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ONE of the first working gold mines in Virginia opened in 1806, near Fredericksburg , one of hundreds that sprang up along a thin gold belt that stretches from the Northeast as far south as Alabama .

“Accordingly, the commonwealth would ask that an attorney be appointed to represent the defendant.”

Aquil K. Wiggins has spent nine years fighting what he says was a wrongful conviction in 1999 for a robbery and attempted carjacking outside a Hampton Food Lion. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

A Virginia woman pleaded guilty Friday to plotting to commit mail fraud and money laundering in a scheme to defraud a company of more than $12 million, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. via WJZ Baltimore, Maryland News Weather

“That's never happened to me. I've had family call and ask, but I think law enforcement knows better than to do that.”

The mother of a man suffocated in the custody of Amherst County deputies has filed new claims that Sheriff Jimmy Ayers conspired with those deputies and the Virginia State Police to cover up her son's 2005 ... via NewsAdvance.com

“You put water on it and it mushes.”

Inside his rural Virginia house trailer, Carson Warner lounges on a love seat that sits atop two-by-fours that keep it from crashing through the waterlogged floor. via City Paper

VA State Police and the VA Dept of Corrections held a news conference on Thursday, a day after Alonzo Logan's caputre. via WTVR Richmond

BREAKING NEWS: Escaped Convict Captured Updated: State Police, Richmond Police and other authorities apprehended escaped convict Alonzo Logan in Richmond's east end early Wednesday morning. via WRIC-TV Richmond

Local and state police officers are now searching for escaped inmate Alonzo E. Logan in eastern Richmond. via Richmond.com

Holiday Travel Underway Name: Alonzo Erwin Logan Alias: Robert M. Davis Sex: .............................. MALE Race: ............................. BLACK Date of Birth: ................... DECEMBER 14, 1965 ... via WRIC-TV Richmond

“It makes me feel very comfortable and comforted”

A reported sighting of Alonzo Logan late yesterday afternoon brought police out in force to the Henrico County, Charles City County line. via NBC12

We're following some breaking news out of Henrico County.... State Police, U.S. Marshalls, Henrico and Charles City County Police believe they have Alonzo Logan surrounded in some woods in Eastern Henrico. via WTVR Richmond

Police are searching for Alonzo Erwin Logan who escaped from the Dillwyn Correctional Center last night. via WTVR Richmond