NORFOLK (AP) A Virginia man has been charged in a March shooting that killed a newspaper reporter and two other young bystanders when a fight broke out at closing time outside a Norfolk bar, police announced May 18. One of ...
Read More »Woman pleads guilty in $1.2M COVID-19 fraud scheme
(AP) A woman pleaded guilty May 17 in federal court in Virginia to a $1.2 million scheme that defrauded COVID-19 pandemic relief programs using victims’ personal information that she obtained through her state government employment, a prosecutor said. U.S. Attorney ...
Read More »Feds seek prison for rioter in ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt
(AP) Federal prosecutors on May 16 recommended a prison sentence of more than two months for a Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt. Photographs of Robert Keith Packer wearing the sweatshirt with the antisemitic message ...
Read More »Jury convicts Virginia family of forced labor conspiracy
(AP) A federal jury convicted on May 13 three members of a Virginia family of conspiring to coerce another family member to perform domestic services by verbally assaulting and physically abusing the victim over 12 years, according to a federal ...
Read More »Virginia Access to Justice Commission unveils new website 
The Virginia Access to Justice Commission, in partnership with the Virginia Law Foundation, has launched a new website. The site, www.vaatj.org, will be used “to help reach the public, the legal community, and all stakeholders in working toward a more ...
Read More »Suit moves forward alleging cops protected sex traffickers
ALEXANDRIA (AP) A federal judge ruled May 11 that a lawsuit against two former police officers accused of protecting a sex trafficking ring in Northern Virginia in exchange for sex can move forward. The former Fairfax County officers, Michael O. ...
Read More »County, governor spar over protests at justices’ homes
FALLS CHURCH (AP) Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of U.S. Supreme Court justices living in the county after some have faced protests outside their homes. Youngkin, ...
Read More »Women settle suit alleging Liberty mishandled assault cases
(AP) A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit twelve women brought last summer against Liberty University, accusing the Christian institution of fostering an unsafe environment on its Virginia campus and mishandling cases of sexual assault and harassment. A notice of ...
Read More »Private property owners sue over Virginia’s hunting dog law
WILSONS (AP) Soon after Jim Medeiros bought his 143-acre (58-hectare) cattle and poultry farm in rural Virginia a decade ago, he and his wife were startled by the sounds of 20 hunting dogs barking and howling as they circled their ...
Read More »Police: Bullet pierced window at attorney general’s office
(AP) Virginia Capitol Police are investigating after a bullet pierced a window at the office of the Attorney General in downtown Richmond. Police said officers were called to the Barbara Johns Building on May 9 and found a small round ...
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