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Feb. 11: 6:48 a.m., possible stroke. Rt. 626, Castleton. Amissville Fire Department and Castleton Fire Department.
Sheriff's log
Feb. 5: harassing communication, Rt. 729, Ben Venue.
Feb. 6: harassment, Piedmont Ave., Washington; traffic accident, Rt. 729; traffic accident, Rt. 610, Chester Gap; property damage, Fodderstack Rd.
Feb. 7: public service, Rt. 642, Viewtown.
Feb. 8: larceny, Viewtown; reckless driving, Rt. 522 to Culpeper; traffic accident, Rt. 707, Slate Mills; family fights, Rt. 680, Castleton; telephone harrasment, Slate Mills; family fights, Piedmont Ave., Washington; intoxication, Town of Washington; telephone harassment, Rt. 522, Woodville; suspicious person/vehicle/incident, Rt. 615, Castleton.
Feb. 9: firing weapon, Rt. 522; civil problem, Sperryville; harassment. Rt. 522; harassment, Rt. 522, Woodville; traffic accident, Rt. 522, Huntly; illegal dumping, Rt. 522; missing person, Old Rag Mountain; suspicious person/vehicle/incident, Rt. 663, Flint Hill; public service, Rt. 211, West of Massie’s Comer.
Feb. 10: intoxication, Rt. 211, Amissville; harassing communication, Rt. 615, Castleton; traffic offense, Rt. 522, Chester Gap.
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.
— Thomas De Quincey
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