Police make arrest in northern Virginia rapes from 1991

Police make arrest in northern Virginia rapes from 1991

DNA evidence resubmitted for analysis by a cold case unit yielded a hit that led officers to Thomson December 2, 2020RLINGTON, Va. (AP) – A 63-year-old man from Virginia’s Northern Neck has been charged with a series of rapes and assaults that occurred...
Deputy hospitalized after likely exposure to heroin, fentanyl

Deputy hospitalized after likely exposure to heroin, fentanyl

Deputy ‘lightheaded and faint’ after exposure November 1, 2020CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A deputy was hospitalized after officials said he was exposed to what is believed to be a mixture of heroin and fentanyl while searching an inmate being admitted...
Rape Kit Backlogs Continue To Delay Justice For Victims

Rape Kit Backlogs Continue To Delay Justice For Victims

As of last month, Virginia is only the sixth state, along with Washington, D.C., to have cleared its backlog, according to the End the Backlog campaign August 30, 2020Twenty-seven years later, Natasha Alexenko, 47, clearly remembers her rapist’s gun — a smooth...
Virginia eliminates huge backlog of untested rape kits

Virginia eliminates huge backlog of untested rape kits

2,665 rape kits have been tested, 851 new DNA profiles have been uploaded into a national DNA database and 354 “hits” have been sent to law enforcement agencies July 8, 2020RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia has eliminated a backlog of thousands of untested...