Retired police chief assaulted in town

Retired Front Royal Police Chief Norman Shiflett was the victim of an assault on Wednesday, June 1, as he walked his dog in the 900 block of Marshall Street.

According to Front Royal Police Captain Crystal Cline, the attack was unprovoked.  She stated in an email that Front Royal resident Troy Washbourne was arrested at his residence on Jamestown Road that evening.

Troy A. Washbourne/Courtesy photo, RSW Regional Jail.

Washbourne had been charged with unlawful wounding; he is being held without bond at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail (RSW)

An online check of RSW records does not show an initial court date for Washbourne.

Cline said a no-contact protective order was obtained on behalf of Shiflett.