Fredericksburg Crime News (2024)

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo, whose approval would be necessary to discharge Steven M. Cohen from the case, asked for affidavits from Cohen or his client Peter Gerace within a week.He said he would decide how to proceed after learning more about their differences.

Steven M. Cohen contended in a court filing Friday, based on his consultant's calculation, that 97% of the newspaper coverage of the case "besmirches, condemns and slams Mr. Gerace."

Officials in Warren County, Pa., announced plans Wednesday to improve security at the county jail in the wake of an escape nearly a week ago of Michael Burham, 34, a man with ties to the Jamestown area who is a suspect in a homicide.

Police in Pennsylvania piled on the resources Monday as they spent a fourth straight day searching for a jail escapee with ties to the Jamestown area who is a suspect in a homicide.

U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. recused himself Wednesday from a high-profile bribery, sex- and drug-trafficking case less than two months before the scheduled start of the trial for the strip club owner and former DEA agent facing the charges.

Peter Gerace Jr. now faces fresh charges that he defrauded the government of $2 million in Covid aid forPharaoh's Gentlemen's Clubin what is considered to be one of the largest Covid fraud cases in Western New York.

Federal prosecutors claim strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr. arranged sex for John L. Michalski, a State Supreme Court justice who later died by suicide, and gained judicial favors from him.

Sgt. Tom Gill and Sgt. Jess Aesoph demonstrate how a police body camera works at the Sioux City Police Department.

🎧 Reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs discusses the racial makeup of police departments in relation to the communities they serve.

Authorities in South Carolina have capturedMichael C. Burham, the man being sought in connection with the May 11 homicide of a Jamestown woman, according to the FBI field office in Columbia.

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A Fredericksburg man who shot two people after entering their home while wearing a mask in 2021 was ordered Monday to serve 20 years in prison.

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A man who fired shots after having his jaw broken during an altercation in downtown Fredericksburg in 2021 was ordered Monday to serve six months in prison.

Authorities have said Michael Burham should be considered armed and dangerous and that members of the public should not attempt to make contact with him.

A portion of Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania was closed for nearly three hours Friday morning after a pedestrian was struck and killed as part of a multi-vehicle crash, police said.

Police said they believe a Caroline County man shot a woman to death before killing himself Friday morning in their home.

A loaded handgun was recovered from a student Friday at Chancellor Middle School in Spotsylvania, police said.

Three Richmond area residents were arrested on multiple fraud-related charges Tuesday in Stafford after a 23-year-old suspect tried to pass herself off as a 52-year-old woman, police said.

Two Orange County residents were killed this week in separate crashes, according to Virginia State Police.

James Antonio Johnson died April 15 following a traffic accident in King George County.