{"id":237848,"date":"2026-04-19T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237848\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:25:08","slug":"woman-wanted-in-florida-attempted-murder-case-arrested-in-alleghany-county-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237848\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman wanted in Florida attempted murder case arrested in Alleghany County: Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. (WSET) \u2014 A woman wanted in a Florida attempted murder case was arrested on Saturday in Alleghany County, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Alleghany County Sheriff\u2019s Office identified her as Amy Brown, of Panama City, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said they were alerted around 5:30 p.m. by the Bay County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Florida, which reported warrants for Brown and information suggesting she was in the Low Moor area. A cellphone signal reportedly placed her nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies found Brown\u2019s vehicle in the parking lot of a Travelodge, where hotel staff confirmed she had checked in earlier that day.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said nearby locations, including LewisGale Alleghany Hospital, the Brian Center nursing facility and Penny\u2019s Diner, were temporarily locked down, and the hotel was evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/man-arrested-after-break-in-leads-to-rockbridge-county-sheriffs-office-standoff-jonathan-scott-lynn-south-river-area-april-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man arrested after break-in leads to Rockbridge County standoff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brown later surrendered after attempts were made to speak with her, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>She was taken to the Alleghany Regional Jail and is being held until authorities from Florida can interview her.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The case remains under investigation. No other information is being released by law enforcement at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. (WSET) \u2014 A woman wanted in a Florida attempted murder case was arrested on Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-237848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}