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.

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.

A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint late Tuesday night at the Days Inn in Mint Spring, according to the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.

Testimony raises issues of 29-year-old’s mental health

STAUNTON — A Crimora man already sentenced to 11 years in prison for three Greene County stickups pleaded guilty Thursday to robbing the Augusta County Co-op Farm Bureau in Staunton on June 13.

For the second time in two weeks, Waynesboro police early Thursday responded to a break-in at the North Poplar Avenue Sunoco.

Alarmed by two recent robberies of drivers, area cab companies are considering new policies and concealed weapons to ensure safety.

It was his first, and likely his last, day on the job.

Authorities say burglaries are likely linked

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For the third time in a year, an armed bandit robbed a restaurant delivery driver in the 200 block of Port Republic Road.

Authorities have charged a Crimora man with robbing the Augusta County Cooperative Farm Bureau at knifepoint and an attempted robbery near Waynesboro in a string of heists stretching to Rockingham and Greene counties.

The Crimora man arrested Saturday for robbing a Harrisonburg tractor supply company was also charged yesterday for the June 13 robbery of the Augusta County Co-op Farm Bureau in Staunton.

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office says no arrest has been made in connection with Tuesday’s robbery of the East Side Grocery in Dooms, in which it says an estimated $980 was taken.