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Virginia Crime

Fairfax 'Butt Slasher' Pleads Guilty To Cutting Women's Backsides

AP | Posted 06.17.2013 | DC

FAIRFAX, Va. -- A former day laborer has pleaded guilty to sneaking up on multiple women in northern Virginia and cutting their backsides with a razor...

Kmart Loss Prevention Officer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Shoplifter

Posted 06.11.2013 | DC

A Northern Virginia Kmart employee hired to prevent shoplifting has been charged with forcing a suspected shoplifter to perform a sexual act on him. ...

Bigamist Sentenced For Swindling Superstar DJ Out Of $90K

Posted 06.10.2013 | DC

After stealing thousands of dollars from a parent (and international superstar DJ) whose child had cancer, Kristin Marie Gardner Jeffries Kelly Kurt w...

Horrific End For Newborn Girl Left In Dumpster

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Reed Williams | Posted 06.04.2013 | DC

A newborn girl left in a Dumpster "like common household trash" died of asphyxiation, a Richmond prosecutor said Monday at a bond hearing for the chil...

Woman Working In Costco Gets Killed In Showdown With Police

AP | Posted 05.30.2013 | Crime

STERLING, Va. — A female worker at a northern Virginia Costco store who authorities say went at two sheriff's deputies with a knife and scissors...

Mom Jailed For Showing Skin To School Bus

Posted 05.25.2013 | Weird News

Sometimes the moon isn't too bright. Lisa Grant, a Virginia mom, will spend her upcoming weekends behind bars because she mooned a school bus full ...

ANOTHER Teacher Arrested, Charged With 'Taking Indecent Liberties With A Minor'

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Zachary Reid | Posted 05.14.2013 | DC

A local artist who teaches at Trinity Episcopal School has been arrested and charged with a felony count of taking indecent liberties with a minor, al...

Dispute About Washing Machine Noise Leads To Aggravated Assault Arrest

Richmond Times-Dispatch | | Posted 05.13.2013 | DC

RICHMOND -- Police said a dispute among South Richmond neighbors about a washing machine's noise escalated into a pepper spray incident that ended wit...

FBI Agent Charged In Shooting Death Of Wife

AP | Posted 05.11.2013 | DC

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- An FBI agent who told police in Virginia that he fatally shot his estranged wife last month has been charged in her death. Med...

4th Arrest In Alleged Hazing Drownings

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Mark Bowes | Posted 05.01.2013 | DC

Chesterfield County police have arrested the last of four men accused of hazing in the aftermath of the drownings of two Virginia State University stu...

UVA Lacrosse Killer's Appeal Moves Forward

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Bill McKelway | Posted 04.27.2013 | DC

The state Court of Appeals has agreed to hear two grounds of appeal by former University of Virginia lacrosse player George W. Huguely V, who was conv...

Spider Thieves Sentenced To Jail

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Bill McKelway | Posted 04.26.2013 | DC

There are worse things than being banned for life from Lakeside's Beasts and Bugs pet shop. Especially if you get squeamish around burrow-loving king...

Man Punches Fleeing Suspect; Police 'Appreciate His Efforts'

Richmond Times-Dispatch | | Posted 06.16.2013 | DC

Henrico County police say a citizen helped authorities bring down a man who was wanted for a pursuit that spanned two jurisdictions and resulted in da...

Dumpster Diver Sold Unsafe Meat At Discount Food Store

The Frederick News-Post, Md. | Danielle E. Gaines | Posted 06.10.2013 | DC

A Monrovia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling unsafe meat at his discount food store in Front Royal, Va. Rodney Cole Sparks, 54, received a suspen...

HORROR! Man Throws Meat Cleaver Into Maternity Ward

Posted 04.10.2013 | DC

ARLINGTON, Va -- A man who visited a Northern Virginia maternity ward to deliver an unwanted message ended up arrested -- for throwing a meat cleaver....

Man Dies After Stealing, Then Crashing, Police Car

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Brandon Shulleeta and Bill McKelway | Posted 06.09.2013 | DC

A man pointed a gun at an officer and then stole his police cruiser Monday afternoon before speeding off and slamming into a building and dying in the...

More Than 70 Fires Lit In Virginia Arson Spree

AP | Posted 04.01.2013 | Crime

ACCOMAC, Va. -- Virginia State Police are investigating another arson on the Eastern Shore. State police tell news media outlets that an abandoned tw...

Grandpa High On Heroin Drives 95 mph - With Grandkids

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.29.2013 | Crime

A grandpa was convicted this week of driving 95 mph down a Virginia highway -- as heroin coursed through his veins and six unbuckled grandchildren sat...

Students Poison Teacher With Hand Sanitizer (VIDEO)

Posted 03.27.2013 | DC

Two middle-schoolers who put hand sanitizer into their 66-year-old teacher's tea over the course of several months now face felony charges. WAVY ha...

Penis-Drawing Prank Goes Awry

Posted 03.27.2013 | DC

Take a look at this mugshot and see if you can guess why this man was arrested: The man with the penis drawing on his left cheek is a 31-year-o...

Hammer-Wielding Thieves Make Off With 23 Rolex Watches Worth $600k

AP | Posted 05.20.2013 | DC

ARLINGTON, Va. — Police say four masked men entered a suburban Washington, D.C., jewelry store, shattered a glass display case with a hammer and...

Neighbor Kills Teen Who Entered Wrong House

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 05.19.2013 | DC

STERLING, Va. — The parents of a northern Virginia teenager have a message for the man who shot and killed the 16-year-old: They don't blame him...

Prosecutor: Rapper Attempted Human Sacrifice To Advance Career

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Bill McKelway | Posted 05.15.2013 | DC

A Henrico County judge Thursday scheduled a two-day trial in June for an aspiring rap star who, according to a prosecutor, apparently believed that he...

Watch: Real Estate Agent's SHOCKING Behavior Caught On Video

The Huffington Post | Will Wrigley | Posted 03.04.2013 | DC

This real estate agent wanted more than just a commission. On Feb. 9, Stephen Brumme, a 60-year-old real estate agent from Silver Spring, Md., was ...

Theft Most Fowl: Chicken Reported Stolen From Northern Virginia Crock Pot

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.26.2013 | DC

Arlington Now reports that a most dastardly crime has been reported in Northern Virginia: A resident on the 600 block of S. Carlin Springs Road tol...