CRIME & SAFETY
Norfolk woman recalls terrifying attack during walk home
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A short walk home from work has turned into a long nightmare for a Norfolk woman after she was violently attacked last week. The attack itself happened on Colley Avenue at Redgate Avenue in Ghent, a place where a lot of medical professionals have to go from the hospitals to their cars.
State trooper’s vehicle struck at I-64/464 interchange in Chesapeake
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia State Police trooper’s vehicle was struck Tuesday night in Chesapeake while the trooper was working another crash. Police spokesperson Michelle Anaya confirmed no injuries were reported and the trooper was outside of the vehicle at the time. It happened just before 6:30...
Trial underway for Chesapeake man charged with manslaughter, DWI
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The trial for a Chesapeake man charged with manslaughter and DWI with serious injury in connection to a 2022 incident in the Town Center area of Virginia Beach got underway Monday in Circuit Court. Nathan Poole, 26, is charged in the incident that involved...
Speed cameras that bring in millions of dollars face lawsuits in Chesapeake, Suffolk
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Two Hampton Roads cities are facing lawsuits, following the installation of speed cameras in multiple points across the cities. Tim Anderson, an attorney and former delegate, filed the lawsuits in Chesapeake and Suffolk Circuit Court. Anderson said the problem is not with the speed cameras themselves, but rather with the way the cities are collecting fines from violators.
2 airlifted after crash with tractor-trailer on Route 58 in Suffolk
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Two people were airlifted after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Wednesday in Suffolk. Suffolk police say it happened around 4:35 p.m. on westbound Route 58, just west of exit 189. The crash involved the tractor-trailer and one other vehicle. Both the driver and passenger...
Fifth and final member of Franklin gang involved in retaliatory shootings is in prison now
NORFOLK — It all started with the December 2017 fatal shooting of a Bloods gang leader in Franklin. Brandon Lee Leonard, 26, was found face-down in a ditch behind his girlfriend’s house less than 24 hours after getting into an altercation with a member of a rival Crips-affiliated gang, according to court documents. Hours later, a drive-by shooting occurred at a Franklin house where the Crips ...
Man convicted on all DUI charges in deadly 2022 Town Center crash
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A jury of 12 Virginia Beach citizens reached a verdict on Thursday in the case of the Commonwealth v. Nathan Poole. Poole, 26, was convicted on DUI charges related to a deadly crash at Town Center back on August 22, 2022. Poole was found guilty of running into 76-year-old Rosa Blanco and her cousin with a pickup truck at a crosswalk on Constitution Drive a little after 4 p.m.
Dogs involved in Portsmouth mauling incident euthanized
The dogs that mauled a woman to death earlier this month in the Prentis Park neighborhood of Portsmouth have been euthanized. Officers responded to a call about 1:33 a.m. on April 12 to the 1800 block of Atlanta Avenue, according to a release sent the day of the attack. They found 51-year-old Cindy White with life-threatening injuries. Medics took her to a hospital, where she later died. After ...
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