A man wanted for multiple robberies in New York evaded state and local law enforcement near Harrisonburg on Sunday, prompting emergency alerts to be sent to local residents. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.
The Rockingham-Harrisonburg Emergency Communications Center issued messages to more than 32,000 local residents on Sunday around 7 p.m. They advised people to be on the lookout for a white or Middle Eastern man, five-foot-eleven, with an athletic build and wearing a black hoodie. The message said he may be armed and should not be approached.
Robin Lawson, the public relations director for the Virginia State Police, told WMRA in an email that the Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Department called in the state police on Sunday afternoon for assistance in pursuing Omar Hassan, a man suspected in multiple robberies in the state of New York. The Harrisonburg Police Department and Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office also assisted in the pursuit…