Shop With A Cop (12/5/2018) - The Gloucester Sheriff’s Office Shop With A Cop program recently received a $1,583.75 boost from Sonabank’s Courthouse Branch. The branch held bake sales and raffled off four gift baskets designed… …
German student serving internship with MCSO (12/5/2018) - A student at the Hessian University of Police and Administration in Hesse, Germany, is serving a three-week internship at the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office. Fabienne Stock, who lives near Frankfurt,… …
Mathews woman charged with fraud (12/5/2018) - A Mathews woman was charged with computer fraud and the theft of government property in documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia last Thursday. … …
Emergency training Monday on Route 17 (10/31/2018) - Residents may observe an increased presence of emergency personnel and vehicles Monday in the vicinities of Route 17 and T.C. Walker Road in the White Marsh area as first responders… …
Food drive (10/17/2018) - Gloucester Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jake Forehand led a recent food drive among county agencies that collected 11,189 pounds of food for the Peninsula Food Bank. The food will be distributed… …
Court dedicates ‘A Special Place Just For Kids’ (9/26/2018) - Well-wishers filled the Gloucester Juvenile and Domestic Relations courtroom Monday afternoon for the dedication of “A Special Place Just For Kids.” The special place is formerly a basic, undecorated witness… …
Hayes resident surprised by burglary suspect (9/12/2018) - A Hayes man was charged with burglary after a Gloucester resident returned home to find him inside of his residence Sunday night. Gloucester Sheriff’s Office Lt. Jamie Sharp said deputies… …
Portsmouth woman sentenced in shooting (9/12/2018) - A Portsmouth woman was sentenced to three years incarceration Monday in connection with the shooting of a Hayes resident in February. The victim survived with non-life-threatening wounds. As part of… …
Gloucester Senior Safety Fair to be held Oct. 3 (9/12/2018) - The Gloucester Triad Senior Safety Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Newington Baptist Church, 6169 Main Street. The cost is $3… …
GSO wins citation from county group (8/15/2018) - The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) has announced that the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office’s Traffic Safety Initiative was one of 25 recipients of VACo’s 2018 Achievement Awards. The awards recognize excellence… …
7-Eleven armed robbers still sought (8/8/2018) - The Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the armed robbery of a 7-Eleven that occurred in the county Friday night. Gloucester deputies responded to the 7-Eleven at 8343 George… …
Lightning strike sparks Adner fire Sunday (8/8/2018) - A lightning strike is apparently to blame for a fire that destroyed an unoccupied home near Adner Sunday evening. Members of the Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, Inc. had… …
Hayes man gets 3 years in shooting death of his mother (8/1/2018) - A 34-year-old Hayes resident was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary last week for involuntary manslaughter. Chad Brian Sayers was charged in connection with the shooting death of his… …
Man sentenced for role in animal fighting case (8/1/2018) - A 36-year-old Newport News man received no active jail time but was fined $2,500 last week for animal fighting and animal cruelty charges in Gloucester Circuit Court last week. Thinh… …
2 from Gloucester among those convicted in illegal fox penning sweep (7/25/2018) - Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s Animal Law Unit has secured guilty pleas from nine individuals, including two from Gloucester County, as part of a sweep targeting fox pens stocked… …
Hope In-Home Care agrees to $3.34M settlement (7/18/2018) - Hope In-Home Care LLC, a Newport News-based provider of Medicaid in-home health care services, has agreed to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to the Virginia Medicaid Program, according… …
Crew that stole 52 firearms from Hunter’s Heaven sentenced (6/20/2018) - The four defendants convicted in connection with a crew that stole 52 firearms from Hunter’s Heaven Gun Store in Hayes back in February 2017 have all been sentenced, according to… …
Investigation continues into package at Canon facility (6/6/2018) - An investigation is ongoing after the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a suspicious item that was left at the Canon/IRT toner recycling center at 6000 Industrial Drive,… …
Grant money used to purchase patrol car cameras (5/23/2018) - Mathews County Sheriff’s Office recently received a 2018 Byrne/Justice Assistance Grant for $17,970 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for equipment and technology. The grant has been used… …
Senior Safety Fair (5/16/2018) - Rob Hudgins of the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department, above, discusses fire safety during Mathews County Triad’s Senior Safety Fair, held on May 8 at the Piankatank Ruritan Club at Hudgins.… …
Newport News man pleads guilty to cockfighting in Gloucester (4/18/2018) - A 36-year-old Newport News man pleaded guilty to animal fighting and animal cruelty in Gloucester Circuit Court last week. Thinh Chi Chang pleaded guilty to four felony counts of animal… …
Information sought on Hayes bank robber (4/4/2018) - The Gloucester Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding an armed robbery that took place Saturday morning at the BB&T bank at 2324 George Washington Memorial Highway, across from York River… …
Police arrest Gloucester man after dangerous chase (4/4/2018) - A Gloucester vehicle led police on a dangerous chase last Thursday night in south end of the county before spike strips ended the pursuit and the driver was taken into… …
Pedestrians injured crossing Maryus Road (3/28/2018) - Two pedestrians walking on Maryus Road were injured when they were stuck by a vehicle just after 8 o’clock last Thursday night. State trooper C.M. Greene said a man and… …
Crime awareness fair to be held April 7 (3/28/2018) - An Awareness Fair for Crime Victims and Crime Prevention will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7, in the parking lot of Gloucester Walmart. The event… …