Trial starts for two charged with killing infant (WAVY 10)
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:58:49 GMT
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY.com) -- From the very first flight of police lights, what happened inside a home on Bainbridge Boulevard on Nov. 10, 2007 has captivated the public.
Investigators looking at murder suspect's Chesapeake school computer (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:49:18 GMT
CHESAPEAKE -- Investigators are sifting through files on a Chesapeake Public Schools computer used by a former principal accused of killing his wife. Wesley Earnest, who was at Great Bridge High at the time of his arrest, is accused of murdering his estranged wife, Jocelyn, in December 2007.
NEW EVIDENCE : Inmate is first exonerated under 2004 Va. law (The Daily Times)
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:15:47 GMT
RICHMOND — A man convicted of felony firearm possession on Tuesday became the first person exonerated under a 2004 Virginia law allowing prisoners to present new, non-DNA evidence of their innocence.
DNA clears Va. man convicted of firearm felony (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:16:23 GMT
A man who was convicted of felony firearm possession has become the first person exonerated under a 2004 Virginia law allowing prisoners to present new, non-DNA evidence of their innocence. The Virginia Court of Appeals granted Darrell Andrew Copeland's writ of actual innocence Tuesday. The attorney general's office supported Copeland's petition after lab tests showed that the weapon he had when ...
Reid seeks $400,000 to fight copper theft (Las Vegas Business Press)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:52:51 GMT
Copper wire theft is costing businesses, residents and local governments money at a time they can least afford it. Now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is proposing a $400,000 federal appropriation for the City of Las Vegas, but the funding has come under fire from at least one conservative group.
Canine officer catches suspected copper thieves (WAVY 10)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:55:01 GMT
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY.com) -- Two men suspected of stealing copper are now behind bars, with no bond. Virginia Beach police tell WAVY.com, a canine officer was on the campus of Catholic High School, when he noticed an SUV at a construction site, between the school and Bon Secours Hospital.
2 charged with copper theft from Va. Beach construction site (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:34:09 GMT
Virginia Beach – Two Chesapeake men are charged with stealing copper from two sites - one in Va. Beach and one in Chesapeake. Police say they caught Anthony Hanley, 19, and Scott Morse, 22, redhanded, making their getawy from the Princess Anne Road site.
Chesapeake man charged with manslaughter in boating death (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:17:15 GMT
CHESAPEAKE -- A Chesapeake man faces an involuntary manslaughter charge in a fatal boating crash. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says 44-year-old Kirk Rissey also is charged with boating under the influence and refusing a breath test. Rissey's boat struck a buoy marker Saturday night on the southern branch of the Elizabeth River. A passenger in the boat, 45-year-old Bobby ...
Involuntary manslaughter charged in boating fatal (WAVY 10)
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:09:39 GMT
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - A Chesapeake man faces an involuntary manslaughter charge in a fatal boating crash. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says 44-year-old Kirk Rissey also is charged with boating under the influence and refusing a breath test.
Chesapeake man charged in boating fatality (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:04:03 GMT
CHESAPEAKE (AP) -- A Chesapeake man faces charges after his boat struck a channel marker on the Elizabeth River, killing a passenger.
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