Staunton Crime

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• Briefly

  Saturday May 26 | via Staunton News Leader 

  Staunton police are seeking this man in connection with a burglary in March of LJ Sales and Service on Greenville Avenue.

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  Related Topix: Staunton, VA, Augusta County, VA, Rockingham County, VA

• Self-proclaimed Jesse James 'got his man' in 1906

  Friday May 25 | via Staunton Daily News Leader 

  At least, that's what 20-year-old Frank Sprouse thought of himself, and in the summer of 1906, this self-proclaimed "Jesse James" came as close to snagging the title as anyone.

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  Related Topix: Staunton, VA, Augusta County, VA, Craigsville, VA

• Staunton police seek suspect

  Friday May 25 | via Staunton Daily News Leader 

  The city police pepartment is asking the public's assistance in identifying a suspect in a burglary that occurred in March at LJ Sales and Service on Greenville Avenue.

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• Staunton man arrested on solicitation charges involv...

  Thursday May 24 | via Staunton News Leader 

  A Staunton man is being held at Middle River Regional Jail after being accused of requesting sex from a teenage boy at Gypsy Hill Park.

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• Parts of the Valley Have Increased Crime

  Wednesday May 23 | via WHSV-TV Harrisonburg 

  In Harrisonburg, there were more violent crime incidents in 2011. In particular, there were more forcible rape cases and burglaries.

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  Related Topix: Augusta County, VA, Staunton, VA

• Staunton Man Arrested, Charged with Felony Solicitation

  Wednesday May 23 | via NBC29 

  A Staunton man has been accused of trying to pay a teenager for sex. Police Wednesday announced the arrest of 50-year-old Charles Stephen Trimble. 7 comments

  Related Topix: Staunton, VA, Stuarts Draft, VA

• Staunton man accused of soliciting sex from teen boy...

  Wednesday May 23 | via Staunton News Leader 

  A Staunton man is being held at Middle River Regional Jail after being accused of requesting sex from a teenage boy at Gypsy Hill Park.

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• Man charged with sex crime at Staunton nursing home

  Tuesday May 22 | via Staunton News Leader 

  Officer Lisa Klein of the Staunton Police Department declined to identify the nursing home where the alleged attack took place, saying only that it is located on the city's east side.

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• Man guilty in thefts

  Tuesday May 22 | via Staunton News Leader 

  A U.S. Supreme Court ruling curtailing police use of GPS devices hasn't derailed a Augusta County larceny case that relied on the tracking technology.

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  Related Topix: Augusta County, VA, Staunton, VA

• Man charged with sexual assault at Staunton nursing ...

  Monday May 21 | via Staunton Daily News Leader 

  Charles R. Williams, 69, is being held without bond at Middle River Regional Jail on a charge of animate object sexual penetration.

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• Missing Staunton man located

  Monday May 21 | via Staunton Daily News Leader 

  Police in Staunton said a man who went missing Friday afternoon from a home on National Avenue admitted himself to Augusta Health this morning.

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• Staunton woman gets 28 years for killing baby

  Friday May 18 | via Staunton News Leader 

  Ashkea Johnson is escorted out of the George M. Cochran Judicial Center by Chief Deputy Tim Hawes with Staunton City Sheriff's Department after her sentencing hearing in Staunton on Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Staunton, VA, Psychology, Science

• John-James A. Gula

  Thursday May 17 | via Staunton News Leader 

  John-James Augustine Gula, 63, of 26 Dover St., passed away peacefully after giving in to pneumonia and an aggressive cancer on Monday, May 14, 2012, at Augusta Health in Fishersville.

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  Related Topix: Fishersville, VA, Newport News, VA, Staunton, VA, Yorktown, VA

• Staunton Waffle House robbery suspect's case heads t...

  Thursday May 17 | via Staunton News Leader 

  That was the explanation Lemorial Silk gave to the court Wednesday afternoon, where his preliminary hearing on a charge of attempted robbery was held in Staunton General District Court.

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  Related Topix: Churchville, VA

• Staunton woman convicted of killing baby to be sentenced today

  Wednesday May 16 | via Staunton Daily News Leader 

  A Staunton woman who was a teenager when she smothered her 2-month-old baby girl in 2009 will be sentenced this morning on a charge of first-degree murder. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Staunton, VA, Fishersville, VA

• Staunton robbery suspect to appear in court

  Wednesday May 16 | via Staunton News Leader 

  Never having seen 'The Winter's Tale,' I didn't quite know what to expect the night I saw it... STAUNTON - A man accused of trying to rob the Waffle House on Richmond Avenue - and then ordering breakfast - will have a preliminary hearing this afternoon in Staunton General District Court.

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• Man gets 6 months for stealing military gear

  Tuesday May 15 | via Staunton Daily News Leader 

  A man who duped a group of Staunton police officers into believing he was a legitimate dealer of military equipment was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for stealing government property and possessing a machine gun.

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  Related Topix: Staunton, VA, Federal Prisons, Prison, US National Guard, US Military, Charlottesville, VA

• Man Accused of Stealing, Crashing Bus Indicted by Grand Jury

  Tuesday May 15 | via NBC29 

  A Fishersville man accused of crashing a stolen school bus and later escaping from a mental hospital is on his way to trial. 4 comments

  Related Topix: Waynesboro, VA, Augusta County, VA, Staunton, VA

• Staunton police seek help finding fraud suspect

  Monday May 14 | via Staunton News Leader 

  Never having seen 'The Winter's Tale,' I didn't quite know what to expect the night I saw it... STAUNTON - City police are asking for help identifying a suspect in several instances of credit card fraud during the last week of April, when a woman used stolen cards at the Walmart on Richmond Avenue, the Food Lion on Coalter Street and at Krogers.

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• Wearing A Helmet Could Be The Best Mother's Day Present

  Thursday May 10 | via Chronicle of the Horse 

  Ashley Holzer is one mother who makes sure to always wear her helmet, and it hasn't hurt her dressage career one bit.

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