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Advisories upgraded to WARNING A winter storm warning is in effect from 1 AM Monday through 1 PM Monday, Jan 3, 2022. Mo...
01/02/2022

Advisories upgraded to WARNING

A winter storm warning is in effect from 1 AM Monday through 1 PM Monday, Jan 3, 2022.

Moderate to significant snowfall is expected with the incoming storm.

Counties included in the existing and upgraded warning area include:
Culpeper, Page, Greene, Albemarle, Augusta, Orange, Madison, Fauquier, Shenandoah, Rappahannock County

Winter weather ADVISORY issued for Culpeper County, Madison County, Page County 1 AM to 1 PM Jan 3, 2022 Winter storm WA...
01/02/2022

Winter weather ADVISORY issued for Culpeper County, Madison County, Page County 1 AM to 1 PM Jan 3, 2022

Winter storm WARNING issued for Augusta, Albemarle, Greene, Orange County, and Northern Virginia Blue Ridge 1 AM to 1 PM Jan 3, 2022.

Approximately 160 customers are without power in the area of Rapidan Road and Old Rapidan Road in Culpeper County. Domin...
10/26/2021

Approximately 160 customers are without power in the area of Rapidan Road and Old Rapidan Road in Culpeper County. Dominion Power crews expect to have the lights back on by 2 a.m.

4:36 p.m. - 10/26/2021

-The Culpeper Informer

Residential fire - 5151 Homestead Trl, Culpeper Co (Reva)3:56 p.m - 6/28/2021 Garage fire reportedly extending into the ...
06/28/2021

Residential fire - 5151 Homestead Trl, Culpeper Co (Reva)

3:56 p.m - 6/28/2021

Garage fire reportedly extending into the primary residence.

**CHILD FOUND!!** Co. Sheriff's Office searching for 2 YO Noah Trout abducted at noon Sunday (5/2/21) in by unk adul...
05/03/2021

**CHILD FOUND!!**
Co. Sheriff's Office searching for 2 YO Noah Trout abducted at noon Sunday (5/2/21) in by unk adult. May be traveling in dark-colored SUV/van. Call 911 with any info.

๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐€๐ญ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐žApril 23, 2021Sgt. Steve Lewis says the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office respond...
04/23/2021

๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐€๐ญ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž

April 23, 2021

Sgt. Steve Lewis says the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported shooting in the 11900 block of Freemans Ford Road around 5:34 p.m Thursday evening.

Upon arrival, "Deputies located a deceased male with upper body trauma lying in the front yard of the residence" according to Sgt. Lewis.
The victim was identified as 24 year-old Charles W. โ€œTripโ€ Bopp III. Charles was the son of Charles W. Bopp Jr, a retired major at Fauquier County Sheriff's Office and previously employed with the ATF and United States Secret Service.
The victim was located in the yard at his residence, the incident appears to be isolated, according to Sgt. Lewis.

The Fauquier Sheriffโ€™s Office is working with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Detectives are attempting to identify any suspects involved.

Anyone with information should contact contact the Fauquier County Sheriffโ€™s Office at 540-422-8759.

Photo: Fauquier County Sheriff's Office

-The Culpeper Informer-

Missing person
04/23/2021

Missing person

Structure fire4:06 p.m. - 4/20/2021Orange Co: Responding personnel are at the scene of a sawmill on fire at 10386 Larmon...
04/20/2021

Structure fire

4:06 p.m. - 4/20/2021
Orange Co: Responding personnel are at the scene of a sawmill on fire at 10386 Larmond Road.

๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐”๐ˆ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ April 9, 2021 On April 8, 2021, at 4:40 p.m., Deputy Schienschang of th...
04/10/2021

๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐”๐ˆ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ

April 9, 2021

On April 8, 2021, at 4:40 p.m., Deputy Schienschang of the Orange County Sheriff's Office observed a red Chevrolet Camaro traveling at more than 90 miles-per-hour in a posted 55 mph zone on Constitution Highway. The deputy attempted a traffic stop but the sports car accelerated away at speeds of more than 100 miles-per-hour. The driver eventually ended up on Everona Road and came to a stop at a residence.

Tyrone Lowe, age 48, of Unionville, VA was arrested and charged with felony DUI, the 3rd offense within 5 years. Lowe was taken into custody and held at Central Virginia Regional Jail.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™ง

Wildfire2:53 p.m - 4/6/2021 Large wildfire reported at Spikes Drive and Elly Road in Aroda (Madison County)
04/06/2021

Wildfire

2:53 p.m - 4/6/2021
Large wildfire reported at Spikes Drive and Elly Road in Aroda (Madison County)

๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ March 31, 2021 An Orange County woman was killed when her ve...
04/01/2021

๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ

March 31, 2021

An Orange County woman was killed when her vehicle was T-boned by an off-duty Culpeper County Deputy on Tuesday evening March 30.
According to Virginia State Police, a Nissan Altima was attempting to cross State Route 3 at the intersection of Carrico MIlls Road and Germanna Highway around 6:00 p.m. The Nissan was stopped at a stop sign and then proceeded to cross Route 3, according to a news release. A black in color unmarked Chevrolet Tahoe registered to the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office was unable to avoid the Nissan. The driver of the Nissan, 65 year-old Helen M. Quarles of Locust Grove was pronounced dead at the scene. The deputy had only minor injuries.
Virginia State Police Culpeper Division Crash Reconstruction Team is handling the ongoing investigation as per request of Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins.

Photo: Culpeper County Sheriff's Office

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