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5096 Battlefield Rd Crime & Safety Report

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Full report contains 48 offenders within 5 miles and 818 crime incidents in the last 12 months.

48 Registered Sex Offenders within 5 miles Near 5096 Battlefield Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22801

10 Rape

26 Child Involved

13 Assault

5 Other

Name / Age / Tags	Arrest / Conviction	Address	Distance	Risk
BELCHER, JOHN WENDELL 67 years old Rapist	18.2-67.1 - FORCIBLE SODOMY - 2024-10-03T02:57:29 18.2-61 - RAPE - 2024-10-03T02:57:29	182 NEFF AVENUE SUITE S10 HARRISONBURG, VA, 22801	4.7	Medium
BIRD, WILLIAM COOPER V 50 years old Child Involved	18.2-370 - INDECENT LIBERTIES: W/ CHILD - 2024-10-03T02:57:29	7260 MCGAHEYSVILLE ROAD PENN LAIRD, VA, 22846	3.5	Medium
HANDEL, ALBERT EDWARD 58 years old Violent	14-27.5A - SEXUAL BATTERY 2024-10-03T02:57:29	182 NEFF AVENUE HARRISONBURG, VA, 22801	4.7	Medium
HERNANDEZ, ANDRES JR 30 years old Violent	18.2-67.3 - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY - 2024-10-03T02:57:29	182 NEFF AVENUE S. HARRISONBURG, VA, 22801	4.7	Medium
LECOMTE, JAMES RICHARD 58 years old Child Involved	18.2-374.1 - PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, FINANCE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - 2024-10-03T02:57:29 18.2-374.1 - PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, FINANCE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - 2024-10-03T02:57:29 18.2-374.1 - PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, FINANCE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - 2024-10-03T02:57:29 18.2-374.1 - PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, FINANCE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - 2024-10-03T02:57:29 18.2-374.1 - PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, FINANCE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - 2024-10-03T02:57:29	600 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD HARRISONBURG, VA, 22801	4.9	Medium

818 Crime & Incidents in the Last 12 Months

45 Severe

80 Medium

129 Low

564 Other

Crime	Location (Approx.)	Severity	Description
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 08:51 PM	Devon Ln, Harrisonburg, VA 22801	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, medical call near Devon Lane involving a 69-year-old male who is conscious and breathing and complaining of rectal bleeding. Fire units Engine 49 and Engine 1 responded, with Tower 1 also placed.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 08:50 PM	Devon Ln, Harrisonburg, VA 22801	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews are dispatched to a reported medical emergency involving uncontrolled bleeding near Devon Lane in Harrisonburg, with units operating on Tac 8.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 07:08 PM	Port Republic Rd Ste F, Harrisonburg, VA 22801	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible choking or bleeding incident involving an 18-year-old woman at a unit in the Westport Village complex on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg. The injury was reported as accidental after she may have swallowed or cut herself on a nail and began coughing up blood.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 07:06 PM	Harrisonburg, VA 22801	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a reported choking involving a minor at Westport Village off Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg (Unit F), near Devon Lane (the other cross street is unclear in the audio).
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 07:04 PM	Port Republic Rd Ste F, Harrisonburg, VA 22801	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to Westport Village near Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg for a reported choking incident involving an 18-year-old woman who may have accidentally swallowed or cut herself on a nail and was coughing up blood, with a possible language barrier noted.

Crime & Safety Report for 5096 Battlefield Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22801