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National Crime Victims' Rights Week - April 18-24, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 21, 2021

Support Victims. Build Trust. Engage Communities.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - The City of Charlottesville commemorates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 18–24, 2021, to raise awareness about crime victims’ issu...

“Books Behind Bars” Program to Launch at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 19, 2021

Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Joe Platania Partners with the University of Virginia and the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail to Launch Innovative Educational and Rehabilitation Program for Inmates

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Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign to Raise Awareness for Uptick in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 12, 2021

Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign to Raise Awareness for Uptick in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – For the past year, due to the pandemic, most children have not been in the presence of teachers, socia...

Virginia Progressive Prosecutors Applaud Criminal Justice Reforms In Legislative Session

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 8, 2021

Reforms advocated for by the group and passed by the General Assembly include abolition of the death penalty, expungement of criminal records, and an end to “three strikes” felony enhancement for larceny offenses.

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Mario Jarman Hodges pleads guilty to attempted rape, malicious wounding, and abduction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 19, 2021

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Today in Charlottesville Circuit Court, Mario Jarman Hodges pleaded guilty to attempted rape, malicious wounding, and abduction. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 25, 2021, and faces up to fo...

Virginia Progressive Prosecutors Call For Criminal Justice Reforms In Coming Legislative Session

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 4, 2021

Commonwealth's Attorneys support common sense criminal justice reforms to make their communities safer and the Commonwealth’s justice system more fair and equitable

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Virginia Progr...

Jeffrey Jaeger Found Guilty of Assault and Battery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 11, 2020

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - On September 1, 2020, Charlottesville Police Officer Jeffrey Jaeger was charged with assault and battery for conduct associated with his March 3, 2020 detention and arrest of Andre Henderson. &am...