The Shadow
Bath County Sheriff’s Office Weekly News Release Sunday, July 19, 2026 through Saturday, July 25, 2026
Sunday, July 19, 2026 Deputy C. Altizer assisted Millboro Area Rescue on a call in Millboro.
Sunday, July 19, 2026 Lt. R. Miller responded to a residence on Airport Rd. for an activated burglar alarm.
Monday, July 20, 2026 Dep. T. Harlow responded to Wilkinson Ave. for an animal control request.
Monday, July 20, 2026 Deputies D. Smith and Dep. T. McRoberts assisted a citizen who locked themselves out of their house in Millboro.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Capt. C. Smith assisted a disabled motorist on Courthouse Hill.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Capt. C. Smith investigated a report of an animal bite.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Dep. T. McRoberts assisted with traffic control on Sam Snead Hwy. after a tree fell in the roadway.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Dep. T. Harlow performed a traffic stop in Warm Springs.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Dep. T. Harlow and K9 Roxy assisted Virginia State Police at a traffic stop in Warm Springs.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Dep. T. Harlow responded to Dry Run to dispatch a deer who had been hit by a vehicle.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Lt. R. Miller responded to Mitchelltown to dispatch a deer who had been hit by a vehicle.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Dep. M. Colaw performed a traffic stop near Cascades Gorge Rd.
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Dep. M. Colaw responded to a vehicle accident on Jackson River Tpke.
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Dep. T. McRoberts unlocked a vehicle in Bacova.
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Lt. R. Miller unlocked a vehicle in Mitchelltown.
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Lt. R. Miller assisted with a motor vehicle accident on Warm Springs Mountain.
Friday, July 24, 2026 Dep. D. Smith assisted a citizen in filing a report for a hit and run accident.
Friday, July 24, 2026 Deputy T. O’Conner performed a traffic stop on Mountain Valley Rd.
Friday, July 24, 2026 Dep. T. McRoberts unlocked a vehicle in Healing Springs.
Friday, July 24, 2026 Dep. T. Harlow performed traffic stops in the Hot Springs area.
Friday, July 24, 2026 Dep. T. Harlow assisted a citizen in retrieving stolen property.
Friday, July 24, 2026 Dep. T. Harlow reported a dumpster fire at the Ashwood location. Dep. T. Harlow and Dep. T. O’Conner assisted HSFD at the scene.
Friday, July 24, 2026 Dep. T. Harlow performed a traffic stop in Hot Springs.
Saturday, July 25, 2026 Deputies Harlow and O’Conner performed a traffic stop near Charger Lane.
Saturday, July 25, 2026 Deputies Harlow, D. Smith and O’Conner responded to Warm Springs after a report of livestock in the roadway. Deputies returned cows to the field and made a temporary repair to the fence.
Saturday, July 25, 2026 Deputies Harlow and O’Conner responded to a vehicle accident in the Burnsville area.
Saturday, July 25, 2026 Dep. D. Smith responded to the Deerlick subdivision for a fire alarm activation.
Saturday, July 25, 2026 Deputies Harlow and O’Conner responded for a disorderly person at a Mitchelltown business.
Saturday July 25, 2026 Dep. Harlow conducted a traffic stop in the Carloover area.
Saturday July 25, 2026 Dep. Harlow conducted a traffic stop on Main St. in Hot Springs.
Saturday, July 25, 2026 Sheriff R.W. Plecker hosted the annual “Bath County Sheriff’s Office Night Out Against Crime”. Assisting were the officers and dispatchers of the Bath County Sheriff’s Office.
Bath County Sheriff’s Office emergency communications officers answered 201 incoming calls and made 61 outbound calls during this time period.
