Nathan Freier News Today

A Lynchburg man pleaded guilty Monday to five charges in connection with his role in a 2020 protest that escalated into a riot and led to destruction of downtown property in the aftermath of George Floyds murder that sparked widespread outrage.

A Lynchburg man will be on probation for 25 years for his involvement in an April stabbing on Floyd Street, a Lynchburg judge ruled Monday.

A Lynchburg man has been denied bond on charges related to a July 30 shots-fired incident and manhunt.

A Lynchburg man accused of possessing child pornography in 2016 was convicted by a jury in Lynchburg Circuit Court on Monday and now faces a maximum sentence of more than

Another alleged sex crimes victim is voicing concerns about the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office after her case was dismissed.

A Fairfax County judge threw out a child sex assault case after criticizing the prosecutor and saying he’s never seen a case handled like this one before.

A Fairfax County assistant commonwealth’s attorney wrote an email to supervisors saying he was overwhelmed, unprepared, untrained, and making "numerous mistakes" on sex crimes cases, yet continued to try sex crimes cases in the county for months. 

A young prosecutor in Steve Descano's office in Fairfax County sounded an alarm that he did not have enough training to take on sex crimes cases.