STATE POLICE

One runway remains closed at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport after an incident involving a private plane.

VDOT plans to run a pilot in Salem

The Virginia State Police had restored all but two data systems and webpages adversely impacted by an outage that occurred roughly 30 hours before Friday January 6th. The Computerized Criminal History (CCH) and the Virginia Firearms Transaction (FTC) V-Check system are now back in service and fully operating for the magistrates, the courts and anyone wanting to purchase a firearm. The Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry (SOR) website is back online and accessible to the public.

A Lynchburg man has died after State Police said he was hit by a bus on I-81 in Augusta County.

The Virginia State Police are investigating a deadly crash on Route 460, near Blue Ridge Springs Road.

Authorities have identified a Texas man as the driver who died in a deadly eight-vehicle pileup that closed I-81 South in Rockbridge County for around 10 hours Wednesday.

Authorities are searching for the person they say hit and seriously hurt a 25-year-old woman in Amherst County before driving away.

For the third time this week, a Henry County school bus has been involved in a crash, according to State Police.

Authorities are investigating a fatal crash in Henry County.

Authorities identified the woman who died in an early-morning crash on Thursday.

Virginia State Police are investigating a deadly single vehicle crash in Alleghany County. The crash happened Saturday, Oct. 16 at 7:07 p.m. on Route 311, two tenths of a mile west of Tuckahoe Road.

A 33-year-old man is dead after a fatal crash in Franklin County earlier this week.

Drug-sniffing police dogs from around Virginia are being forced into early retirement as the state prepares to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana on July 1.

Authorities have identified the man they said died in a tractor-trailer crash in Amherst County on Monday afternoon.

Authorities respond to crashes along I-77 in Carroll CountyState Police responded to several crashes along I-77 in Carroll County on Monday morning caused by slick roads. Authorities said they started responding to crashes at 7:48 a.m. According to State Police, the crashes all happened between mile marker 6.5 and 8 on I-77. Troopers are on the scene helping with traffic control and cleanup. Authorities are asking drivers to avoid the area due to slick conditions.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Va. – A Virginia State Police trooper is in jail after being indicted by a grand jury on charges of multiple sex crimes. On Thursday, authorities arrested Derrick Thompson, of Drakes Branch, on charges of rape, sodomy and object sexual penetration. Police said the indictments handed down by a Charlotte County grand jury stem from a state police investigation into an incident reported to the department in September 2020. He was taken into custody without incident and is being held at the New River Regional Jail without bond, according to State Police. Thompson was suspended without pay pending the outcome of the judicial process, according to State Police.

Officials originally said his injuries were caused by a car crash that ended a May 2019 police chase or an ensuing struggle with state troopers. “He was spitting blood everywhere and all of a sudden he just went limp.”“It is shocking that this evidence has been withheld for over a year,” said Lee Merritt, an attorney for Greene’s family. He called on state officials to immediately release the full footage. Even after the trooper’s death, the State Police have refused to comment on Hollingsworth’s use of force or say which policies he was accused of violating in Greene’s arrest. Court records show he served more than a year in prison following a 2015 conviction for burglary and grand theft.

A Louisiana state trooper has been critically injured in a single-vehicle crash hours after learning he faced firing for his role in the in-custody death of Greene in 2019. (Family photo via AP, File)A Louisiana state trooper was critically injured early Monday in a single-vehicle highway crash that came hours after learning he would be fired for his role last year in the in-custody death of a Black man. The crash Monday that critically wounded Hollingsworth happened along Interstate 20 in Monroe shortly before 3 a.m., just hours after the trooper received a letter Sunday of “intent for discipline,” said Capt. Greene's death also remains the subject of a civil rights investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department. He called for an investigation of “everybody up the chain of command” who had been aware of the agency's response to Greene's death.

Officials originally said his injuries were caused by a car crash that ended a May 2019 police chase or an ensuing struggle with state troopers. State Police have declined to release the video or comment on the photos due to ongoing investigations of Greene’s death. Attorneys for Greene's family said the images were consistent with the injuries identified in an independent autopsy they commissioned. While more than a year has passed since the crash, the State Police have offered no public accounting of what caused Greene's death. Greene’s death was ruled accidental and attributed to cardiac arrest, said Renee Smith, the Union Parish coroner who was not in office when that determination was made.

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. – Chief Hall and Firefighter Johnson of the Evington Volunteer Fire Department were involved in an ATV side by side accident on Saturday, according to the department’s Facebook page. According to State Police, an ATV was traveling on Halseys Bridge Road in Campbell County around 6:20 p.m when the driver lost control. The vehicle overturned and both the driver and passenger were thrown from their seats. Police say they were both airlifted to the trauma unit at Roanoke Memorial hospital for serious injuries. The crash remains under investigation to determine who was driving and the exact circumstances of the crash.

CNN – The body of a woman who had been missing for six years has been found in a New Jersey river, according to State Police Trooper Charles Marchan. The body was recovered from a submerged car in the Salem River on Thursday, Marchan said, and later identified as that of 52-year-old Vanessa Smallwood, who was last seen on January 27, 2014. According to a FBI missing persons poster, Smallwood was last seen at a dry cleaning business in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, driving a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country van. The Southern Regional Coroner's Office will perform an autopsy on the body, New Jersey State Police said. CNN has reached out to the Southern Regional Coroner’s Office for comment.

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – State Police are investigating a crash after a trooper was hit in his car. Police say it happened at 10 p.m. Friday on Route 11 in Botetourt County. A white Dodge pick-up truck was traveling north on the road when it hit the trooper on the right side of the state police car. Damage to the suspect’s car will be on the right side and will include the right headlight and fender. Witness’ at the scene say the pick-up truck drove away after hitting the trooper’s car.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – Both northbound lanes of Route 220 are closed due to a crash near Naff Road, according to V-DOT. 10 News has spoken with Franklin County dispatch, who say state police are leading the investigation. V-DOT is saying to expect delays if you’re driving that direction. So far, there’s no word on injuries. This is a developing story, and we’ll update you as soon as we hear more from state troopers.

WNEM via CNNWILTON, New York - A Petsmart employee is accused of stealing about $45,000 during a one month period at the store's Wilton location, State Police said. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Criminal Investigations in Wilton received a complaint from a Petsmart corporate investigator for a series of larcenies, The Post-Star reported. During the investigation, it was found Mayheux allegedly stole about $45,000 from early June to the end of July, according to a news release. Police said he allegedly stole money from deposit bags and took money from change orders. He also allegedly falsified multiple business records to conceal the larcenies.

Google MapsYORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (CNN) - State Police arrested a homeless man from California after he was spotted walking along Interstate 83 while carrying a machete Wednesday afternoon, WPMT reported. Lavonte Richard Santiago, 42, no fixed address, told police he had the machete so no one would cause him any trouble, State Police said in a criminal complaint. Santiago is charged with possessing a prohibited offensive weapon and walking in an area where pedestrians are prohibited, the complaint states. Police say Santiago was seen walking along I-83 North in Fairview Township, pushing a shopping cart. He was arrested on the prohibited weapon charge and taken to York County Central Booking for arraignment, police say.