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Two people were arrested in Washington County, Virginia after deputies reportedly found several firearms and drugs in a home.
was the second of three original regional jail facilities to open in Southwest Virginia. The first opened in early 2005 in Abingdon, and the third opened in Duffield shortly after Haysi’s opening.
ABINGDON, Va. — A local food bank is ready to start the new year after a hefty donation Monday from officers at the Abingdon branch of the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail. More than 150 ...
Va. (WJHL) – Authorities are searching for two missing inmates that reportedly escaped the recreational yard of a Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority facility near Abingdon Thursday ...
ABINGDON, Va. (WCYB) — The largest seizure of ... was taken into federal custody and is being held in the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon without bond. Ellison was charged with ...
ABINGDON, Va. — Two inmates who escaped from ... escaped from a recreational yard at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
Officers apprehended Johnny Shane Brown and Albert Lee Ricketson on Friday in Rogersville, Tennessee, after the pair escaped from the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority in Abingdon a day ...
WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA ... Jail officials say that number is high. "The last one before prior to these two was from April 2011. So it's been since 2011," says Southwest Virginia Regional Jail ...
Johnny Shane Brown, of Rogersville, Tennessee, and Albert Lee Ricketson, of Abingdon, Virginia, both escaped the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority in Abingdon, Virginia, from a ...
An Abingdon, Virginia, man faces various charges, including strangulation and kidnapping, after an alleged shooting on Tuesday. According to a news release from the Washington County, Virginia Sheriff ...
ABINGDON, Va. — Two inmates who escaped from ... The two men escaped from the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon on Thursday at about 2:45 p.m. EST, WJLA-TV reported.