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Westmoreland man wanted for Stafford County murder
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Westmoreland man wanted for Stafford County murder

The 29-year-old Westmoreland County man wanted for murder in Stafford should be considered armed and dangerous, the Sheriff’s Office warned. Darren Jamal Newman is wanted for the fatal shooting of an unnamed 33-year-old from King George. According to SCSO, police responded to the 100 block of Deacon Rd. in South Stafford on December 30 shortly before 12:30 a.m. They found a man from King George man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Deputies began rendering aid, and the he man was transported to the hospital. But SCSO later reported that the shooting was now a homicide because the King George man had succumbed to his injuries. Initially, police only offered a vague description of the suspected shooter, stating he was “a black male with long dreadlock style hair. He fled th...
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Pastor extradited from SC to Warsaw, VA to face 30 felonies against minors
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Pastor extradited from SC to Warsaw, VA to face 30 felonies against minors

After a 15-month investigation, Albert Benjamin Wharton was extradited from Pickens County, SC to Richmond County, VA to face 30 felonies for crimes against children. According to Richmond County Sheriff Steve Smith, the investigation involved Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, and it resulted in charges for 22 counts of indecent liberties with a child under age 13 while in a custodial position and 8 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The alleged crimes occurred between 1981 and 1997 at the Berachah Christian Academy in Warsaw, said the Sheriff. According to Victory Baptist Church, that academy was one of its ministries and “provided the community with the choice of a Christian education in grades K-12.” “Dr. Ben Wharton” was the...
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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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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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