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MARION, Va. — On a Friday morning in late November, Sgt. Josh Taylor and other Marion Police officers and Smyth County deputies responded to a report of a suicidal woman holding a knife to her chest. Officers tried unsuccessfully to deescalate the situation and negotiate with the woman to drop her weapon, but the woman became violent, and the officers had to use a stun gun to subdue and disarm her, according to police accounts. The woman was detained on an emergency custody order, also known as an ECO, and taken to the Smyth County Community Hospital, where she was evaluated by a crisis ...

A Richmond judge recused himself from a criminal case involving state Sen. Joe Morrissey after the lawmaker’s support of the judge’s reappointment raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest in Virginia’s system for appointing judges. Judge David Hicks serves as chief of Richmond’s General District Court overseeing the Marsh courthouse in Manchester, and is up for reappointment to a second six-year term. On Tuesday, he said he has recused himself and the entire Richmond bench from Morrissey’s case and has asked the Virginia Supreme Court to appoint another j...

Jasmine Franks | Community Newspapers of Southwest Virginia On a Friday morning in late November, Sgt. Josh Taylor and other Marion Police officers and Smyth County deputies responded to a report of a suicidal woman holding a knife to her chest. Officers tried unsuccessfully to de-escalate the situation and negotiate with the woman to drop her weapon, but the woman became violent and the officers had to use a stun gun to subdue and disarm her, according to police accounts. The woman was detained on an emergency custody order, also known as an ECO, and taken to the Smyth County Com...

: Photo via Governor Northam's office. Two years ago, Richmond Police shot and killed a 24-year old Black man named Marcus-David Peters who was experiencing a mental health crisis. Today, Virginia’s governor signed a bill into law that he says will help prevent incidents like this moving forward. Peters’ family isn’t so sure.  The ”mental health awareness response and community understanding services alert system” is a mouthful. But most people know the legislation as the Marcus Alert bill, in honor of Peters, who was a beloved high school biology teacher.  Gov. Ralph No...

— James Abrenio For one inmate of a Northern Virginia jail who was in a mood, the presentation of a meal created a buffet of problems. When a law-enforcement officer inserted the tray through the slat in the metal door, the inmate pushed the tray back. The tray fell to the floor, and some of the water bounced off the floor and landed on the officer's shoes. "And so they charged him with assault on a law enforcement officer because the water hit his shoes," said James Abrenio, a lawyer who represented the inmate. The inmate was being held on a minor probation violation when the incident hap...