Middle River Regional Jail has been overcrowded since it opened its doors in 2006. For the past several years, though, the jail has been at or around 200% capacity. Emma
Staunton Police Officer Chris Hartless announces Staunton Sheriff bid
STAUNTON Officer Chris M. Hartless of the Staunton Police Department has announced that he will be running against his former boss in a bid to become Staunton s next sheriff.
Hartless, who has more than two decades of law enforcement work under his belt, made the announcement Saturday afternoon at Montgomery Hall Park in Staunton. I m very excited to get this process going, he said.
Hartless spent 19 years with the Staunton Police Department before switching to the Staunton Sheriff s Office in 2018, where he became chief deputy under Sheriff Matt Robertson. However, Hartless resigned from the sheriff s office in September 2020.