Virginia legislative leaders on Sunday evening revealed budget language that would create a new criminal misdemeanor in state law for possession of more than 4 ounces of marijuana in public.

For the first time in Virginia’s history ... Under the new law, a person with a misdemeanor or low-level felony conviction will be able to have their record sealed from public view — meaning ...

A bill to strike a provision of Virginia law that can turn a third misdemeanor petit larceny conviction into a felony advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. Sponsored by state Sen.

Three more men face felony ... in Virginia City on the night of July 10 that seriously injured a husband and wife from Gallatin County. Another defendant was charged Thursday with misdemeanor ...

Virginia Progressive ... “three strikes” felony enhancement for petty larceny offenses: The collateral consequences associated with felonies far exceed those of misdemeanors.

RICHMOND, Va. (7News) — A major shift is coming to Virginia’s criminal justice system with the state’s new Clean Slate Law, aimed at giving thousands of residents a second chance by sealing ...

It peaks at number two on the Billboard 200 chart ... charged with felony assault, after an alleged altercation outside the W Hotel in Washington, DC. The charge is reduced to a misdemeanor ...

29-year-old Ricky Dalton Hess, of Honaker, Virginia, is wanted in connection with multiple felony and misdemeanor warrants, including felony possession of stolen property and obstruction.

He also said the Virginia Code already ... appropriately prosecute all felony shoplifting cases, seeking felony convictions in some and measured reductions to misdemeanors — which carry ...

Republicans like Sen. Mitch McConnell opposed impeaching Trump in 2021 for trying to overturn the 2020 election because they said he would still face criminal prosecution. But the slow pace of his ...