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Litten sentenced to 25 years in prison for standoff near Mount Jackson
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Timberville man who was involved in a 19-hour standoff with police was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Joshua Ryan Litten, 39, pleaded guilty back in April to 14 charges related to the incident that occurred on December 6, 2022, at Perry Trailer Park Road near Mount Jackson.
Washington, D.C., man in crash on I-81 in Virginia; exits vehicle and hit by tractor trailer
A pedestrian was struck by a tractor trailer early Sunday morning on Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County. The person, who was in the northbound travel lane of I-81 when hit, had been in a crash before exiting his vehicle. Harry L. Martin, 45, of Washington, D.C., suffered life-threatening injuries. He...
Trial postponed by a day for Harrisonburg man accused of first-degree murder
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The first-degree murder trial of the Harrisonburg man authorities say was responsible for a mysterious death last summer was scheduled to get underway this morning. However, the trial of Aaron Christopher Gordon Jr. was continued until Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Rockingham County...
Harrisonburg Police Department rolls out new anonymous tip system
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Harrisonburg Police Department has launched a new anonymous tip system to help residents connect with the department, as well as find information, view alerts and submit anonymous tips from their smartphone or online. The new Harrisonburg PD app, developed by ‘tip411′ enables the...
Trial scheduled for Page County man accused of assaulting Mary Baldwin University student
STAUNTON, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – A trial date has been set for the Page County man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the Mary Baldwin University campus earlier this year. According to online records, the jury trial of Alex Paxton of Shenandoah is scheduled to begin on November...
White indicted on charge for alleged robbery at Harrisonburg 7-Eleven
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Louisiana man charged in April’s alleged robbery at a Harrisonburg 7-Eleven appeared before a grand jury this afternoon. According to online records, Tevin White was indicted on a charge of stealing property during a hearing in Rockingham County Circuit Court. That charge...
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