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June 20, 2026

Arrests of family members at councilwoman’s home casts cloud on her re-election bid

By Bridget Manley, Publisher

Several people were arrested this week at the home of Councilwoman Monica Robinson following an investigation into allegations of prostitution and internet crimes involving juvenile victims.

June 12, 2020

Data shows police use-of-force encounters are rare but disproportionately involve black people

By Katelyn Waltemyer, contributor

Over the course of two years, 9,587 people were arrested in Harrisonburg, and during that time 86 encounters involved use of force— amounting to less than 1% of the arrest totals. But the confrontations in which an officer used force beyond handcuffing a person disproportionately involved black people, according to arrest and use-of-force data the Harrisonburg Police Department released Friday.