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Old Fauquier County Jail. / 38.71361°N 77.79611°W / 38.71361; -77.79611. Built in Warrenton in 1808, the sixth jail in Fauquier County, Virginia ran for only fifteen years before a new jail was erected behind it after a lawsuit with the Commonwealth of Virginia. In those fifteen years the four-cell jail saw death and disease from ...
Goochland County: Closed April 1, 2011 Keen Mountain Correctional Center: Oakwood: 879 Lawrenceville Correctional Center: Lawrenceville: 1,555 Operated by GEO Group as Virginia's only private state prison, until Aug. 1, 2024. When the State takes it over. [4] Lunenburg Correctional Center: Victoria: 1,200
King County Sheriff's Office (Washington) While on duty, Bachmeier picked up 35-year-old James Wren and killed him, intending to frame him for a fire Bachmeier set at his own home as part of an insurance scam. Bachmeier was sentenced to life in prison without parole. [142] 4 July 1996.
James River Bridge. / 36.9910; -76.4836. The James River Bridge ( JRB) is a four-lane divided highway lift bridge across the James River in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation, it carries U.S. Route 17 (US 17), US 258, and State Route 32 across the river near its mouth at Hampton Roads.
Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [ 6 ] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [ 5 ] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States. The city is at the southeastern end of ...
Designated VLR. September 15, 1981 [2] Boldrup Plantation Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site located at Newport News, Virginia. A modern residential development has succeeded the 17th-century plantation. Three successive colonial governors lived at Boldrup (various spelled, including "Bolethorpe" and "Baldriff Neck"): John ...
Dorothy (1891 tug) Photo of "Dorothy," c. 2007. Dorothy is a tugboat and the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, currently on display in the yard. [ 1 ] Dorothy is one of the oldest surviving ships in Virginia. [ 2 ] She was built in 1890 and launched in 1891.
Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough’s voice quivered as he spoke to news media. He appeared to hold back tears as he read a statement that described the scene after the car went through a wall ...