurst man the deputy shot while serving a search warrant three years ago.

The 16-year-old juvenile who plead guilty in an Albemarle County court Wednesday to participation in the string of shootings on and near I-64 in March is now facing charges in Waynesboro as well, police said.

The Waynesboro man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend in the head Wednesday morning before leading police on a brief car chase is facing four new charges in the incident, police say.

An intoxicated man led authorities on a two-mile car chase Wednesday morning after shooting an ex-girlfriend in the head at her Waynesboro apartment, police said.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — The juvenile charged with the Interstate 64 shootings pleaded guilty to five counts and acknowledged a role in all 15 charges against him in court Wednesday.

An intoxicated man led police on a two-mile chase this morning after shooting ex-girlfriend in the head at her Waynesboro apartment, police say.

Police responded to Quadrangle Apartments on 4th Street shortly after receiving a 9:25 a.m. call from the victim, who was covered in blood when authorities arrived on the scene, said Sgt. Brian Edwards of the Waynesboro Police Department.

As voters on Tuesday streamed into the polling site in the lower level of the Waynesboro Public Library, police descended on the building in response to a report that a violent fugitive might be upstairs.

The Cracker Barrel restaurant in Waynesboro went dark Monday night after a Florida man crashed a rental car into the building’s electrical transformer shortly before closing time.

Police descended on the Waynesboro public library this morning minutes after receiving an email sent from that location by an individual claiming to be Chad Shores, a violent Oregon fugitive authorities suspect might be in the area.

Two separate trial dates have been set for a 25-year-old man charged with a double shooting in Staunton last Halloween.

A violent fugitive featured on the television show “America’s Most Wanted” might be loose in the area, police said Friday.

One of “America’s Most Wanted” fugitives may be loose in the area, police said.
Chad Allen Shores, 36, incarcerated in Oregon for burglary and coercion, escaped in 2004 from a work release detail while fighting forest fires.   
Authorities received information Monday indicating that may have surfaced in the Augusta County region, said Sgt. Kelly Walker of the Waynesboro Police Department.

A man beat and robbed an elderly laundromat owner early Thursday in Waynesboro, making off with less than $200, police said.

An area restaurateur will spend eight years and four months in prison for selling more than $200,000 in methamphetamine over two years.

A grand jury has indicted a Stuart’s Draft man on 100 charges of child pornography and sexual abuse, police said Thursday.

Two men have been arrested for stealing an intoxicated man’s cash last month as he walked down a Waynesboro street, police said. 

The 74-year-old owner of a Waynesboro Laundromat was transported to Augusta Medical Center early this morning after he was beaten during a robbery.
The victim left the door to the B-Z Laundromat on East Broad Street unlocked after arriving early to work on some washing machines, according to a Waynesboro Police Department media release.

A grand jury indicted a Stuart’s Draft man Monday on 100 charges relating to child pornography and sexual abuse.
Scott Forrester, 38, was arrested April 7 after police executing a search warrant found thousands of pornographic images, some involving minors, on computer disks in his mobile home near Stuart’s Draft High School. They also seized a video camera.

Scam artists, many based in foreign countries, are specifically targeting vulnerable area residents with e-mails, letters and phone calls promising instant riches, police said Wednesday.

A Waynesboro man was arrested yesterday after police found a stolen van less than a mile from the site of the theft.

A 90-year-old Stuart’s Draft man lost $24,093 over the last two weeks in a lottery scam, police said.

An Arrington man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for the fatal shooting of another Nelson man last spring during an argument over money.

The Staunton Police Department is investigating two robberies that occurred late Saturday evening.
The first was reported at the Churchville Avenue Tastee Freeze at approximately 10:50 p.m., with the second occurring about 30 minutes later at the Royal Station on West Beverley Street.

Confessed gang member Nathaniel Rivers pleaded guilty Wednesday to participation in three armed robberies in and around Staunton late last year.

A self-confessed gang member plead guilty today to participation in three armed robberies in and around Staunton late last year.

A self-confessed gang member is expected to plead guilty today to participation in three armed robberies in and around Staunton late last year.

On an online guestbook describing the nearly 300 acres that make up Scotchtown draft Farm in Millboro, one person described the picturesque, and, under normal circumstances, peaceful place as “a true sanctuary from this sometimes crazy world we live in.”

A heavily armed Churchville man shot himself Tuesday night in a fortified gazebo in Bath County following a six-hour standoff with police.