Police who were tracking down a woman suspected of credit card theft found that her use of her Kroger Plus Shopper’s Card really helped tie the case in a neat bundle, a Charlottesville detective said.

Albemarle County police charged three people with driving under the influence at a checkpoint on U.S. 250 over the weekend, according to authorities.

A Charlottesville-area convenience store owner will serve prison time for selling pirated DVDs.

An Orange man will serve prison time for his role in a crack cocaine ring.

Alvin Lee “Butch” Morris walked out of the Albemarle County Circuit courthouse a free man Thursday morning.

Prosecutor decides not to retry Morris after July mistrial

An out-of-town magazine salesman was arrested on robbery charges Tuesday, according to Charlottesville police.

Dozens of homes in the Twin Lakes subdivision near Ruckersville were evacuated Tuesday night after officials were alerted to potentially explosive devices in the neighborhood, Greene County Sheriff Scott Haas said.

A Washington, D.C., woman arrested in an Albemarle County prostitution sting has been found guilty of misdemeanor prostitution.

A Stanardsville woman who says she was Tasered by a deputy at her home had punched the deputy repeatedly during their confrontation, according to incident reports obtained from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

Victor Ramon Maxey, 23, is facing charges of aggravated malicious wounding

A Charlottesville judge has accepted a plea agreement for a city resident who was part of a shootout that left a man dead.

A Charlottesville man who testified against his co-defendant in a murder trial last month is facing prison time for his part in a related shootout.

Jada Marie Dickerson’s Alford plea means that she maintains her innocence while acknowledging that the prosecutor has enough evidence to convict her.

A tracking device placed on a car and followed by a federal marshal helped police find a group of young people accused of stealing items from empty homes.

Jada Marie Dickerson, 29, entered the pleas to felony murder and two counts of robbery.

A 26-year-old man who stole electronics and credit cards at the University of Virginia has asked for a psychological examination.

A Charlottesville man accused in an attempted robbery that turned fatal was found not guilty by a judge Tuesday after a daylong bench trial.

Charlottesville police “have some direction” as to who may have driven a stolen car that crashed into a Rugby Road home around 2:30 a.m. today.

A man who was shot in the torso during a scuffle on May 13 does not expect to walk again, he testified Thursday.

A probation officer is facing charges after a hit-and-run accident involving a city police cruiser.

A Schuyler man accused of trying to rob a man at a Scottsville ATM will serve prison time for the incident.

A Charlottesville man has admitted that he tried to shoot his mother’s beau during an argument last August.

Nathan Jon Peters does not recall the exact moment when his 1994 Acura Integra hit a tree.

Greed, not homelessness or drug addiction, was the apparent motive for two people involved in area break-ins around Thanksgiving, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

A Schuyler man accused of trying to rob a man at a Scottsville ATM will serve prison time for the incident.

Morris later married Shifflett’s widow and helped to raise some of Shifflett’s children.

The decision about Alvin Lee “Butch” Morris was expected to be made this morning in Albemarle Circuit Court, but the case was rescheduled to Aug. 27.

An Albemarle County man is facing criminal charges after being accused of shooting his brother in the face.

Just before 8 p.m. Friday, Albemarle County police found a 27-year-old man with “significant head injuries”