On Thursday, June 23, 2011 at approximately 3:05am members of the Lynchburg Police Department responded to 1704 12th Street, the business of Glenn A. Trent Tire and Wrecker Service in reference to a burglary. Upon arriving on scene, police officers [...]

Bashirat Olubunmi Are, a 20 year old local college student from Homestead Gardens in Forest, was arrested Monday morning ….. running late to work …. on Rt 29 at 100 MPH. The interesting thing, her license was already suspended by [...]

Petit Larceny, Seminole Drive, June 19th; Heather Nicole Bateman, a 21 year old female of Monroe Street, was charged with taking items from Food Lion Seminole Drive Grand Larceny, North Amherst Highway, June 20th; cash was taken from a parked [...]

The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office arrested a wanted person from South Carolina on Thursday June 23rd. Shortly after midnight, Sgt R Linton observed a vehicle with a broken windshield and no headlights exit Pizza Wings and Things on South Amherst [...]

The Central Virginia Highway Traffic Safety Board would like to congratulate the following member agencies for placing in the recent Virginia Law Enforcement Chief’s Challenge highway traffic safety awards. The Bedford Police Department won 1st place in Virginia for the [...]

The Lynchburg Police Department is currently investigating an attempted robbery that occurred on June 18, 2011 in the 300 block of Hood St. The victim reported that he answered a knock on his door at approximately 11:09 p.m. Upon opening [...]

Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle, Elon Road, June 9th; a vehicle was taken from Floyd County without the owner’s permission and the suspect stopped here. Jeffrey Michael Truax, a 51 year old male of Ivymount Road Richmond, was arrested and [...]

On Thursday June 16, 2011 at 1:51 pm, the Lynchburg Police and Fire Departments responded to a possible suicidal subject on the John Lynch Bridge near the north bound side. On arrival officers found a 41-year-old male near the edge [...]

By Dan McDermott The Lynchburg Times A suspect was being sought May 26 following a 911 call to the Bedford Sheriff’s office that a man had been shot outside his Forest home. Marshall Patterson, 20, called authorities at 1:35 p.m. [...]

The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office investigated a reported rape on Sunday May 15th. An Amherst County woman reported a rape to authorities and Benjamin Allen Yancey, a 25 year old male of Aubrey’s Lane Amherst was arrested as a result [...]