For Immediate Release: April 18, 2023
LPD Assists Amherst County Sheriff’s Office with the Arrest of a Wanted Man
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Lynchburg Police Department (LPD) assisted the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office by arresting a man in the 1900 block of Tate Springs Road, earlier today.
On April 18, 2023, at 12:44 p.m. LPD was contacted by the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office in reference to a man wanted on felony charges. He was reportedly in a parking lot in the area of Lynchburg General Hospital.
LPD officers located the man in the 1900 block of Tate Springs Road. He was inside of a vehicle and initially refused to comply with the officer’s commands. After a few minutes of negotiations, officers took the man into custody without incident shortly after 1 p.m. After the man was safely taken into custody, he was transferred to Amherst County Deputies.
There is no threat to the community.