CRIME & SAFETY
Police searching for suspect involved in Walgreens armed robbery
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Police are conducting an investigation into an armed robbery that took place at a Walgreens located at 20 Buford Road. According to the police, the robbery occurred around 1 p.m. on Saturday. A man entered the store, approached the register, and displayed a firearm. He then demanded money from the clerk before fleeing the scene with an unspecified amount of cash.
Pedestrian dies after crash on Lucks Lane in Chesterfield
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - One person is dead after they were hit by a car on Lucks Lane in Chesterfield on Friday morning. Shortly before 8:30 a.m., officers were called to Lucks Lane/Spirea Road for a motor vehicle accident with injuries. “A 2019 Volkswagen sedan was traveling west on Lucks...
7 suspects arrested for Fairfax burglary, potentially linked to cross county burglaries: police
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - Police have arrested seven out-of-state suspects, possibly linked to other burglaries across the country. Fairfax County police responded to the 6000 block of Columbia Pike in Lake Barcroft for a report of a burglary on April 21, around 9 p.m. Police say home surveillance cameras captured multiple suspects entering the home at the listed address. The suspects stole jewelry, handbags, and a safe.
18-year-old indicted for 2nd-degree murder, other charges in connection to shooting death of 16-year-old in Hanover
The man accused of killing 16-year-old Matthew Devine at a party in Hanover County on Sunday, April 6, has been arraigned and indicted for second-degree murder, as well as several other charges, in connection to the shooting.
Richmond man sentenced to 2 years for illegal firearm possession after showing gun on Instagram story
According to court documents, at around 10 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2023, Richmond Police Department officers saw an Instagram story posted by 25-year-old Walter Lavelle Allen at around 8 p.m. that evening in which he displayed a firearm.
Colonial Heights Police: Shooting death of Hopewell woman at riverside park is a homicide
COLONIAL HEIGHTS – Police have released the identity of a woman found shot to death April 18 at a riverside park. Police Sgt. Desiree McCurry said 36-year-old Cynthia Chante’ “Cint” Solomon of Hopewell was discovered by a boater on the bank at Roslyn Landing Park. That boater told police he was fishing on the Appomattox River about 5 a.m. when he heard a gunshot followed by the sound of something hitting the water. He went in the direction of the noise and found what he thought was a body submerged in the river.
1 injured in chain-reaction I-95 crash in Chesterfield
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) -Virginia State Police say one person was taken to the hospital following a chain-reaction crash on I-95 in Chesterfield. At 11:25 a.m., on Thursday, April 25, VSP responded to a three-vehicle, chain-reaction crash in the southbound lanes of I-95 at the 66-mile marker. Officials say at least...
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