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VSP: Motorcyclist dead after I-81 crash in Smyth County
SMYTH COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash on Interstate 81 in Smyth County on Sunday, police report. Virginia State Police (VSP) reports a 2020 Harley Davidson Road Glide was traveling southbound near mile marker 48 at 3:52 p.m. when it went off the left side of the road, hitting a […]
Chilhowie Police looking for robbery suspect
The Chilhowie Police Department is searching for a suspect who allegedly attacked a gas station clerk with a knife during a robbery attempt early Saturday morning. Chilhowie police say the attempted robbery took place at around 12:45 a.m. Saturday at an Exxon gas station on Whitetop Road. The official report said a Hispanic man entered the store and asked the clerk for assistance. When the clerk walked away, the suspect reportedly attacked him with a knife. The two fought for control of the knife until a witness saw the commotion and assisted the clerk with disarming the suspect. The suspect fled traveling toward Highway 11 in a black Hyundai Elantra with a royal blue passenger door. The vehicle had a Massachusetts license plate. The store clerk was treated and released from Johnston Memorial Hospital. The Chilhowie Police Department is continuing to investigate with assistance from the Virginia State Police and Smyth County Sheriff’s Office. Anyone with information on the incident or the suspect’s identity is asked to contact police immediately.
Foreign substance temporarily closes local pool
TAZEWELL, VA (WVNS) — A local swimming pool in Tazewell County was temporarily closed for cleaning after a baggie with a foreign substance was discovered in the pool. According to a post on the Tazewell Virginia Police Department’s Facebook page, members of the Tazewell Police Department responded to Lincolnshire Park in the North Tazewell area […]
Tazewell County man charged with multiple felonies
TAZEWELL, VA (WVNS) — A Tazewell County man was charged with multiple felonies, some of which included child abuse. 46-year-old Jason David Osborne, of Pounding Mill, Virginia, was charged with four counts of Child Cruelty/Neglect/Abuse, one count Strangulation of Another, and one count of Discharge Firearm or Missiles In/At Occupied Building Unlawfully. The incidents relating […]
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