City police suspect a “very thin” woman has conned her way into three Waynesboro homes this month to steal medication, money and jewelry from elderly and disabled people..

Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 3, three similar thefts raised police suspicions, said Sgt. Kelly Walker. The crimes echo a broader trend of thieves and scammers targeting the elderly, authorities said.

Waynesboro police have arrested one of two men suspected of terrorizing and robbing a woman while wearing horror-movie masks.

The accomplice is next, authorities said.

Mom testifies during repeat offender’s trial

‘Scream’ mask conceals identity of 2 male crooks

Federal authorities have arrested a Waynesboro man, just one peg in an alleged meth ring that reached deep into the Shenandoah Valley and as far south as Mexico.

Deputies with the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office arrested Richard Allen Layman Jr., 30, just as five other Valley residents ran into similar law enforcement nets.

Staunton police are seeking information on burglaries at two Churchville Avenue businesses.

Staunton police arrested Richard Lee Steppe, 30, of Staunton, Tuesday on a charge he abducted a 19-year-old woman against her will, said Staunton police Officer Lisa Klein.

Staunton police are seeking information about the theft of 17 golf course flags and poles from Gypsy Hill Golf Course in Gypsy Hill Park.
Police said the equipment, valued at more than $1,300, went missing in late July.

A Waynesboro grand jury Monday indicted a Waynesboro man on drug charges stemming from a raid in which police say they found 107 Mason jars of psychedelic mushrooms.

Baker charged again in killing of woman in ’98

Companion faces attempted murder

Three Waynesboro men accused of forcing a fourth to strip naked in the street before they robbed him of cash were arrested Thursday following police searches inside the troubled 260 N. Commerce Ave. apartment complex.

A man suspected of growing a dozen marijuana plants and enough pot leaves to fill a garbage bag is on the lam after a raid at his home, authorities said Thursday.

STAUNTON — An Augusta County judge Thursday extended a Broadway car thief’s prison sentence by six years, the last chapter in a spree that stretched across four counties.

GROTTOES — As Virginia Lynn Ware lay in her gravel driveway, her boyfriend stood over her, lowered a gun and fired, neighbors said Tuesday.

They heard the couple’s shouting match in Blackrock Trailer Court but didn’t look until the shots.

A judge Wednesday sentenced two Waynesboro men to prison for breaking in to three churches and stealing cash and electronics.

Stephen P. Bakaitis, 23, and, Joshua T. Bakaitis, 21, each pleaded guilty to 16 felonies and two misdemeanors.

Surprised by Wendy Sprouse’s embezzlement sentence of more than 22 years, a Shenandoah County judge on Wednesday added just two more years to her time for violating probation on prior convictions.

A Waynesboro man pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor DWI for crashing his car into a shallow pond 150 feet off Route 250 on July 1.

Shaun Snead, 23, was fined $250, will drive on a restricted license for 12 months, is required to attend substance abuse meetings and received a 30-day suspended jail sentence.

Police on Monday took a report of vandalism to a vacant building at 654 N. Bath Ave., at the former site of a church.

Paint buckets stored inside were dumped over and damage was done to a heating unit and ceiling tiles in an attached trailer, police said.

A Waynesboro man nearly clipped a stop sign with his car, swerved his vehicle across neighborhood streets and fled from officers before being Tasered early Sunday, police said.

2 charged with neglect

Police on Friday arrested a Waynesboro man who they say became combative while being led from his home.

A Verona couple are scheduled to plead guilty today to federal drug trafficking and firearm charges stemming from $1 million in guns, cash, vehicles and methamphetamine found at their home in February.

n Police are investigating an alleged assault on Sears Hill Lane. A man reported two cuts to his leg, police said. He was treated at Augusta Health. Police said robbery was not a motive and that the victim could not say how many assailants might have been involved.

An apologetic Waynesboro man pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing SunTrust bank March 9 in a heist built around a bomb threat.

Adhering to a plea agreement, Judge Humes J. Franklin sentenced Stuart H. Veney III, 29, to five years in prison with 15 additional years suspended.

Authorities charged a Stuarts Draft man Wednesday for an alleged assault of the mother of his child.

A former Waynesboro tractor-trailer driver whose rig hit and killed a 16-year-old Albemarle County girl will serve two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter.

Michael Comer, 45, the man accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Glenmore Community Association, has been released on $50,000 bond.

A vehicle stolen from a Sheetz gas station in Staunton Friday evening was recovered less than two hours later in Waynesboro and an arrest made.

A Waynesboro gang member will spend two years in prison after pleading guilty to a beating at a city gas station.