James Spero Panagis, Jr., 46, was sentenced last week to three years supervised probation along with a five-year suspended ...

Virginia State Police are warning about a troubling trend involving vehicle thefts as families prepare for the Fourth of July celebrations.

Next year in 2022, the Virginia Department of State Police (VSP) will celebrate its 90th anniversary. A critical agency for public safety in the Commonwealth, over the last several years, the VSP ...

Virginia State Police Sgt. G. Michael Jenkins Jr. checks out one of the new Ford Taurus police cruisers that will replace the Crown Victoria models, one of which is at right. BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH ...

Virginia State Police identified Kai Foreman as a 4-year-old. But, in a press conference with Norfolk Police Chief Mark Talbot at Monday's shooting scene, Talbot identified the child as a 5-year-old.

Traffic Virginia State Police ramp up patrols for Memorial Day weekend AAA estimates 45 million people will travel for Memorial Day, prompting ramped-up Virginia State Police patrols for road safety.

He died on May 20. State Police said First Sergeant Snell's death is related to an illness stemming from his assignment around the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Virginia State Police Superintendent Colonel Matthew Hanley speaks at the 2025 VSP Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial Service in North Chesterfield, Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

First Sgt. Christopher Owen of Virginia State Police Area 23 said the mission is to educate drivers, rather than reprimand them. "It's not about the ticket, it's about people getting to where they ...

The Virginia State Police agent who investigated the case, First Sergeant A. R. Ashby Jr., testified Friday that Panagis used the restitution money to cover personal debts from online gambling.