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Augusta Sgt. arrested, charges stem from case of hospitalized suspect
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Augusta Sgt. arrested, charges stem from case of hospitalized suspect

An Augusta County deputy, Sgt. William Mikolay, was arrested and charged for offenses that occurred amid a September 29 police chase that ended with the suspect hospitalized. Sheriff Donald Smith’s Office released a statement about the September 29th pursuit after it happened explaining that it was about 3:30 a.m. and an unnamed deputy was on patrol near Three Notched Mountain Hwy. A black Infinity “caught the attention of the Deputy as being the vehicle involved with multiple pursuits over the past several weeks with The Virginia State Police and numerous other law enforcement agencies.” The deputy ran the registration, which allegedly came back to a different vehicle. The deputy then tried to stop the vehicle, which didn't comply, and a pursuit ensued, according to the Sheriff...
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Northumberland’s fatal Browns Store Rd. stabbing: suspect was ‘visiting family’
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Northumberland’s fatal Browns Store Rd. stabbing: suspect was ‘visiting family’

Rishon Winkler, the 20-year-old Baltimore man accused in the previously reported fatal stabbing on Browns Store Rd. last Saturday was caught within miles of the crime scene, according to an update from Northumberland Sheriff’s Office. When dispatch received the report of a stabbing in the 2700 block of Browns Store Rd., deputies arrived within minutes, NCSO reported. One victim, an unnamed woman, was in the driveway suffering from multiple stab wounds, but she was able to tell police that there was another victim in the house, and she provided a description of Winkler. Rishon Winkler (Mugshot: NNRJ) The other victim, Richard E. Jacks, age 58, was already dead and appeared to have succumbed to multiple apparent stab wounds, NCSO stated. Multiple agencies worked with No...
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Fredericksburg man wanted for murder in Prince William
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Fredericksburg man wanted for murder in Prince William

Tyrus James Terrell, a 27-year-old Fredericksburg resident, is wanted for the murder of Quatrail R. Smalls of Big Stone Gap, Prince William Police Department announced. On Tuesday, Nov. 14, at around 8:40 p.m., police responded to the 3700 block of Wharf Ln. in Triangle to investigate a shooting and reported finding Smalls lying on the ground. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots in the area where the 26-year-old was shot, the Police Department stated. And they found shell casings in the road and discovered a residence in the Linden Park Apartment complex was also hit by gunfire. Officers provided first aid to Smalls, who arrived at the hospital alive, but later died, according to police. Terrell was identified as the suspect the following day and police obtained warrants for hi...
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Loudoun charges former deputy with sexual battery of an inmate
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Loudoun charges former deputy with sexual battery of an inmate

Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office announced one of its former correctional deputies, 43-year-old Yesenia Jusino Ramos of Mount Wolf, PA, has been charged for touching an inmate inappropriately and delivering contraband to that inmate at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center (ADC). LCSO stated that the charges follow a comprehensive investigation and consultation with the Commonwealth’s Attorney. The inmate explains In an interview with The Epoch Times, the inmate at the center of these allegations claims Ramos subjected her to “sexually invasive pat-downs” when pat-downs weren’t required. She alleges Ramos tried to entice her into a relationship and gave her a vape pen. The inmate, whose name was withheld, said Ramos offered to bring in anything she wanted as long as she...
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Abduction call leads to Loudoun-Fairfax police chase
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Abduction call leads to Loudoun-Fairfax police chase

A Leesburg man is facing a list of charges in Loudoun and Fairfax after an abduction call led to a police chase went from Ashburn to the Tysons Corner area. On Oct. 30, just before 2 p.m., Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said a citizen called and reported what was believed to be an abduction in progress. When deputies arrived, the suspect drove away in a black Hummer and headed north on Loudoun County Parkway. Despite officers having their emergency equipment activated, the driver disregarded the deputies attempts to stop him and continued into Fairfax, LCSO stated. At that point, Fairfax and Virginia State Police joined the pursuit. Overhead footage from Fairfax PD shows a portion of the pursuit, including a segment where the Hummer is driving on the wrong side of the road amid o...
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27 Years for Northumberland Man Who Kidnapped & Killed Store Clerk
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27 Years for Northumberland Man Who Kidnapped & Killed Store Clerk

Tyrone Samuel The 7-day trial of Tyrone Samuel, the Northumberland man now convicted of kidnapping and murdered 28-year-old Ahreal Smith was scheduled to begin this week, but trial wasn’t necessary because he pled guilty to both offenses. As previously reported, Smith disappeared from her job at the Little Sue convenience store in Claraville on the night of January 12 after she headed behind the building toward the dumpster with a bag of trash. At the Oct. 23 plea hearing, Northumberland Commonwealth’s Attorney Jane Wrightson explained that at around 5 a.m. on the January 13, the morning after Smith went missing, a co-worker found her car outside of the Northumberland County convenience store still running and called police. Evidence that implicated Samuel included an ana...
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27 years for Northumberland man who kidnapped, murdered store clerk
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27 years for Northumberland man who kidnapped, murdered store clerk

The 7-day trial of Tyrone Samuel, the Northumberland man now convicted of kidnapping and murdered 28-year-old Ahreal Smith was scheduled to begin this week, but trial wasn’t necessary because he pled guilty to both offenses. As previously reported, Smith disappeared from her job at the Little Sue convenience store in Claraville on the night of January 12 after she headed behind the building toward the dumpster with a bag of trash. At the Oct. 23 plea hearing, Northumberland Commonwealth’s Attorney Jane Wrightson explained that at around 5 a.m. on the January 13, the morning after Smith went missing, a co-worker found her car outside of the Northumberland County convenience store still running and called police, the Rappahannock Record reported. Evidence that implicated Samuel...
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5 days: New Castle former nurse sentenced in federal drug conspiracy
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5 days: New Castle former nurse sentenced in federal drug conspiracy

Debra Kay Shaffer’s involvement in a white-collar drug conspiracy earned her less than a week of jailtime. Under a plea bargain, Shaffer, a 71-year-old New Castle woman, pled guilty to one count of using the DEA Registration number of another for prescribing substances. An XDEA number is a unique identifier assigned to a medical provider who is approved to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addition. In court documents, Shaffer admitted that while she was working as a nurse practitioner for L5 Medical, which operated a chain of pain clinics, she would use the XDEA number of doctors associated the clinics to write prescriptions for Suboxone under their name. She “regularly” saw opioid addiction patients and doled out prescriptions on days when no one authorized to write prescrip...
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