Crime, Police & Fire (2024)

Drug charges were dropped Friday against a man who was instrumental in bringing down a pharmacist who was illegally distributing drugs from his Fredericksburg pharmacy.

A Stafford County man was ordered Friday to serve 18 months in prison for appearing in a music video while holding a firearm, court records show.

A Spotsylvania County man who, according to court records, admitting viewing or downloading about a million images of child p*rnography over the past 17 years pleaded guilty to two charges this week.

Charges are pending against an adult after a 5-year-old boy showed up at school with a loaded firearm Thursday morning, police said.

Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star.

Mason City boy pairs his love of Elvis with a lemonade stand, singing and dancing to the King of Rock and Roll while offering folks a cold glass of lemonade.

Staff and teachers want student phones secured in pouches during the school day to minimize classroom disruptions.

School staff say bank bags with lock and key may be a better choice.

The Board of Education is doing away with the state’s current model and is poised to replace it with a system that will rank each school in four performance categories.

The agent allegedly forged a superior's signature on a document authorizing a $2,500 payment to the confidential informant.

Former President Donald Trump’s attacks on Rep Bob Good gave state Sen. John McGuire the push he needed to eke out what’s now a tiny lead, political scientists say.

Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, proposes a work group to study the program and recommend potential changes by mid-September. Military families had urged lawmakers to repeal eligibility changes immediately.

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Six people have been arrested as the result of joint investigations involving Fredericksburg police, Virginia State Police and the FBI into drug and other criminal activity in Fredericksburg area, police said.

Keith Allen Henry, 55, of Lewisburg, N.C., was convicted in March in Spotsylvania General District Court of sexual battery and attempted sexual battery.

A man who molested five sisters in Stafford County over a nearly 14-year period was ordered Monday to serve 50 years in prison.

Candyce Leigh Carter, 35, was indicted by a Spotsylvania grand jury Monday on 20 new felony offenses.

Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, proposes a work group to study the program and recommend potential changes by mid-September. Military families had urged lawmakers to repeal eligibility changes immediately.

A petition to change kratom to a Schedule I drug has sparked outrage. Pharmacists say it’s for users’ safety.

Stafford County officials believe a federal grant could help the Belmont-Ferry Farm trail get extended from Chatham Bridge to George Washington's Ferry Farm home, Getting There columnist Scott Shenk writes.

The General Assembly will reconsider changes to a higher education benefit for families of military veterans either killed or almost completely disabled while on active duty.