This is a privately operated reference site, not a government office. We cannot verify custody, arrange a release, post a bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for a current answer.
Newport News Records Contacts
Start with the office that owns the record. The Sheriff’s Office is the local route for City Jail and City Jail Annex custody questions and Sheriff FOIA routing. Police reports and City-held records follow the NNPD Records Unit or City FOIA process.
Newport News Sheriff’s Office
224 26th Street
Newport News, VA 23607
757-926-8535
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Public Information / FOIA contact: Sonja Y. Foster, fostersy@nnva.gov
NNPD Records Unit
9710 Jefferson Avenue
Newport News, VA 23605
757-928-4100
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
City FOIA Coordinator: 2400 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA 23607, 757-926-8416, foia@nnva.gov. A request should identify the person, date or date range, agency, and existing record sought.
- Use the home page for the official Daily Arrests, current-custody, booking-record, court, and locator paths.
- Use Wanted Fugitives for NNPD’s official active-warrant dashboard and confirmation route.
- Use the Virginia Department of Corrections locator only for state custody or supervision, not a newly reported Newport News arrest.
- Use the federal BOP or ICE locator only when the relevant person is in that separate federal or immigration system.
- Use the Newport News Criminal General District Court or the statewide case system for a hearing or disposition.