CRIME & SAFETY
Petersburg Fire Captain passes away
PETERSBURG, Va. (WWBT) - Petersburg Fire is mourning the loss of one of their own. The fire department announced Captain James M. Vick passed away on Tuesday. “Captain Vick had served our City for 21 years, and he was a dedicated employee, a proud father, and a brother in the city’s firefighting family,” Petersburg Fire said in a statement Thursday.
Trailer park drug deal lands Hopewell repeat offender back in prison
A Hopewell man was sentenced this week to five years and three months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. Riezon Mekhi Murphy, 24, is returning to prison related to an incident in August 2022. According to court documents, on Aug. 22, 2022, Hopewell police encountered...
Fairfax man charged with hate crime following alleged assault at Chesterfield park
According to the Chesterfield County Police Department, 43-year-old Horace Stephenson III of Fairfax was arrested and charged with strangulation, robbery, illegal use of tear gas or other gases, assault and battery, hate crime and obstruction from summoning 911 on Wednesday, May 8.
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