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These VA Cities Targeted By Trump For Defying Federal Immigration Crackdown These VA Cities Targeted By Trump For Defying Federal Immigration Crackdown
These VA Cities Targeted By Trump For Defying Federal Immigration Crackdown A long list of cities and counties across the country are now officially in the federal government’s crosshairs for refusing to comply with immigration law. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a sweeping new list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” that it says are deliberately defying federal immigration enforcement — and officials are calling them out by name. The release follows Executive Order 14287, signed by President Donald Trump in April, which directs DHS and the Department of Justice to highlight jurisdictions that allegedly shield “criminal illegal aliens” from arres…
Virginia Murder Suspect Captured In SWAT Raid After Statewide Manhunt: Police Virginia Murder Suspect Captured In SWAT Raid After Statewide Manhunt: Police
Virginia Murder Suspect Captured In SWAT Raid After Statewide Manhunt: Police A fugitive wanted for murder in Virginia is back in handcuffs after a dramatic multi-agency manhunt ended with a SWAT raid in Harrisonburg, authorities announced. Katelynn Ann Hipes, 22, of Augusta County, was arrested without incident on Tuesday afternoon, April 22, following a coordinated search effort involving the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office, US Marshals, and multiple law enforcement agencies. Hipes was wanted in connection with the early morning killing of Kevin Scott Small.  She was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, accordin…
Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says
Man Found Bleeding In Stranger’s Virginia Home Was Murdered, Sheriff Says A mysterious death in a quiet Fauquier County neighborhood has turned into a full-blown homicide case — and now, the man accused of murder is behind bars. Jose Velasquez-Martinez, 27, of Verona, was arrested at a hotel in Front Royal early Sunday morning, March 30, after a days-long investigation into a bizarre and deadly scene that unfolded just east of Linden, officials said. Deputies say it started around 9:50 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, when a woman came home and found a man she didn’t know — bleeding and gravely injured — inside her house. That man, identified as 29-year-old Brandon P…