Crime and Public Safety
Boones Mill, VA (May 13, 2022): On Tuesday, May 10th, 2022, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded to James River Equipment, located at 76 Taylors Road in Boones Mill in reference to a report of stolen items. The stolen items include a John Deere X390 riding lawnmower, a John Deere Gator HPX613, a John Deere 620i Gator, and a John Deere 855D Gator.
The incident occurred between the hours of 6:00pm on Monday, May 9th and 7:00am on Tuesday, May 10th. Surveillance cameras captured the suspect vehicles (a Jeep Cherokee and a Chevrolet White Rollback) traveling north towards Roanoke County at approximately 1:50am on Tuesday, May 10th
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The Virginia State Police is investigating a felony hit and run which occurred on April 12, 2022, at 11:15 a.m. on Forest Road in Bedford County. The crash involved a 2010-2017 black Toyota Corolla with heavy front end damage to the bumper and the passenger side of the vehicle. The Toyota is believed to be driven by a white female, 20 to 40 years of age.
The Virginia State Police received a complaint from a caller that a SUV pulling a trailer, traveling south, was driving recklessly on Interstate 81. The caller stated the SUV was traveling with red and blue flashing lights, coming from inside the vehicle. Troopers located the southbound SUV at mile marker 158 and attempted to stop the vehicle; a pursuit ensued. The driver attempted to elude police by speeding up, reaching speeds above 90 mph and throwing items out of the vehicle at the pursuing officers.(from Virginia State Police yesterday) VSP received a call for reckless driving, and found the suspect vehicle southbound at mile marker 170, on Interstate 81. A pursuit began, and ended at the Troutville scales after the vehicle was disabled by stop sticks. Subject resisted arrest and is now in custody. He is being transported to RMH for injuries received during the arrest.
The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is searching for four people who burglarized a home in April. Authorities say it happened on Woodhaven Drive during the daylight hours of April 11th. Surveillance photos show four black men forcing their way into the home – one armed with a handgun. Investigators say the burglars stole guns from the home and left.
The need to watch out for pedestrians is in the spotlight this month, but even more so after a pedestrian was hit yesterday in downtown Roanoke. WFIR’s Ian Price has more.Sources tell WFIR News that a pedestrian was hit this evening near the intersection of 1st street and Campbell Avenue SW in downtown Roanoke. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital for treatment. The person’s condition is unknown. Police have not confirmed the incident.
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ARLINGTON, Va. — An Alexandria, Va., man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers unloaded a stash of 23 prohibited items from the man’s carry-on bag at one of the security checkpoints at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) yesterday, Wednesday, May 4. Twenty-three items were knives including scalpels and martial arts throwing knives. Among the items that were pulled from the carry-on bag were:
A few of the folding blade knives, a dagger and a switchblade were among the many weapons caught in a traveler’s carry-on bag by TSA officers at DCA on May 4.
A few of the folding blade knives, a dagger and a switchblade were among the many weapons caught in a traveler’s carry-on bag by TSA officers at DCA on May 4.
Nine disposable scalpels
Eight folding locking-blade knives
Three martial arts throwing knives
One dagger
One switchblade
One pair of brass knuckles
The TSA officers located the weapons when the man’s carry-on bag entered the security checkpoint’s X-ray machine. The bag was pulled for a search and the weapons stash of weapons was removed. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police were alerted and responded to the checkpoint and issued the man a citation.
TSA would have had no issue had all 23 of these items been packed in a checked bag, but passengers certainly cannot carry these types of weapons into the cabin of an aircraft. He should have downloaded the myTSA app, so he could easily have used the “Can I bring?” feature, which would have advised him to pack the items in a checked bag. That would have sharpened his knowledge as to what can and cannot go into a carry-on bag.
Disposable scalpels were among a stash of 22 weapons in a man’s carry-on bag that were detected by TSA officers at DCA on May 4. Disposable scalpels were among a stash of 22 weapons in a man’s carry-on bag that were detected by TSA officers at DCA on May 4.
“When passengers have prohibited items among their carry-on items, it slows down the screening process,” said John Busch, TSA’s Federal Security Director for the airport. “Travelers play a role in the efficiency of checkpoint screening by knowing what should and should not be packed in a carry-on bag. In addition to the myTSA app, travelers can tweet a question to @AskTSA, send a question to our social media team through Facebook Messenger, or go to our web site, www.tsa.gov, and in the upper right-hand corner of the homepage is the handy ‘Can I bring?’ feature that enables you to type in the name of an item to learn where it should be packed,” he said.
“Even in the sometimes chaotic environment of the screening checkpoints, the TSA officers at our airport do an amazing job every day by keeping dangerous items out of the aircraft cabin,” Busch said. “It’s important to acknowledge them and the significance of their mission.”
Mann Murray
On May 9, 2022 at approximately 9:30 a.m., Roanoke Police were patrolling the area near Salem Turnpike NW and 24th Street NW when they heard what sounded like several shots fired coming from the direction of Delta Drive NW. As officers were responding to the scene, the City of Roanoke E-911 Center advised officers of a person with a gunshot wound in the 2400 block of Delta Drive NW. Responding officers located two adult males outside of a residence in the area with what appeared to be non-life threatening gunshot wounds. Roanoke Fire-EMS transported both men to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Using evidence located on scene and video surveillance in the area, the department’s iSTAR Team and officers were able to determine a suspect vehicle and direction of travel. That information was relayed to other Patrol Units in the area. Another officer was able to locate the vehicle at a residence in the 1100 block of Pilot Street NW. Additional units responded to that address and located the suspect inside the vehicle. The suspect was identified as Mann D. Murray, 22 of Roanoke. Murray was taken into custody without incident and charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
We commend the swift actions of Charlie Platoon and the iSTAR Team. Without their immediate intervention, the suspect would have been much harder to locate and ultimately charge.
Details about what led to this incident are limited at this time. This remains an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call (540)344-8500 and share what you know. You can also text us at 274637; please begin the text with “RoanokePD” to ensure it’s properly sent. Both calls and texts can remain anonymous.
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NEWS RELEASE: FINCASTLE, VA – On May 8, 2022, at 5:06 a.m., deputies responded to the Circle K in the 2700 block of Lee Highway for a reported armed robbery. The suspect, described as a white male, approximately 5’7 to 6’ wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, white and black skull cap, blue hospital mask and faded skinny jeans entered the store brandishing a large knife (bowie knife).
After taking a minimal amount of money and cigarettes, the suspect left in a white 2020 Kia Forte displaying a Virginia registration of UMD-1728. This vehicle has been reported stolen out of Loudoun County, Virginia. Should the public observe the vehicle please call 911 immediately. Do not approach the suspect or vehicle. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Levi Hosey at 928-2243.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a Virginia man Thursday on charges of possessing and selling unregistered machine guns, a federal prosecutor said.
According to the indictment, Patrick Tate Adamiak, 28, of Virginia Beach was obtaining unregistered machine guns and selling them online between October and April, U.S. Attorney Jessica D. Aber announced in a statement.
After the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bought eight machine guns from Adamiak through a confidential source, the agency executed a search warrant at Adamiak’s home and found 25 more unregistered machine guns, according to a news release.
Adamiak is charged with receiving, possessing, and transferring unregistered machine guns, and selling firearms without a federal firearms license, the news release said. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if he is convicted.