Police, Virginia | featured news

A man originally reported to have been working for the Republican Party of Virginia was arrested by the Rockingham County, Va., Sheriff’s Office on Thursday and charged with attempting to destroy voter registration forms by tossing them into a dumpster behind a shopping center in Harrisonburg, Va.

Federal investigators say the disappearance of a 3-year-old West Virginia girl is now considered a crime, the Charleston Daily Mail reports.

They were a family of four — a mom and dad and their two young sons — apparently headed to a relative’s house Sunday morning for a cookout. They were halted at a red light near Winchester, Va., when their vehicle was hit from behind, in a crash that might have been alcohol-related, state police said. The fuel tank of their Jeep Cherokee ruptured and the vehicle burst into flames, according to police.

A county sheriff's deputy killed his ex-wife in a convenience store parking lot Monday, then shot a Virginia state trooper before being gunned down himself, police said.

Chaos ensued after the police encountered a gunman in a thickly wooded area on Tuesday.