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Chesterfield couple sentenced for forced child labor at Robious Road gas station
The defendants forced the victim to clean, cook, stock shelves and handle the cash register and store records through coercion and physical abuse. They also forced him to sleep in the back of the store for several days at a time, limited his access to food, refused to provide medical care or education and watched him with surveillance equipment in the store and in their home.
Seven massage parlor employees arrested in Chesterfield suspected to be part of larger human trafficking ring
A multi-agency undercover police operation led to seven arrests at massage parlors across Chesterfield County on Thursday, June 20. Law enforcement officials told 8News that this is part of a much larger scale problem -- likely tracing back to a known Chinese crime ring.
VIDEO: Previously-withheld body camera footage shows Chesterfield officer shooting, killing man in 2023
Body camera footage of an officer with the Chesterfield County Police Department fatally shooting 34-year-old Charles Byers in July 2023 has been made available through the court system.
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