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IW jury awards $1.85M in defamation lawsuit over false rape accusation
An Isle of Wight County jury, on Aug. 29, found that a Smithfield woman falsely accused her ex-fiance of rape, and ordered that she pay him $1.85 million in damages. Virginia Beach lawyer Roger Hinde, 64, alleged in a 2022 lawsuit against 62-year-old Ana Meyers, also spelled “Myers” in other court documents, that the two […]
Newport News police launch Cold Case Team
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Newport News Police Department (NNPD) has created a new team to work on unsolved homicides, the department shared Wednesday. The Cold Case Team is made up of two full-time homicide detectives and one investigator, who is a retired homicide detective. NNPD says it understands...
‘I Removed the Threat from My Path’: White Virginia Man Hurling Racial Slurs Ran Over Black Chef, Sending Him Flying In Air
A judge sentenced a white Virginia Beach man to five years in prison Monday for the 2023 hit-and-run that left a Black chef from Norfolk […] ‘I Removed the Threat from My Path’: White Virginia Man Hurling Racial Slurs Ran Over Black Chef, Sending Him Flying In Air
FBI And Newport News Police Seek Public’s Help In Bank Robbery Investigation
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – The FBI’s Norfolk Field Office and the Newport News Police Department are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects who robbed the Truist Bank on Denbigh Blvd in Newport News on August 6, 2024. The robbery occurred around 3:24 PM. The...
Police: 1 stabbed, 1 arrested in Ocean View area of Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — One person was injured and another arrested in a domestic-related incident on West Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk Friday night, police said. Norfolk Police said officers responded to a home in the 400 block of W. Ocean View Ave. around 10 p.m. for a report of a violent domestic call.
Newport News man receives two years for possessing stolen credit cards
A Newport News man has entered into a plea agreement stemming from a credit card larceny and will now spend the next two years in jail. Zayon Lavon Robinson, 40, of the 200 block of Susan Constant Drive, entered an Alford Plea of Guilt to one count each of credit card larceny, misdemeanor obstruction of justice, and misdemeanor driving suspended as part of Aug. 27 proceedings in New Kent Circuit Court. One charge of assault on a law enforcement officer was dropped as part of the plea deal. An Alford Plea of Guilt indicates while the defendant maintains his innocence, evidence presented in the case would be enough to convict the defendant of the crimes.
Man unable to purchase tobacco without ID, comes back and robs Norfolk Rite Aid
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A man was identified, convicted and sentenced after he provided his real ID at a Norfolk Rite Aid before committing an armed robbery, release states. 35-year-old Elbert Chauncey Massie Jr., was sentenced on Friday to serve five years in prison for committing armed robbery and using a firearm in the commission […]
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