Structure Fire 180 Lamberth Drive Lot 23

The Danville Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire involving a mobile home at 180 Lamberth Drive Lot 23 on 7-14-2018 at 11:39 Pm. Three Engines, one Ladder, one command vehicle, and a safety officer were originally assigned to this loc...

Update on Fatal House Fire

The preliminary report from the medical examiner determined the cause of death in the fatal fire that occurred at 213 First Street, to be smoke inhalation. The investigation is still active and is being investigated jointly between the Danville Fire Marsh...

Danville Fire Department responds to a structure fire at 614 Franklin St

Danville Fire Department responded  to a structure fire at 614 Franklin St just before 11pm. Units arrived on scene to find a single story residence with heavy smoke showing from all sides. All occupants were out of the structure and accounted fo...

Update - Structure Fire 213 First St.

UPDATE: 7/5/18 2:20pm. - One civilian died at the scene of the fire. Fire crews found the victim while controlling the fire and searching the residence. The incident remains under investigation by the Fire Marshal's Office. Danville Police also helped wit...

Structure Fire 18 Noel Avenue

At approximately 9:00 p.m., the Danville Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 18 Noel Avenue.  The first arriving engine company found a small one story home with no smoke ore fire visible.  Upon further investigatio...

Structure Fire 112 Parkway Drive

At approximately 6:05 p.m., the Danville Fire Department responded to a reported vehicle fire located at 112 Parkway Drive.  After initial dispatch, the assignment was upgraded to a full structural response because the vehicles on fire were threa...

City Council receives five-year financial report

City Council on Tuesday night received a five-year financial report that showed Danville faces a structural budget deficit that will leave a projected cumulative deficit of $22.3 million.

If the structural deficit, which is based on current spending and re...

City Council OKs new limits on tethering pets

City Council voted Tuesday evening to adopt changes to the City Code that provide for additional restrictions on tethering pets and steeper penalties for pet-owners.

The restrictions include a prohibition on tethering pets outside in temperatures greater t...

City Council will meet in business, work sessions

City Council will meet Tuesday, July 17, in a business session and two work sessions. All three sessions are open to the public.

Council's meeting will begin with a special work session at 5:30 p.m. to hear a presentation on a multi-year financial forecast...

40 graduate from first Youth Police Academy

A special class of students – 40 youths ranging in age from 10 to 16 – graduated today from a one-of-a-kind academy – the Danville Youth Police Academy.

The graduation ceremony held at Langston Focus School for this class was the culmination of a three-wee...

Danville Transit service back on Patton Street

Danville Transit today resumed fixed route bus service along Patton Street, which reopened Tuesday to through traffic.

Certain bus routes had been detoured and a temporary bus stop at South Ridge and Patton streets established during the Patton Street stor...

Police Department will hold community event

The Police Department will hold its next community engagement day on Friday, July 13, at the Danville Boys and Girls Club on Foster Street. The event will feature a Hawaiian party theme, with games, music, prizes and food.

Activities will begin at 2 p.m.

Th...

Tickets on sale for concert featuring Travis Tritt

Tickets go on sale today for Danville Harvest Jubilee’s final show in the Summer Concert Series featuring recording artist Travis Tritt. He will perform live at the Carrington Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 29.

Needing little introduction, Travis Tr...

Free, outdoor concert will feature jazz music

Danville Parks and Recreation’s Music on Main concert series will continue in the River District at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 12, with the jazz sound of Small Town Orchestra.

Sponsored by Cardiology Consultants of Danville, the concert is free and will b...

Patton Street project coming to a close

The Patton Street storm water drainage project is coming to a close, with paving scheduled on Monday, July 9, for Patton Street and milled portions of South Union, Market and Lynn streets.

Patton and South Union streets currently remained closed, but will ...

Library modifies hours at main building

The Danville Public Library will modify the Saturday and Wednesday service hours at its main building on Patton Street. The new hours begin Saturday, July 7.

Saturday’s service hours are being shifted an hour in order to meet the growing demand t...

Next regular City Council meeting will be Thursday

The next meeting of City Council will be held on Thursday, July 5, instead of the first Tuesday of the month as normal. The change in dates is due to the holiday schedule.

Council will meet in a business session at 7 p.m., followed by a work session. Both ...

City Council picks Jones to serve as mayor

City Council on Monday elected Councilman Alonzo Jones as mayor and Councilman Lee Vogler as vice mayor. They will serve as mayor and vice mayor for the next two years.

Jones takes over as mayor for Councilman John Gilstrap, who had served as mayor for two...

Riverside Drive rebuild to begin after holiday

Reconstruction of two eastbound lanes of Riverside Drive from the bridge over Sandy Creek to Audubon Drive will begin this week following the July Fourth holiday.

The project is expected to take 90 days to complete, weather permitting. During this time, ea...

Danville Utilities receives peak power alert

Danville Utilities is requesting that its electric customers conserve power from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, July 2, and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, because of a peak alert issued by its wholesale power supplier.

A peak alert means that condi...

City government offices closed on July Fourth

The Municipal Building and all other City of Danville administrative offices will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. In addition, the public library and the James F. Ingram Justice Center (courthouse) will be closed.

Danvill...

Police Department kicks off youth academy

The Police Department today kicked off its inaugural Youth Engagement Academy at Langston Focus School. Forty children, ages 10 to 16, are participating. The three-week academy will provide an opportunity for positive engagement between the children and p...

(IBR) Incident Based Reporting

What is Incident Based Reporting? The NIBRS is an incident-based reporting system in which agencies collect data on each single crime occurrence.The information supplied is compiled from the incidents reported to the Danville Police Department in the prio...

Reported Incidents

The information supplied is compiled from the incidents reported to the Danville Police Department in the prior seven day period.

Warrants

Warrant information, including race and sex of the accused offender, is based on information supplied by the complainant. All information is subject to verification prior to warrant service. If you know the location of any of the individuals on this list,...

Arrest Information

The information supplied are the names of all individuals arrested (and the charge) in the previous seven days.

Arrest Photos

The information supplied are the Photos of individuals arrested (and the charge) in the previous seven days.

07-17-18 Suspect indicted for murder.

Today a Danville grand jury indicted 24 year-old Danville resident Marshall Sylvan Silver Jr. on one count of first degree murder, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, in the July 5th homicide of 55 year-old Allan Wright. Silver re...

07-13-18 Arrest in recent homicide.

 On July 5, 2018 at
7:03AM, The Danville Police Department responded to the 200 block of ClementAvenue and discovered the body 55-year-old Allan Wright of Danville in the yard
of a residence. The investigation foundthat Mr. Wright died from...

07-11-18 Danville Police Youth Academy Graduation

A graduation ceremony for the Danville Police Department Youth Police Academy is scheduled for this Thursday 07-12-18, at 1:00pm. The academy has been in session since June 25th and is the police departments first youth academy. The ceremony will take pla...

07-09-18 Homicide update

The victim from the homicide on Thursday 07-05-18 in the 200 block of Clement Avenue, died as the result of a gunshot wound according to a preliminary report from the medical examiners office. The incident continues to be investigated as a homici...

7-5-2018 Homicide victim identified.

The victim from today's early morning homicide has been identified as 55 year-year old Allan Wright of Danville,Va.  

This morning at approximately 7:03am Danville Police received an emergency call that a person was lying in the yard in the 200 bl...

06-29-18 Wanted person

The Danville Police Department is asking for help from the public in locating a wanted person.

Willie Henry Graves 31, is wanted on a probation violation stemming from a previous felony conviction. 

Graves is a documented gang member with numerous ...

06-28-18 Community Engagement Walk

Danville Police Chief Scott Booth and officers of the
Danville Police Department will hold a community engagement walk this afternoonin the Almagro neighborhood located in the Betts Street and Mabin Street areas.
This will be the fifth such walk in a ...

06-28-18 Robbery

On 6-28-18 at approximately 3:40AM a clerk at the Fas-Mart located at
1411 South Boston Rd reported a White Male entered the store and robbed him atgunpoint. The suspect took an undisclosed amount of money and cigarettes from
the store and fled on foo...

06-27-18 Improvised incendiary device arrest.

On June 25th a Danville grand jury issued three indictments against 28 year- old Colby Stefan Deshazo of Danville. These indictments are as follows:

Feloniously manufacture/possess a bomb/explosive device in violation of Virginia state code 18.2-85.

Felonio...

Danville Police Major Graduates from FBI National Academy

Danville Police Major Chris Wiles recently attended and graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy.  The ten week academy held at Quantico, Virginia was the 272nd Session and hosted law enforcement leaders from 48 states...

Meet the Chief

A local resident has invited his neighbors and Danville PD Chief Scott Booth to a Meet the Chief event. Local resident Hakim Abdullah has scheduled a Meet the Chief event for Saturday June 23, 2018 from 1 pm - 3 pm. Chief Booth and Mr. Abdullah met today ...

06-18-18 Charges Brought In Weekend Shooting

Eric Tashawn Coleman Jr. age 26 , of Danville has been charged in connection with the shooting on Withers Rd. Sunday, June 17, 2018. 

Coleman has been charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. During the incident Coleman was wound...

Federal Charges to be announced at 1:30 pm Press Conference in Danville

DANVILLE, Va. – On Thursday, June 14 at 1:30 p.m., United States Attorney Thomas T.Cullen, Adam S. Lee Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division, along with officialsfrom the Danville Police Department, Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office, t...

06-11-18 Wanted person arrested.

Wanted person Donte Hawkins who was the subject of an earlier Danville Police Department media release, was arrested today without incident. See Danville Police Department media release dated 6-7-18 below:

"The Danville Police Department is s...

06-07-18 Wanted Person

The Danville Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating 18-year-old Donte Bruce Hawkins. 

Hawkins is currently wanted in the 5-17-18 robbery of Tobacco and More and 5-19-18 robbery in the Walgreens parking lot. Hawkins is cha...

UPDATE: Emma Grace Kennedy treated and released; father charged

(UPDATE POSTED AT 4 P.M.) Seven-month-old Emma Grace Kennedy has been treated and released from Randolph Health in Asheboro, N.C. She is in the custody of her family.

Her father, Carl Ray Kennedy, has been arrested and is being held in the Randolph County,...

Emma Grace Kennedy found safe; father arrested

Seven-month-old Emma Grace Kennedy has been found safe, and her father, Carl Ray Kennedy, has been arrested.

Danville Police, FBI, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Secret Service arrested Kennedy in Randleman, N.C. He is in custody in No...

Update on abduction of Emma Grace Kennedy

The Danville Police Department, in conjunction with local, state and federal law enforcement partners, has established tip lines for the public to provide information related to the abduction of Emma Grace Kennedy. The numbers are 434-773-8318 or 434-773-...

06-04-18 Updated vehicle information

Here are additional photographs from last night's abduction of 7 month- old Emma Grace Kennedy. The images show more detail of the suspect vehicle and an image of the suspect with the child. 

Please note the spare tire located on the back rear pas...

06-04-18 Amber Alert update.

Here is updated information on the suspect vehicle in last nights abduction and amber alert. Included in this release is a photograph of the suspect vehicle.

The Danville Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a Gold Subaru Impreza d...

05-25-18 Additional arrests made in 2017 homicide.

A Danville man was arrested today on three felony indictments.

Brian Lamont Terry 18, was arrested today on felony indictments handed down by a Danville grand jury. 

Terry was arrested on the following charges:

Attempted first degree murder...

05-25-18 Heavy Traffic Alert

With graduation ceremonies set for Friday, May 25^th,
and Saturday, May 26^th, at Averett University’s North Campus, theDanville Police Department reminds motorists to expect heavy traffic in the
area.

Tunstall High School will hold a commencem...

05-24-18 Homicide Indictments

Yesterday a Danville grand jury issued the following felony indictmens on Diairion Marqui Davis:

1st degree murder in violation of Virginia State Code 18.2-32.

Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in violation of Virginia State Code 18.2-53.1.

Poss...

05-19-18 Robbery

On 5-19-18 at approx. 1142AM officers responded to areported robbery from a person at 401 S. Main St ( the parking lot of
Walgreens).  A 26 year old femaleDanville resident reported she was in the parking lot when she was approached...

05-18-18 Robbery Arrests

Arrests have been made in an armed robbery that occurred earlier this week.

Shortly after the robbery call came in Wednesday afternoon regarding The Grill restaurant on Watson Street, Patrol Officers quickly located a vehicle in the 800 block of Stokes Str...

05-18-18 Robbery

At approximately 6:02 pm yesterday afternoon, Danville Police responded to Tobacco and More located on Franklin Turnpike for a report of a robbery. 

The victim reported that two males dressed in black and wearing hoodies entered the store. One was...

Community Engagement Walk

Danville Police Chief Scott Booth and officers of the Danville Police Department will hold a community engagement walk Thursday afternoon May 17, 2018 in the neighborhood adjacent to North Main St and Moffett St. and in the vicinity of the Woodrow Wilson ...

05-16-18 Robbery

Today at approximately 1:49pm Danville Police responded to "The Grill" at 116 Watson Street in reference to a reported robbery. 

Once on the scene officers spoke to a store employee who stated 3 black males wearing masks had entered the ...

05-14-18 Homicide Update

As part of the ongoing investigation into the shooting death of Arthur OBrian Anderson this morning, a warrant for possession of a firearm by a violent convicted felon was obtained for 30-year-old Diairion Marqui Davis, of Reidsville, NC. Davis is a perso...

05-14-18 Homicide victim identified.

The victim from today's early morning homicide has been identified as 31 year-year old Arthur Obrian Anderson of Semora North Carolina.  

This morning at approximately 2:33am Danville Police received an emergency call that a person was ly...

05-14-18 Homicide

This morning at approximately 2:33am Danville Police received an emergency call that a person was lying in the street in the 200 block of Rocklawn Ave. When officers arrived they discovered a male lying in the roadway suffering from an injury consistent w...

05-07-18 Wanted Person Arrested

Colby Stefan Deshazo was arrested on May 4. He is currently being held in the Danville City Jail under no bond. 

The investigation of the April 20th shooting and incendiary device incident at the Astoria Hotel located on Piney Forest Rd. remains u...

05-03-18 Wanted Person

The Danville Police Department is requesting the public's assistance in locating 27-year-old Colby Stefan Deshazo. He is currently wanted for violating a protective order. Deshazo is also being sought for questioning regarding the April 20th shooting and ...

Criminal Identity Theft Incident

The Danville Police Department is currently investigating a criminal identity theft incident that occurred during the month of April. The Weekly Arrest Report and Arrest Photos Report posted May 01, 2018 have been republished due to an ongoing investigati...

Free Community Shred Event

The Danville Police Department has partnered with URW Community Federal Credit Union and Commonwealth Document Management to bring area residents the opportunity to protect against ID Theft and rid their homes of excess paperwork. This FREE event is open ...

05-01-18 Operation Blue Thunder

On 04-23-18, Danville Police Investigators presented evidence to a Danville grand jury involving an ongoing investigation into drug sales, drug and weapon possession and pornography. This joint investigation in partnership with the ATF began in July of 20...

Prescription Drug Take Back event set for Saturday April 28 from 10 until 2

Danville VA – On Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Danville Police Department, the Danville Sheriffs Office, and the Regional Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention will participate in the  Drug Enforcement Administration 1...

Improvised incendiary devices used at local motel.

At approximately 9:24 am today Danville Police Officers were called to 1030 Piney Forest Road in reference to a car fire and shots fired. The employee at 1030 Piney Forest Rd. had called to report that a vehicle was on fire in the parking lot. When she we...

04-17-2018 Community Engagement Walk

Danville Police Chief Scott Booth
and officers of the Danville Police Department will hold a community engagementwalk Wednesday afternoon April 18, 2018 in the Old West End neighborhood. This
will be the third such walk in a planned series spanning th...

04-13-18 Wanted Person

In the interest of public safety, the Danville Police Department is releasing the following juvenile charge information. This week, charges for conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder, attempted 1st degree murder, and use of a firearm in the commission of ...

Police seek assistance from the public in stolen vehicle incident

The Danville Police Department is currently investigating a motor vehicle theft incident that occurred on April 2, 2018 at an area gas station. The reporting party stepped inside the gas station to pay for a fuel purchase leaving the keys in the vehicle. ...

Danville Man wanted in connection with a shooting incident

A Danville Man is currently wanted in connection with a recent shooting incident at a local restaurant on March 29, 2018. Marcus Maurice Hunt age 31 is wanted on charges of: Malicious Wounding in violation of VA State Code 18.2-51.2 and Use of a Firearm i...

03-19-2018 Community Engagement Walk

Danville Police Chief Scott Booth and other police staff will hold a community engagement walk Thursday afternoon March 22, 2018 in the neighborhoods adjacent to GLH Johnson Elementary School.

The walk will begin at 2 p.m. at the picnic shelter located on ...

07-24-2017 Officer Involved Shooting

At 5:35 p.m. yesterday afternoon, Danville Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence located in the 100 block of Lawson Street on a 911 call from a female who reported that she was talking to her husband on the phone and he was armed and t...

02-14-12 Burglary Arrest

At approximately 11:34 pm on 02-13-12, officers responded to Sacred Heart School, 540 Central Blvd., in reference to an alarm. Officers located 34 year old David Dwayne Dabbs of Danville in the area of the school.

After further investigation, Mr. Dabb...David Dwayne Dabbs

02-13-12 Charges Brought in Vehicle Crash

As a result of the investigation into the vehicle crash this afternoon on the Route 29 Expressway, the driver of the Nissan, John Joseph Beckelheimer, age 46 of Pittsylvania County was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Due to ongoing me...John Joseph Beckelheimer

02-13-12 Vehicle Crash

At approximately 3:30 pm this afternoon Danville Police and EMS personnel responded to the Route 29 Expressway near Holland Road for a report of a vehicle crash.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2006 Nissan Pickup was being operated by a 4...Read on...

01-24-12 Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle Update

The Danville Police Department continues to investigate an accident where a pedestrian was struck last week.

At approximately 8:20 pm on 1-17-12 a 21-year-old male was crossing Kemper Road coming from the area of Danville Community College when he was...Read on...

Danville Utilities receives peak power alert

Danville Utilities is requesting that its electric customers conserve power from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, July 2, and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, because of a peak alert issued by its wholesale power supplier.

A peak alert means that condi...

Thermal cameras, energy monitors ready for loan

Danville Utilities, in partnership with the Danville Public Library, is making available thermal imaging cameras and energy usage monitors to help customers see their way to saving on monthly cooling and heating bills.

The cameras and monitors are availabl...