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Racist school message in Gloucester is 2nd on Middle Peninsula this month
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Racist school message in Gloucester is 2nd on Middle Peninsula this month

Gloucester County Schools Superintendent Dr. Anthony Vladu issued a notice last Friday informing families and staff about a racist incident at Peasley Middle School. According to Vladu, on January 19, school administrators were notified of “a deeply concerning incident at Peasley Middle School involving racist graffiti on a 6th-grade bathroom stall, depicting a threatening message toward the African American community.” According to a report from Wavy 10, which showed redacted images from Gloucester Sheriff’s Office, the message said , “I hate [N-word]” and “[N-word] need to die.” The statement from Dr. Vladu also stated: “Gloucester County Public Schools unequivocally condemns discrimination of any kind. We are actively collaborating with the Gloucester County Sheriff’s ...
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Wanted man jumps off James River Bridge, survives
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Wanted man jumps off James River Bridge, survives

A 29 year-old Suffolk man who was wanted for felony probation violation jumped off the James River Bridge this morning, January 22, in an attempt to avoid arrest but was later caught, Virginia State Police reported. Kelly Golden, Jr. was driving a 2021 Hyundai sedan headed northbound on the James River Bridge, when at around 8:45 a.m., he caught the attention of a DMV special agent who reportedly saw him driving recklessly, VSP noted. That agent attempted to stop Golden, but he allegedly refused. However, traffic had come to a halt because the bridge was opening. According to VSP, “in an attempt to flee the agent,” Golden sideswiped a 2022 Toyota Rav4 and ran into the back of a 2018 Dodge Charger and a 2019 Ford Fusion. Golden then got out of the Hyundai, and the special agent wit...
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Police investigating racist threat at Mathews High School
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Police investigating racist threat at Mathews High School

An investigation is underway in Mathews after a threatening, racist message was left on the wall in the boys bathroom at Mathews High School. And superintendent David Daniel has come under fire for waiting days to notify the public. On January 16, Daniel sent out a “Dear MCPS Families” message notifying them that on Wednesday, January 10, “ a racist, threatening statement was etched onto the wall of one of the restrooms.” Daniel's message went on to say, “Mathews County Public Schools condemns this action in the strongest possible way and it in no way represents the students of Mathews High School nor will it come to define who we are as a school community. This unspeakable act has fractured the safety of our students and will not be tolerated. We will be working with our student lea...
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Plane makes emergency landing on highway in Northern VA
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Plane makes emergency landing on highway in Northern VA

An investigation is underway after a single-engine Cessna  208 Caravan plane made an emergency landing on Loudoun County Parkway in Sterling near Arcola Mills Drive. Virginia State Police reported that it was notified that the emergency landing was occurring at 12:51 p.m. FAA records show the aircraft, owned by Southern Airways Pacific based in Palm Beach, FL, took off only minutes before from Dulles International Airport and was headed to Lancaster, PA, ABC 7 News reported. VSP said the pilot was able to safely land the plane in the roadway without striking any vehicles. The front right side of the plane crashed into a guardrail, but apart, from the plane, that railing  off the right side of highway was the only thing damaged, VSP added. Twenty-seven year old Ahmed A...
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Virginia State Police asking for tips on wanted Chesapeake woman
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Virginia State Police asking for tips on wanted Chesapeake woman

Virginia State Police is asking for the public’s help to locate a 27-year-old Chesapeake woman wanted for allegedly causing a fatal crash. On December 30, in the early hours, Dominique Chi'qura Goodwin was driving a 2018 Volkswagen heading eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-64 in Norfolk and crashed head-on into a 2006 Chevrolet Equinox, according to VSP. The Equinox was driven Shelby Riddick Walker of Portsmouth who was killed instantly, authorities say. Goodwin is facing an aggravated involuntary manslaughter charge. VSP said it has seen been trying to find Goodwin to arrest her, but those efforts have not been successful. According to authorities, Goodwin’s last known address is the 500 block of B Street in Chesapeake. VSP is asking anyone with knowledge of her whereabout...
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Northern VA measles case confirmed: Health authorities trying to notify people at risk
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Northern VA measles case confirmed: Health authorities trying to notify people at risk

Virginia Dept. of Health (VDH) announced they working to identify and notify people who may be at risk of measles after a confirmed case in Northern Virginia. VDH said a person who traveled through Northern Virginia on the way back from an international trip has been confirmed to have measles. The groups of people VDH cites as potentially exposed include those who were at Dulles International Airport in the international arrivals area of the main terminal between 4 - 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 3. Those who were at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 4 in Terminal A between 2:30 - 6:30 p.m. may have been exposed. And VDH said individuals who were on “certain flights” are also potentially at risk. But the department did not provide details about which flights i...
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Woodbridge man charged in fatal shooting of his wife, police ask for public’s help
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Woodbridge man charged in fatal shooting of his wife, police ask for public’s help

Prince William County Police are trying to piece together what happened to cause a Woodbridge man to shoot his wife, and they’re asking for the public’s help. The shooting occurred on January 6. PWPD reported that, at around 5 p.m., its officers were dispatched to an area hospital where 24-year-old Desire Alexandria Buggs had been brought in suffering from a gunshot and later died. From the preliminary investigation, PWPD said they were able to determine that it was her husband, 24-year-old Daniel Okoe Lawson, who brought Buggs to the hospital. Police also recovered what they believe to be the weapon used to shoot Buggs. After additional investigation, PWPD said it was revealed that Lawson was involved in the fatal shooting of his wife. Lawson is charged felony murder, use of a...
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Man arrested for making threats against Richmond County Sheriff’s Office
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Man arrested for making threats against Richmond County Sheriff’s Office

Richmond County Sheriff Stephan Smith revealed that him and members of his staff were recently the  targets of death threats. According to the Sheriff, on Christmas day, some not very merry emails began coming in to him and members of the administrative staff “by an individual claiming he was going to hunt us down and give us death by a bullet. That same individual called in a bomb threat at Food Lion in Warsaw on December 29, he added. An investigation conducted by Richmond County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from Westmoreland Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of Brian Joseph Booth, a 41-year-old man from Kinsale, an area in Westmoreland. He is charged with three counts of death or bodily injury to a person and a misdemeanor of giving false report to a law enforcement o...
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2 men charged for dog shootings in 2 neighboring counties
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2 men charged for dog shootings in 2 neighboring counties

Within days, there were two fatal hunting dog shootings in neighboring counties in Virginia. But the incidents appear unrelated. The first incident occurred on Friday, December 29 in King and Queen County. According to Virginia’s Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), three hunting dogs were found shot on a property off of Indian Neck Rd. Robbie Shackleford, board member of the Newtown Sportsman Association in King and Queen County told ABC 8News “it was cold-blooded.” “It was a horrific act, an act of animal cruelty. I’d even say it was a hate crime toward dog hunting.” He said he was there to witness the removal of the dogs, and it was “extremely graphic.” DWR confirmed that they launched an investigation. Several days later, on January 2, charges were filed agains...
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Strasburg police officer shoots & kills 40-year-old woman
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Strasburg police officer shoots & kills 40-year-old woman

Virginia State Police are investigating the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Melissa R. Tompkins at the Ramada on Signal Knob Drive in Strasburg. On Sunday, December 17, at around 11 p.m. a call came in to the Shenandoah County Emergency Communication Center. According to VSP, the caller reported a person acting erratically, damaging property, and threatening people in the hotel. An unnamed Strasburg police officer answered the call and encountered Tompkins in the back parking lot. According to VSP, there was altercation after  between her and the officer. She reportedly attacked him, got his ASP baton, and hit the officer in the head. The officer shot the woman, but according to VSP, she didn’t die at the scene. Tompkins was taken to Winchester Medical Center, where she later s...
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