Crime and Public Safety

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (821+ words) A Virginia Beach judge certified the cases against two Richmond teenagers in April’s shooting at the Oceanfront. A woman and her boyfriend were on vacation and walking down Atlantic Avenue near 14th Street before 10 p.m. April 11 when they overheard an argument…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (34+ words) A fatal single-vehicle crash occurred in the area of Land of Promise Road and Whittamore Road in Chesapeake on Saturday, Sept. 12. at around 5:20 a.m. More information: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/fatal-crash-on-land-of-promise-road/...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (936+ words) Overnight last Sunday, around 200 people gathered at Eastney Marina after a dinghy crossed the English Channel before dispersing early on Monday. Seven police officers were injured and treated at the scene, while Coastguard and Border Force vehicles were damaged, Hampshire…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (114+ words) LYNCHBURG Va. (WSET) — Police are investigating a fatal crash in Lynchburg. On Saturday, Sept. 12, around 9 p.m., officers with the Lynchburg Police Department and crews with the Lynchburg Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle accident in the 3300 block of Campbell Avenue....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (511+ words) Portsmouth Police Chief Stephen Jenkins recently challenged all of us to think differently about public safety, saying, “We can’t arrest our way to safer communities.” Law enforcement plays a critical role in keeping our communities safe, but police officers cannot…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (487+ words) BIDDEFORD, Maine — A York County Superior Court judge has denied bail for Daniel Jolly, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire man charged with the January 1993 murder of Maxine Bitomski, a Kittery resident and Jolly’s former client. A Harnish hearing, a form of…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (292+ words) GILFORD — Peyton N. Eastman, 19, of Portsmouth, and Joshua D. Pittman, 18, of Dover, are facing arson charges in connection with the fire that destroyed the historic Kimball Castle in August 2025. Eastman is charged with arson, a felony, and Pittman is charged…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) A $17 billion settlement between the owner of Facebook and 48 states, including Virginia, is a “down payment on reforms” to make social media more accountable to the needs of children, Virginia’s attorney general said. In a media call with Virginia journalists…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (257+ words) A judge sentenced Parkinson to six months in jail but suspended the entire sentence. General District Court Judge Brian J. Smalls presided over the case and conditioned the suspended sentence on Parkinson maintaining good behavior and complying with CPS terms, the…...

3+ day, 34+ min ago   (330+ words) Six people, including three teenagers, have been charged in connection with a fire that caused more than $1 million in damage to a search-and-rescue training facility in Lorton, Virginia, earlier this summer, Fairfax County police said. The fire was reported around…...