The Giles County Sheriff’s Office is sounding the alarm about a scam targeting elderly customers of home security companies.

The Giles County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that it had arrested a 48-year-old man and charged him with attempted murder and various other charges after a domestic incident Monday.

A man wanted for a string of break-ins, including several across multiple counties in the New River Valley was spotted again Friday.

The Giles County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of a man in connection with multiple vehicle thefts in and around Pembroke and Narrows from July to Oct. 2022.

GILES COUNTY, Va. – UPDATEBrandon Cody Boggs was arrested in connection to a malicious wounding incident in Giles County (Giles County Sheriff's Office)Authorities have released more details about the man they took into custody in connection with the malicious assault incident in Giles County. Brandon Cody Boggs, 41, of Pearisburg, was taken into custody on Wednesday, according to the Giles County Sheriff’s Office. UPDATEThe Giles County Sheriff’s Office said Brandon Cody Boggs was taken into custody. Boggs is considered to be armed and dangerous, according to the Giles County Sheriff’s Office. ORIGINAL STORYThe Giles County Sheriff’s Office is responding to an active situation.

GILES COUNTY, Va. Some local sheriffs deputies are trying to make sure they are prepared to find people who go missing. With what looks like a small TV antenna in hand, Giles County sheriffs deputies set off down a hill Thursday morning. Its very important to our community, Giles County Sheriff Morgan Millirons said of the deputies training. We do the training just to familiarize ourselves with the equipment, to make sure the equipment is running right. You dont forget how to do it, but you can always get better at it, Giles County Sheriffs Deputy Maj. Scott Moye said.

GILES COUNTY - Staff at Narrows High School discovered a threatening message in a boys' bathroom on Wednesday after school, according to the Giles County Sheriff's Office. 18-year-old Michael Pennington was arrested on suspicion of communicating a written threat on school property. Though there didn't appear to be an immediate threat to school safety, the Sheriff's Office provided additional security at the school on Thursday. Pennington is being held without bond in the New River Valley Regional Jail. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

GILES COUNTY, Va. - Deputies arrested a woman Thursday on drug-related charges. Deputies with the Giles County Sheriff's Office saw two vehicles Aug. 29 in a "suspicious location" on Klotz Road in the Big Stoney Creek area of Giles County, according to the Sheriff's Office. Deputies saw both vehicles were occupied. They eventually found meth, LSD, morphine and other items that indicated an intent to sell narcotics, according to the Sheriff's Office. Deputies charged Saluda Repass, 36, of Pembroke, with possession with intent to distribute meth, as well as two counts of possession of a Schedule I/II drug, according to the Sheriff's Office.

GILES COUNTY, Va. - Authorities arrested four people on drug charges Tuesday in Giles County. Rich Creek police and deputies with the Giles County Sheriff's Office arrested Dashawn Kasey, Sabrina Thompson, Erika Ratliff and Kyle Williams at the Budget Inn in Rich Creek. All four were charged with possession of a Schedule I or II drug. Kasey and Thompson were also charged with intent to distribute. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.

GILES COUNTY, Va. - Four people were arrested in drug raids conducted this week by investigators with the Giles County Sheriff's Office. The raids were a result of a prolonged investigation into the distribution of meth in the county, according to the Sheriff's Office. On Tuesday, a team of deputies carried out two separate drug raids in Giles County. Cecil, Hare and Estep are all being held at the New River Valley Regional Jail. Cecil was granted a $20,000 bond, while Hare received a $6,000 bond and Estep received a $3,000 bond.

NARROWS, Va. - UPDATEA man is in custody after he ran away from authorities during a traffic stop, according to the Giles County Sheriff's Office. Terry Hungate, 23, of Blacksburg, is facing charges in Giles County for reckless driving as well as outstanding charges in Montgomery County for misdemeanor destruction of property and misdemeanor assault. Deputies say they received a complaint Wednesday of someone driving the wrong way down Rt. ORIGINAL STORYAuthorities are searching for a man after a traffic stop led to a police chase on foot. According to the Giles County Sheriff's Office, the incident happened in Narrows late Wednesday night.

GILES COUNTY, Va. - Three people are facing charges and hundreds of plants have been confiscated after a marijuana bust in Giles County. Sylvester Simard, 24, Alexander Ross, 26 and Jeremiah Sarver-Wolf were all charged with manufacturing marijuana and conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, according to the Giles County Sheriff's Office. When deputies arrived, they found the trio, more than 100 marijuana plants and other items used to grow the drug. All three men are in New River Valley Jail without bond. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.