GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. -- Dozens of law enforcement representatives from across the east coast traveled to Central Virginia to honor the life of a fallen comrade Thursday afternoon. That comrade is ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Eight K-9s with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) will receive donations of body armor, all made in honor of the K-9 Rivan, who was stabbed to death protecting his ...

A Virginia police dog was stabbed and killed during an assault by MS-13 gang members at a state prison, Virginia corrections officials said Wednesday. The K-9, named Rivan, was accompanying ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. — A memorial service will be held Thursday to honor the K-9 officer killed "heroically protecting" others as a fight broke out at a maximum security prison in Virginia. Rivan, the K ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections held a memorial service Thursday for Rivan, a Belgian Malinois killed by inmates at Sussex I State Prison on April 2. The 5-year-old dog and his handler, Officer ...

A K-9 dog assigned to the Sussex I State Prison in Sussex County was killed on Tuesday after inmates repeatedly stabbed and kicked the dog, named Rivan. According to the Virginia Department of ...

Four K9 dogs will receive bullet and stab protective vests in memory of Rivan, a K9 who was killed in the line of duty by inmates in a Sussex County prison in 2024. Rivan was repeatedly stabbed and ...

A police dog was killed by illegal immigrant MS-13 gang members who stabbed and kicked the K-9 as he was trying to restore order amid a gang beating at a Virginia prison, according to authorities. The ...