Hanover County authorities say they had to end a DUI checkpoint early today because four of the five deputies made arrests, leaving too few resources to...

There will be no tricks, treats or Halloween parties this year for many of Virginia’s convicted sex criminals. Officers with the Virginia Department...

A Hanover County man once facing life in prison on a charge of murdering his longtime girlfriend will serve no more than 10 years. A Hanover jury last...

A Middlesex County man was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for distribution of methadone, in one case to a man who died of an overdose as a result....

A federal judge in Richmond delayed sentencing in a local child-pornography case yesterday, concerned about the rationale behind the sentencing guidelines...

Richmond police charged a man with murder last night in the fatal daylight stabbing of another man on a busy commercial strip in downtown Richmond. They...

Derek Edward Burkhead’s road to innocence or prison has been stymied by fainting spells, three mistrials and, yesterday, by an early morning jail...

Following is a summary of some burglary reports made to police recently in Chesterfield and Henrico counties. CHESTERFIELD POLICE 7200 block of Andersons...

A Henrico County mother and her daughter were convicted Wednesday of misdemeanors stemming from a Broad Street wreck that sent an unrestrained 2-year-old...

Authorities arrested a man they say tried to kill himself by setting fire to a house in Richmond’s East End, only to be rescued by firefighters from...

Authorities arrested a man they say tried to kill himself by setting fire to a house in Richmond’s East End, only to be rescued by firefighters from...

One of nine people charged in the fatal shooting of a teenager at a Sweet 16 party in Caroline County has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.

A Henrico County mother and her daughter have been convicted of misdemeanors stemming from a Broad Street wreck that sent an unrestrained 2-year-old through...

The request for help from the public in solving a Henrico County bank robbery May 4 produced a flurry of tips. After all, the man pictured robbing First...

In October 2002, the shots came from out of nowhere, as seemingly random as they were cold-blooded, leaving 10 dead, three wounded, and millions of people...

A former Richmond police officer began serving a month in jail yesterday for impersonating a police officer. Key testimony came from an actual police officer...

A man faces a lengthy prison term after being convicted yesterday on charges that he bound his girlfriend, put her in the trunk of his car, drove her around,...

A U.S. Marine corporal will spend eight years in prison for his role in two robberies that netted $10. Richmond Circuit Judge Richard D. Taylor Jr. yesterday...

Two men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the fatal beating of one man and for beating another man nearly to death the same day in South Richmond....

Two Highland Springs men face sentencing in January after pleading guilty yesterday to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Wazira Harris. Harris,...

If executed as scheduled Nov. 10, condemned Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection, not electrocution. Larry Traylor, spokesman...

A 16-year-old Meadowbrook High School student faces a felony charge after a prank involving a wooden rifle prop, Chesterfield County police said. Shortly...

A Lee-Davis High School student surrendered without resistance to Hanover County authorities last week as a classmate lay a few feet away, severely injured...

A troubled Chesterfield County man whose family was about to evict him from their home was found guilty yesterday of fatally stabbing his stepfather with...

A U.S. Marine corporal will spend eight years in prison for his role in two robberies that netted $10. Richmond Circuit Judge Richard D. Taylor Jr. yesterday...

Two Highland Springs men face sentencing in January after pleading guilty yesterday to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Wazira Harris. Harris,...

Two men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the fatal beating of one man and for beating another man nearly to death the same day in South Richmond....

Chesterfield County police arrested a 16-year-old male student after a prank involving a wooden rifle prop at Meadowbrook High School. Shortly before 1...

If executed as scheduled Nov. 10, condemned Beltway Sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection, not electrocution.

A Lee-Davis High School student faces possible life in prison if convicted of an ax attack on a fellow student. Hanover Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramon...