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Blacksburg Crime Statistics

Year Population Violent Crime Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Crime Burglary Theft Car Theft Arson
2005 39,778 55 0 8 13 34 562 105 435 22 4
 

Local Blacksburg Crime News

Colleges enlist parents to curb problem drinking (The Record and Herald News)
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:09:30 GMT
At Virginia Tech, where tailgating and raucous apartment complex parties are time-honored rituals, university officials are turning increasingly to Mom and Dad to curb problem underage drinking.

Jones (CBS Sports)
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:24:30 GMT
A water main break delays the Maryland-Virginia Tech game but does nothing to cool off Greivis Vasquez. The Terrapins senior scores a career-high 41 as Maryland downs the Hokies in double OT. The Virginia Tech fans verbally assault Vasquez, who fights fire with fire, Matt Jones says.

Thursday headlines from 13abc Toledo (WTVG-TV Toledo)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:35:37 GMT
Stabbing outside Mich. club, Findlay man behind bars for rape, drug raid at Toledo business...

Miami - Team Notes (USA Today)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:50:42 GMT
After a stunning performance in its ACC tournament opener, Miami has a rubber match against Virginia Tech in Friday afternoon's quarterfinals.

Environmental Engineers Receive Top Science Paper Award for Investigative Work (Newswise)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:34:23 GMT
An article in ES&T that contradicted years of government assertions that no residents in Washington D.C. had been harmed by years of unnecessary exposure to very high levels of lead in their potable water has received the Editor's Choice Award for Best Science Paper of 2009.

Shad Plank: Senate kills attempt to repeal one-a-month limit on handgun purchases (Daily Press)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:54:49 GMT
A Senate panel killed an effort to repeal Virginia's one-handgun-a-month limit on buyers Thursday afternoon ending the effort to roll back the 1993 gun control law for at least the next year.

Crime prevention seminar planned Monday in Clinton (Upper Marlboro Gazette)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:33:07 GMT
Members of the Henry A. Wise Dance Ensemble (from left) sophomore Danielle Morina, 15; freshman Melody Taylor, 15; and senior Rochelle Lewis, 17, all of Upper Marlboro, dance "The Zoo" as lions Friday during their performance of "Green Eggs & Dance," a Dr. Seuss-inspired dance performance.

Va. Tech students who took school bus for joyride get no time (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:14:31 GMT
CHRISTIANSBURG—Two Virginia Tech students who took a Montgomery County school bus for a joyride in the fall were able to avoid jail time and felony convictions. Alexander Telkowski, 20, of Pennsylvania and Aleksander Andreyev, 21, of Virginia Beach were found early Oct. 9 climbing out of a school bus in the parking lot of Gilbert Linkous Elementary School. They were charged with destruction of ...

Warriors shine at state track, swim meets (The Daily Progress)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:46 GMT
The Western Albemarle girls track team rode three event wins to a second-place finish to lead a strong group of Jefferson District athletes in last weekend’s Group AA meet at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

Colleges use parents to curb alcohol use (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:19:52 GMT
At Virginia Tech, where tailgating and raucous apartment complex parties are time-honored rituals, university officials are turning increasingly to Mom and Dad to curb problem underage drinking.This semester, the school in Blacksburg, Va., began noti ...

 

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Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Abingdon 24 22 2
Alexandria 435 313 122
Altavista 11 11 0
Amherst 5 5 0
Appalachia 6 6 0
Ashland 24 21 3
Bedford 32 28 4
Berryville 9 8 1
Big Stone Gap 17 15 2
Blacksburg 72 56 16
Blackstone 18 13 5
Bluefield 21 16 5
Boykins 1 1 0
Bridgewater 8 8 0
Bristol 77 57 20
Broadway 4 4 0
Brookneal 4 4 0
Buena Vista 15 14 1
Burkeville 1 1 0
Cape Charles 5 5 0
Cedar Bluff 3 3 0
Charlottesville 138 111 27
Chase City 11 10 1
Chatham 4 4 0
Chesapeake 504 364 140
Chilhowie 5 5 0
Chincoteague 13 10 3
Christiansburg 62 47 15
Clarksville 8 7 1
Clifton Forge 16 10 6
Clinchco 1 1 0
Clintwood 3 3 0
Coeburn 8 7 1
Colonial Beach 15 10 5
Colonial Heights 49 45 4
Courtland 3 1 2
Covington 23 14 9
Crewe 5 5 0
Culpeper 45 38 7
Damascus 6 6 0
Danville 138 128 10
Dayton 6 6 0
Dublin 10 9 1
Dumfries 17 15 2
Edinburg 1 1 0
Elkton 9 8 1
Emporia 35 25 10
Exmore 7 7 0
Fairfax City 79 65 14
Falls Church 43 29 14
Farmville 38 24 14
Franklin 38 26 12
Fredericksburg 86 64 22
Fries 1 1 0
Front Royal 44 35 9
Galax 39 24 15
Gate City 5 5 0
Glade Spring 4 4 0
Glasgow 1 1 0
Glen Lyn 1 1 0
Gordonsville 6 6 0
Gretna 4 3 1
Grottoes 6 6 0
Grundy 5 5 0
Halifax 5 5 0
Hampton 376 270 106
Harrisonburg 93 80 13
Haymarket 6 5 1
Haysi 2 2 0
Herndon 67 54 13
Hillsville 12 11 1
Honaker 5 4 1
Hopewell 66 47 19
Hurt 1 1 0
Independence 2 2 0
Jonesville 2 2 0
Kenbridge 8 8 0
Kilmarnock 4 4 0
La Crosse 3 3 0
Lawrenceville 5 5 0
Lebanon 13 12 1
Leesburg 85 67 18
Lexington 15 13 2
Louisa 4 4 0
Luray 14 12 2
Lynchburg 214 135 79
Manassas 110 86 24
Manassas Park 32 24 8
Marion 20 18 2
Martinsville 59 53 6
McKenney 1 1 0
Middleburg 3 3 0
Middletown 3 3 0
Mount Jackson 4 4 0
Narrows 4 4 0
New Market 5 5 0
Newport News 517 386 131
Norfolk 822 699 123
Norton 24 18 6
Occoquan 1 1 0
Onancock 4 4 0
Onley 3 3 0
Orange 17 14 3
Parksley 3 3 0
Pearisburg 8 7 1
Pembroke 2 2 0
Pennington Gap 6 6 0
Petersburg 131 95 36
Pocahontas 1 1 0
Poquoson 24 20 4
Portsmouth 334 242 92
Pound 4 4 0
Pulaski 36 28 8
Purcellville 12 11 1
Quantico 3 2 1
Radford 49 35 14
Rich Creek 1 1 0
Richlands 19 15 4
Richmond 890 696 194
Roanoke 308 254 54
Rocky Mount 19 17 2
Rural Retreat 1 1 0
Salem 89 63 26
Saltville 7 6 1
Shenandoah 4 4 0
Smithfield 26 21 5
South Boston 31 29 2
South Hill 25 20 5
St. Paul 5 5 0
Stanley 4 4 0
Staunton 60 49 11
Stephens City 3 3 0
Strasburg 19 17 2
Suffolk 213 171 42
Tappahannock 11 10 1
Tazewell 13 12 1
Timberville 3 3 0
Victoria 6 5 1
Vienna 49 40 9
Vinton 31 20 11
Virginia Beach 951 786 165
Warrenton 20 18 2
Warsaw 4 3 1
Waverly 13 8 5
Waynesboro 56 49 7
Weber City 4 4 0
West Point 10 9 1
Williamsburg 47 33 14
Winchester 83 70 13
Wise 14 13 1
Woodstock 14 13 1
Wytheville 36 24 12
   
 

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Amber Alerts for Virginia
 

Missing Persons for
Blacksburg, VA


Endangered Runaway: JAZZEALL COURTNEY (VA)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:28:04 EST


Endangered Runaway: LEONA VON WALLEN (VA)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:33:46 EST


Missing: JOSEPH SANCHEZ (VA)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:09:37 EST


Endangered Runaway: SHAWN MARTIN (VA)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:49:05 EST


Endangered Runaway: ABIGAIL MARTINEZ (VA)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:46:39 EST


Endangered Runaway: LUISA MOLINA (VA)
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:33:05 EST


Endangered Runaway: TEQUISHA JONES-LIPKINS (VA)
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:28:33 EST


Endangered Runaway: BETHANIE JACKSON (VA)
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:37:10 EST


Endangered Runaway: IVONNE BIVIANO (VA)
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:59:24 EST


Have you seen this child?: ROBERTO FANNELL (VA)
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:41:14 EST


Endangered Runaway: ERLINDA MARTINEZ (VA)
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:31:30 EST


Endangered Runaway: KARLTON STURDIVANT (VA)
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:24:17 EST


Missing: ISABELLA MILLER-JENKINS (VA)
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:03:19 EST


Endangered Runaway: SUANY COREA (VA)
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:55:28 EST


Endangered Runaway: CELENA BEAUCHAMP (VA)
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:44:16 EST


Endangered Runaway: DENISE PARKER (VA)
Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:38:47 EST


Endangered Runaway: MARIA BENITEZ-MORALEZ (VA)
Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:59:31 EST


Endangered Runaway: NICOLE ZIMMERMAN (VA)
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:29:49 EST


Endangered Runaway: ASHANTI HUNT (VA)
Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:31:51 EST


Endangered Runaway: WILLIAM BENTLEY (VA)
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:20:58 EST