Crime

April is also the AARP’s Fraud Prevention Month and the organization said scams targeting older Americans range from fake text messages to emails to phone calls. 

One adult suffered non-life threatening injuries in the incident.

ACPD believes shots were fired during altercation

While overall calls to the ACPD went up 23% in 2025, Part I crimes dropped by 13%, gun violence fell by 30% and violent crime dipped by 23%, according to the ACPD’s annual report.

Albemarle County Police are looking for a man who fled a traffic stop early Sunday morning. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Lieutenant Colonel Brandon A. Shah, a Staunton native and decorated military veteran who directed ODU’s ROTC program, was killed when a gunman opened fire on a classroom Friday. Shah was killed and two other people were wounded.

Nicholas Clark was arrested last week on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography

29 total cases were reported in Albemarle between Jan. 1, 2025, to Feb. 28 of this year. Nine resulted in victims losing a total of $240,000.

Federal law requires internet service providers to report possible child pornography cases to a national agency, which refers cases to a nationwide network of task forces.

Angel David Rubio Marin is charged with seven felony counts of using communications systems to facilitate offenses involving children.