2014 Hampton Roads homicides
CHESAPEAKE Feb. 9—Stacey Velder (40, Chesapeake) was found dead in her home in the 1400 block of Foxton Street. Police have not revealed how she died but upgraded her death to a homicide following the...
View ArticleMan indicted by Hampton grand jury in May homicide
HAMPTON — A Newport News man was recently indicted by a circuit court grand jury in the shooting death of a 28-year-old man, according to the Hampton Circuit Court clerk's office. Kwaume Edwards, 25,...
View ArticleMan facing Hampton murder charge was charged in two other homicides
A man arrested by a police tactical team at a Newport News hotel last month on a Hampton murder charge is no stranger to murder prosecutions on the Peninsula. HAMPTON — A man facing a murder charge in...
View ArticleHampton men wanted in shooting arrested
HAMPTON— Two Hampton men wanted in a shooting that occurred last week in the first block Locust Avenue have been arrested, police said Friday. Tamell Hakeen Paden, 21, of the first block of Holiday...
View ArticleFatal Hampton shooting to go before grand jury next month
HAMPTON — The cases of two men charged with gunning down a Hampton man last year will go before a grand jury next month, according to the Hampton Circuit Court clerk's office. Zachary Lamont Batts, of...
View ArticleHampton police seek three men in Thursday afternoon shooting
HAMPTON— Police are looking for three men they say were involved in a Thursday afternoon shooting in the 2200 block of Terrell Lane. Police were called to the street at 3:46 p.m. after someone reported...
View ArticleTwo charged in Hampton drive-by
Two men are behind bars charged in connection with a drive-by shooting in Hampton. A woman was shot in the chest in the first block of Locust Avenue around 1 a.m. on Sunday, July 7. Sgt. Jason...
View ArticlePolice: Man shot to death in Hampton Saturday morning
HAMPTON— Hampton police are investigating the homicide of a man they said was shot to death inside a residence Saturday morning....
View ArticleHampton man arrested, believed to be involved in four Peninsula bank robberies
A Hampton man was arrested Friday, believed to be behind four robberies at banks in Hampton, Newport News and York County in recent months, officials said. Reginald Vann Robinson, 51, of the...
View ArticleHampton man charged in killing of two teens in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS — A 21-year-old Hampton man appeared in Newport News Circuit Court Monday after being indicted on two counts of murder. Floyd Taybron is charged with killing teens Barry Eugene Richardson,...
View ArticleMan arrested in Hampton shooting
Hampton police are made an arrest in the investigation of a July shooting that left one man dead. Mary Shackelford with the Hampton Police Division...
View ArticleNewport News double homicide trial slated to begin Tuesday
NEWPORT NEWS — A murder trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a Hampton man charged with killing two teens in 2008. Floyd Taybron, 21, is charged with killing Barry Eugene Richardson, 16, and...
View ArticleA former suspect's mother alleges prosecutors tried to cover up plea offers...
YORK - The Virginia State Bar is investigating a complaint of possible misconduct by York-Poquoson Commonwealth's Attorney Eileen Addison during the prosecution of former murder suspect Kwaume Edwards....
View ArticleHampton homicide trial continues Wednesday
HAMPTON — The jury trial of a man charged with killing a 25-year-old Hampton man last year continues...
View ArticleHampton police arrest July shooting suspect
HAMPTON — A suspect in a shooting July 21 has been arrested after a routine traffic stop. Floyd Lee Taybron, 20, of Hampton was arrested Wednesday in the 100 block of Glasgow Way at 12:01 p.m. on...
View ArticleWeekend of violence claims lives of 6 | Archive
Hampton police arrested four people during the weekend in connection with an August shooting death. They also opened investigations into two homicides that occurred Friday and Saturday. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleSuspect in Hampton Memorial Day shooting arrested
Police have arrested a Newport News man in connection with a shooting that sent one man to the hospital on Monday night in Hampton. On Monday, Hampton Police were dispatched to a shooting near the...
View ArticleHampton police arrest two teens for Shell Road homicide
HAMPTON, VA. (WAVY.com) -- Hampton police were called to the area of Shell Road and Maple Ave. in Hampton Saturday, responding to calls that shots had been...
View ArticleNewport News: Two arrested in July fatal shooting
Two men have been arrested and charged in a July 8 double shooting in Newport News that left one of the victims dead, city police said. Police charged Da’Quan...
View Article2013 homicides in Hampton Roads
HOMICIDES IN HAMPTON ROADS in 2013 CHESAPEAKE 1. Jan. 20—Rachel Abshire (26, Chesapeake) was found stabbed to death in her Kingsbridge apartment located off of Johnstown Road. Cory Abshire (27,...
View ArticleFifteen men charged during prostitution sting
NEWPORT NEWS— Police charged fifteen men during a prostitution sting Friday in the 6100 block of Jefferson Avenue. The operation was part of the police department's efforts to combat prostitution, a...
View Article2013 homicides on the Peninsula
HOMICIDES ON THE PENINSULA IN 2013 HAMPTON Fort Eustis Asphyxiation Yorktown (York, Virginia) Abdominal Pain Hampton Coliseum Pocahontas 1. Jan. 1 –Brayden Joseph Whalen (6 months, Hampton) died from...
View ArticleHampton man charged with shooting
Hampton police said they have made an arrest in connection with a shooting on Jan. 9. Police have charged Brad Parker, a 24-year-old Newport News man, with shooting into an occupied...
View ArticleHOMICIDES IN HAMPTON ROADS FOR 2011
NEWPORT NEWS Jan. 27 -- Kelly Parsley Jackson (39, Newport News) shot to death in her home on Harrington Road in front of her 9-year-old daughter. Police arrested her husband, Rodney Bolivia Jackson...
View ArticleHampton homicide victim ID'd
Hampton police have released the identity of a 21-year-old man who was shot and killed Saturday evening. Police say Ricky Keon Calloway Jr., of Hampton, was walking on Westwood Avenue towards Pembroke...
View ArticleMan wanted in May 17 Hampton homicide also sought in Newport News
A man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting in Hampton last month is also wanted by Newport News police for allegedly brandishing a firearm at someone two weeks prior to the homicide. A 26-year-old...
View ArticleNewport News man gets 12 years in Hampton murder
HAMPTON — A Newport News man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Friday for a 2014 shooting in Hampton in which a bystander was killed following an argument over a dice game. In a plea agreement,...
View ArticleMurder charges dropped against Hampton man
HAMPTON – A murder charge was dropped last week against a Hampton man charged in a 2010 fatal shooting. Melvin Orlando Rushing Jr., 23, was charged in the death of 21-year-old Travis Lamont Jones, of...
View ArticleKwaume Edwards is released after revelations that a key prosecution witness...
It started with one bullet. It took 18 months, three judges, two prosecutors and nearly two trials. And for 18-year-old Kwaume Edwards, it all ended Tuesday with two words: "Not guilty." Edwards'...
View ArticleMan suspected in Hampton killing arrested by Newport News Police
Police have arrested a Newport News man wanted for murder in with a Hampton homicide from...
View ArticleFugitive charged in Hampton man’s murder
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Newport News police rounded up a Hampton murder suspect after a standoff at a hotel Saturday. Kwaume Edwards is behind bars for the shooting death of Jonathan...
View ArticleNewport News man indicted in assault on pregnant woman
NEWPORT NEWS — A Newport News man will be in court Jan. 13 on charges related to attacking a pregnant woman. Kwaume Laray Edwards, 24, was indicted by a grand jury on abduction and strangulation...
View ArticleMurder charges dropped against three men in Hampton
HAMPTON — Murder charges were dropped Thursday against three men charged in the July shooting death of a 21-year-old man. Second-degree murder and firearms charges were dropped against Prince Bell, 25,...
View ArticleHampton police also have leads in another of the 3 fatal shootings that...
HAMPTON - A record of calls made to the victim's cell phone led police to arrest two teens in the shooting death of a man in Hampton over the weekend. Guy Jr., 18, who police say has no fixed address,...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors recognized for Somali pirate case
Four federal prosecutors were recently given Attorney General Awards for their work securing convictions in several Somali pirates' cases, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office...
View ArticleJudge: 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...
View ArticleWhat murder charges eligible for capital punishment?
When a grand jury this month indicted John Moses Ragin on three counts of capital murder in the slaying of his step-children in Newport News, prosecutors took two different routes to get there. For two...
View ArticleHomicides up in many localities in 2012
The Peninsula and Middle Peninsula have seen more homicides in 2012 than in the year before, according to Daily Press statistics. Through the week of Christmas, the areas had recorded 40 homicides,...
View ArticleSearch continues for men connected in NN, Hampton shootings
Two weeks after police made a plea for the public's help, they are still searching for two men wanted in connection with multiple shootings across the Peninsula. Last weekend, both Newport News and...
View ArticleHampton man faces murder charge
Police arrested 21-year-old Dequan Maurice Estelle in connection with a fatal July shooting in the 100 block of North Lincoln...
View ArticleHampton man charged in March murder in police custody
HAMPTON— A 45-year-old Hampton man charged with murder is in Hampton City Jail being extradited from Georgia, police said. Darren Maurice Johnson was taken into custody Thursday in connection to a...
View ArticleHampton 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...
View ArticleWoman 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...
View ArticleHampton 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 --...
View ArticleHampton police arrest man in Hampton homicide
HAMPTON— A man wanted in connection to the shooting death of a 22-year-old Newport News man was arrested Monday night in Norfolk, police said. Jerrell Marquise Speller, 23,...
View ArticleHampton homicide: Police identify suspect
HAMPTON --— A 20-year-old Newport News man has been identified as a suspect in a Hampton homicide and is being sought by police. Brandon...
View ArticleFelon sought in deadly Hampton shooting
Hampton Police need help locating a suspect accused of gunning down a man July 27. Cpl. Mary Shackelford with the Hampton Police Division said officers...
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