CRIME

Two have been charged in connection with two missing juveniles out of Franklin County, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office.

The Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office is providing more details after a juvenile was arrested and charged in connection with the death of several horses earlier this month.

Two men were taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a fight ended in gunfire in Northwest Roanoke, according to the Roanoke Police Department.

Attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Mark Krudys, and the family of Irvo Otieno will speak out following the public release of the video of Irvo’s death and in anticipation of the results of the case being presented before a grand jury.

A large group of sheriff's deputies and employees of a Virginia mental hospital pinned patient Irvo Otieno to the ground until he was motionless and limp, then began unsuccessful resuscitation efforts, newly obtained surveillance video shows.

This edited-down version shows footage of the moments leading up to Irvo Otiendo’s death.

A 21-year-old man is facing several felony charges in connection to a breaking and entering in Franklin County on Sunday, according to authorities.

Three people from Roanoke have been arrested after the Star City Drug and Violent Crime Task Force seized drugs, firearms, and cash as a result of a long-term, multi-county-wide investigation, according to Virginia State Police.

A man has been arrested after police said he was charged in connection to a June 2022 shooting, as well as other charges.

The Appomattox County community is coming together in support of the horses that were injured after a juvenile shot them and killed five others on Tuesday.

A 13-year-old, who has not been identified, is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of his or her 4-year-old sibling, according to the Danville Police Department.

A search is underway for a man, who is believed to be armed and dangerous, in connection with a Friday morning shooting in the Clover area of Halifax County, according to the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.

Shawn Tolbert, a man at the center of a multi-county manhunt, has been sentenced to 2 years in prison with one year suspended.

A Lynchburg mother is now facing charges after her young son was found wandering alone near a roadway on March 9, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.

A juvenile was arrested and charged after killing five horses, and injuring three others, according to the Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office.

Seven deputies from Henrico County were arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree murder for the death of a man, reports NBC 12.

Seven Virginia sheriff’s office employees have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man at a state mental hospital last week, a local prosecutor said Tuesday.

President Biden is slated to discuss his efforts to reduce gun violence at 3:45 p.m.

Catalytic converter thefts continue to be a problem here in southwest Virginia, according to local auto shop owners.

A Giles County man was arrested and charged following a malicious wounding incident Friday morning, according to the Giles County Sheriff’s Office.

A Roanoke County man is facing charges one month after Roanoke Police say he shots two people inside of a Food Lion.

A Lynchburg woman has pleaded guilty to all charges against her in relation to the death of a man whose remains were found inside a burned-out vehicle in Appomattox County in Oct. of 2020.

A Roanoke deputy has been terminated following charges of distributing narcotics to at least one inmate, among other charges, according to a release from the city's sheriff's office on Tuesday.

The Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that a man who was wanted on assault and battery charges has been taken into custody without incident.

The 12-year-old who was shot and killed inside her Lynchburg home was laid to rest on Monday.

Virginia State Police is investigating a former Pulaski County Sheriff’s Deputy in connection with a home break-in.

A trial date has been set for a Roanoke man accused of murdering a young girl back in January.

A man charged with killing an employee at Lynchburg’s Iron and Ale restaurant has learned his fate.

Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said Sunday.

University of Richmond Law Professors Julie McConnell tells 10 News that although charges haven't been filed in the death of Lynchburg pre-teen, Malayshia Solomon, it doesn't mean they're not coming.

Police have arrested a man in connection with a December 2022 Northwest Roanoke murder, according to the Roanoke Police Department.

A Madison Heights man has been arrested after a reported explosion led to several search warrants and the discovery of guns and drugs, according to the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office.

A woman was arrested in connection with an August 2022 murder in Roanoke, according to the Roanoke Police Department.

A man who reportedly sexually assaulted and attacked a woman in 2019 has been convicted by a jury.

A man was shot in Southeast Roanoke early Friday, according to the Roanoke Police Department.

Search warrants show during an interview with Lynchburg Police, the mom of Malayshia Solomon says her boyfriend shot her daughter.

A Nelson County man was arrested on charges of sending nude images to a child in another state, according to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office.

The Commonwealth says Terry Michel admitted to investigators he killed the two family dogs to "save his marriage."

The mother of a 12-year-old girl who police say was shot and killed appears in a video dancing around with guns an hour before the incident, court documents revealed.

Fifty-eight-year-old Terry Michel, the owner who confessed to killing his two dogs, is set to make his first court appearance in the Franklin County General District Court on Wednesday.

A New York man has been arrested and charged after traveling to meet up with an underage girl in Lynchburg, according to the Lynchburg Police Department.

The Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people they say were involved in a breaking and entering incident on Feb. 14.

Police are negotiating with a person who had fired several shots in Charlottesville, officials said Tuesday.

The case sparked a heated debate over whether Bryson should be held in a male or a female prison.

One Roanoke woman said a thief stole two packages off of her porch while posing as a DoorDash delivery driver.

Radford Police body cam video shows what happened during Sunday’s traffic stop.

A former Virginia Tech cadet is set to go to trial after he was arrested on child pornography charges.

A Roanoke man that was arrested in connection with the murder of a young girl back in January has been granted bond, according to court documents.

A Radford University men’s basketball coach has had his license suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to driving while under the influence.

The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency is setting up a new center to support efforts to gather evidence of the crime of aggression in Ukraine

The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency is setting up a new center to support efforts to gather evidence of the crime of aggression in Ukraine.

"The View" co-host Joy Behar complained Tuesday that all Republicans talk about is "crime" ahead of the midterms and argued "crime is not on the rise" in the U.S.

US murders continued to rise in 2021 following the huge surge in 2020, according to an annual estimate from the FBI. The FBI estimates there were 22,9000 murders last year.

Song Ji-a shot to fame in reality show Single's Inferno, but then had a spectacular fall from grace.

Matthew Harris, a former UCLA instructor, has been arrested in Boulder, Colorado. The arrest comes one day after he allegedly sent an 800-page manifesto with thousands of references to violence to the UCLA Police Department, Boulder police said. Watch more from the police briefing here.

Our morbid fascination with violent crime dates back centuries.

Brazil has a long history of police violence and now authorities are looking at body cameras as a way to avoid deadly incidents involving officers

A trial date has been reset for Feb. 1 for Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, nephew and grandson to two mayors, charged with tax offenses stemming from the collapse of a bank in Bridgeport.

The U.S. attorney’s office late Tuesday asked a federal judge to delay the trial of Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson after a relative of the lead prosecutor on the case suffered a health emergency.

Rising worries about crime among both Democrats and Republicans are starting to create a drag on President Biden’s approval rating, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — and could signal larger challenges for the president’s party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Roof was the first person sentenced to death for a federal hate crime for killing nine Black parishioners.

Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, 51, the grandson and nephew of two legendary Chicago mayors, is expected to plead not guilty to charges stemming from a probe into the collapse of a clout-heavy bank.

Despite clear signs India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government refused to cancel a major Hindu festival and held election rallies with thousands of unmasked supporters

“This was a horrific crime that shocked our local community in 1992,” Hobart Police Detective Lt. Nicholas Wardrip said in a statement. “Lofton was born in East Chicago, but moved to Tennessee at an early age. Lofton was interviewed by investigators in September 2020; however, he denied knowing either victim or even being in Indiana at the time of the murders. Investigators utilized DNA technology and interviewed witnesses to bring the case together against Lofton.”

Violent crime went up 20 percent and property crime went up 10 in the second largest city in America this year. It was the first time in 12 years that Los Angeles saw a rise in all categories of crime. Ben Tracy is in the City of Angels with more.

A surprising level of bipartisan consensus is emerging around prison sentencing reform.