Colonial Heights Jail Mugshots
Colonial Heights jail mugshots and arrest records are kept by the Colonial Heights Sheriff's Office and the Riverside Regional Jail. Colonial Heights is a small independent city just south of Richmond on the Appomattox River. People arrested in the city are housed at the regional jail in North Prince George. To search for an inmate or to get a recent booking photo, you can call the sheriff or send a written FOIA request to the office that holds the file.
Colonial Heights Overview
Colonial Heights Sheriff's Office
The Colonial Heights Sheriff's Office is the local source for Colonial Heights jail mugshots and arrest data. Sheriff Todd B. Wilson runs the office. The team handles court security, civil process, and works in partnership with the Riverside Regional Jail Authority. You can reach the office at 804-520-9300. The Virginia Sheriffs' Association directory lists Sheriff Wilson as the official record custodian for the city.
The sheriff is the right place to ask for booking photos, arrest reports, and incident reports tied to the city. Booking photos taken at intake are public for adult arrests under Virginia Code § 2.2-3706. To learn more about office services, see the Colonial Heights Sheriff's Office page.
The sheriff has five working days to reply to a written FOIA request. Most basic requests can be done by phone if you have the name and the date of arrest.
Riverside Regional Jail
The Riverside Regional Jail is at 500 Folar Trail, North Prince George, VA 23860. It serves Charles City County, Chesterfield County, Prince George County, Surry County, and the cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, and Petersburg. The jail houses pretrial inmates, sentenced inmates, and people who need special management. You can reach the jail at 804-524-6600 for inmate info.
The jail handles intake, booking, classification, and release for all seven member jurisdictions. Each new inmate gets a mugshot, prints, and a basic file at intake. For more on the jail and its services, see the Riverside Regional Jail site.
Below is a screenshot of the official Riverside Regional Jail site, which is the main place to look up inmates from Colonial Heights or any of the other six member jurisdictions. The page links to inmate info, visit rules, and records request forms.
Use the page as a starting point for any inmate held at Riverside from a Colonial Heights arrest. Records of people in jail are kept under § 53.1-116.
Note: Colonial Heights is one of seven member jurisdictions of Riverside Regional Jail, and inmate counts for the city are part of a larger shared facility total.
How to Get Colonial Heights Booking Photos
To get Colonial Heights jail mugshots, send a FOIA request to the sheriff or the regional jail. State law gives the office five working days to reply. The Virginia FOIA rules are in Chapter 37 of Title 2.2. Your letter should name the person and the date of arrest if you know it.
Adult booking photos must be released under § 2.2-3706. Some details may also fall under § 2.2-3706.1. The fee for copies must match the actual cost of the search and copy work.
The Colonial Heights Police Department also keeps its own arrest records for the cases its officers make. You can send the request to the police records unit if your case was made by a city officer.
Colonial Heights Court Records
After an arrest in Colonial Heights, the case goes to the General District Court or the Circuit Court. You can search for case info through the Virginia Judicial System case info portal. The portal lets you search by name, case number, or hearing date.
The court file shows the charge, the judge, court dates, and the result. The booking photo is not in the court file. Felony cases are also added to the state Central Criminal Records Exchange under § 19.2-392.2. Some old records can be sealed by court order under § 19.2-392.3.
VADOC Locator and State Tools
If a person from Colonial Heights has been sent to state prison, use the VADOC Inmate Locator. The tool only covers people in Department of Corrections custody. It will not show people held at Riverside Regional Jail.
The state sex offender registry under § 9.1-913 is open to the public and lists offenders who live in Colonial Heights.
Arrest Process in Colonial Heights
An arrest in Colonial Heights starts with a warrant or a probable cause stop. State law in § 19.2-82 sets out how the person must be brought before a magistrate. For minor offenses, an officer may give a summons under § 19.2-74 and skip the booking step.
If the case calls for booking, the person is taken to Riverside Regional Jail. There the staff take a mugshot, prints, and a basic file. Bond is then set by a magistrate. The mugshot becomes part of the public record once intake is done.
Nearby Cities
These nearby Virginia cities also keep their own jail mugshots and arrest records.