VERONA – A legal representative of the Stuarts Draft Rescue Squad told Augusta County supervisors Thursday that the squad would like to administer its own revenue recovery plan.

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Investigators have hammered a final nail in a Stuarts Draft-based vehicle break-in ring, ending, they hope, a year-and-a-half string of thefts that plagued Augusta County towns.

Three teens now face charges in hundreds of vehicle break-ins in a Stuarts Draft-based burglary ring, and more charges might come.

Investigators said their work isn’t complete, and they hope to snap up another teen in coming days.

Stuarts Draft man arrested for string of burglaries

STAUNTON — A Stuarts Draft dog breeder pleaded guilty Thursday to 100 assorted misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty and failure to provide adequate care to his dogs.

A Stuarts Draft dog breeder Friday morning filed a notice that he will appeal a court order barring him from owning dogs and companion animals.

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A search warrant affidavit made public Monday states 97 dogs were seized from a Stuarts Draft breeding kennel last week during a “routine inspection.”

On hand Friday at Oak Leaf Kennel, 468 China Clay Road, were officials with the state veterinarian’s office, Augusta County Sheriff’s Office and members of a regional animal shelter, who worked into the night to remove dogs from the property.

A Stuarts Draft man charged with attempting to hire a hitman to kill his ex-wife and her boyfriend faces life in prison if convicted.