NEWPORT NEWS — Police have charged a Hampton man in the deaths of a husband and wife who were found dead in their RV in March. Police charged Brian Thomas Smith with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of use of a firearm in the...
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Hampton man charged in double homicide of Newport News couple
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Police ask for public's help in cracking unsolved homicides
Police are still looking for leads in several unsolved homicides that have occurred on the Peninsula so far this year. Bernard Antonio Paulin was shot in the head in Newport News on April 15. Police found the 29-year-old lying face down in the grass in the 4300 block of Marshall Avenue just before 1 a.m. Paulin was transported to Riverside Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:41 a.m. Criminal Laws Murder Juvenile Delinquency Laws Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)...
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Judge sentences man to 30 years in Hampton homicide
HAMPTON — A judge sentenced a Newport News man to 30 years in prison Tuesday for killing a father of two last year. Substitute Judge Dean Sword Jr. sentenced Brandon Coles to 30 years in prison in the July 27, 2013 shooting death of Michael Lovelace. Lovelace, 25, was gunned down about 1...
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Man shot, killed in Newport News was a deacon, mentor
Some homicides in Hampton Roads arise from murky — though tragic — situations. Drug robberies. Gang members arguing over turf. One drug dealer arguing with another over payments, and someone whips out a gun and shoots. Some random argument taking place, and one person claims to feel threatened and opens fire. But with other homicides, the person who ends up dead is totally innocent, going through life until it's brought to an abrupt and violent end through no fault whatsoever of their own. Theft Gang Activity Christianity Newport News (Newport News, Virginia) Hampton (Hampton, Virginia) Courts and the Judiciary Justice System U.S. Army Hampton Roads...
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Hampton judge certifies murder charge against man accused of killing mother of four
HAMPTON — LaKeia Griffin was sitting in the grass bleeding when a police officer found her last year. She could barely breathe when Hampton police Lt. Rodney Caison walked up to help her. She told him she had been shot in the chest and the arm. "Who shot you?" Caison asked. Prosecution Judges Justice System Court Preliminary "Trae...
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Newport News: Woman facing manslaughter charge let out on bond due to health
NEWPORT NEWS — A woman accused of driving drunk into a Newport News home last May and killing a 75-year-old man has been let out of jail on bond pending trial due to significant health issues. Jennifer S. Mangum, 39, of Newport News, faces charges of aggravated involuntary manslaughter and DUI maiming in the Memorial Day 2013 crash that killed 75-year-old Charles Stitt and injured his wife, Sharon Stitt. Before the car came barreling through...
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Man arrested in Hampton homicide
A 25-year-old Hampton man has been arrested and charged with murder for a deadly shooting in April on Shelton Road. Chaz Antonio Earp was arrested Saturday and charged with murder for the April 22 shooting of 30-year-old Aaron...
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Judge: 4th Circuit just a "way station" to Supreme Court
A hearing last week in a challenge to Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage was likely just a pit stop on the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Paul L. Niemeyer — the presiding judge for the three-member panel for the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals — acknowledged as such on Tuesday. "It's pretty evident that you're here in Richmond as a way station up (Interstate) 95 to Washington," Niemeyer told the lawyers involved. Crime Homicide Shootings Same-Sex Marriage Newport News (Newport News, Virginia) Marriage U.S. Supreme Court Hampton (Hampton, Virginia) Mark...
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Teens charged in nearly half of 2012 homicide arrests in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS — — James Wesley Dix woke up July 9 and followed the same routine he'd done for years. The 57-year-old Newport News man got dressed that muggy summer morning, left his Parish Avenue home and walked a block that would take him to his job as a cook at Hampton University. Newport News (Newport News, Virginia) Murder Criminals Trials...
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Unemployment rate for Hampton Roads decreasing
The unemployment rate in Hampton Roads fell to 6.4 percent in March — down from 6.9 percent in February — the Virginia Employment Commission reported Wednesday. The regional unemployment rate was also 6.9 percent in March 2011. Poquoson and York County had the lowest Peninsula-area unemployment rate at 5.1 percent, Williamsburg had the highest at 14.1 percent. Williamsburg's rate was down more than a percentage point from 15.2 percent in February and 15 percent last March. Employment Opportunities Employment Hampton Roads Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia) York County (Virginia) Newport News (Newport News, Virginia) Surry County Surry (Surry, Virginia) Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia)...
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Hampton police charge two teens in homicide
HAMPTON— Police have arrested and charged two teens in the shooting death of 24-year-old Hampton man. A 16-year-old Hampton boy and an 18-year-old man -- who was a juvenile at the time of the crime -- were charged with one count of murder, one count of robbery and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection to the Jan. 4 death of James Terrell Williams, said Sgt. Jason Price in a news release. Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)...
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Man indicted in Hampton homicide investigation
HAMPTON— A 28-year-old Hampton man was indicted Wednesday on charges in connection with an October 2013 homicide in Hampton, a police spokeswoman said. Kenard M. Collins, of the...
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Hampton man charged in gas station crash and fire
NEWPORT NEWS — — A 22-year-old Hampton man has been charged after an SUV slammed into a gas pump and ignited a fire Tuesday morning, police said. Cars slammed on brakes as off-duty police officer James Greenhow said he heard a bang and saw a sport utility vehicle cross three lanes of traffic before toppling a gas pump at the Shell gas station in the 10900 block of Warwick...
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Shell casings from Newport News homicide should have been tested
A Newport News Circuit Court judge denied a request last week to test items for DNA evidence, saying he didn't believe it would prove the defendant's innocence. Nathaniel Pierce, 44, filed a motion asking Newport News Circuit Judge David F. Pugh to order DNA testing for 23 shell casings and six items of clothing gathered at a crime scene 20 years ago in the shooting death of Steven Anthony Smith. Smith, who was 19, was gunned down July 12, 1994. He was shot to death while sitting on a porch with friends at Newsome Park Apartments. Shootings Crime Chemical Industry Newport News (Newport News, Virginia) Biotechnology Industry Richmond (Richmond, Virginia) Hampton Roads University of Richmond...
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High praise for Chief Fox from federal prosecutors
Newport News Police Chief James Fox is on his way out, retiring today Sept. 1 after nine years at the department's helm. We wish him nothing but the best. He leaves behind several legacies. Newport News (Newport News, Virginia) Murder Lawyers Prosecution Labor Legislation Music Law Enforcement Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives FBI Among them is the fact that Fox, 63, has worked closely not only with the state prosecutors at the Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, but also with federal prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newport News. Many Newport News criminal cases have "gone federal" in large part because of his cooperation with federal...
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Hampton officer helps ducks cross Mercury
When Hampton police officer Bryan A. Rowe approached a major intersection a couple weeks ago, he realized something was amiss. "There were cars slowing down and stopping," while other cars were going around and "speeding past," Rowe said of the commotion at West Mercury Boulevard and Seldendale Drive, just east of Kmart. Upon closer examination, he saw what was happening: "There was a mother duck and eight or nine baby ducks making their way across the street." Law Enforcement Justice System Newport News (Newport News, Virginia) Denbigh Fort...
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Hampton hearing set in Coliseum Crossing homicide
HAMPTON — A probable cause hearing is scheduled Monday for a man charged with killing a woman in a shopping center parking lot in July. Brandon Lee-Davis Berkley, 26, is charged with murder in the July 5 shooting...
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Woman charged with murder, neglect after unattended toddler dies
HAMPTON— A 31-year-old Hampton woman was arrested and charged Thursday in connection to the death of a toddler earlier this week, according to a York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office news release. York County medics and deputies...
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Hampton homicide trial continues Wednesday
HAMPTON — The jury trial of a man charged with killing a 25-year-old Hampton man last year continues...
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Aide to Hampton councilman charged with embezzlement
HAMPTON — An aide to Hampton City Council member Chris Stuart has been arrested and charged with embezzling money from Stuart's security services company. Kyle P. Adams, 25, of Marcella Road in Hampton, is accused of stealing cash from Stuart's security firm, Top Guard Inc., on Feb. 2, according to an arrest warrant filed in Hampton General District Court. Top Guard is owned by Stuart's wife, Nicole Stuart, with Chris Stuart serving as the company's vice president of client relations and business development. Prosecution Corporate Crime Embezzlement...
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