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Chesapeake Regional Medical Center charged for federal healthcare fraud

9Jan

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Chesapeake Regional Medical Center charged for federal healthcare fraud

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) has been hit with federal charges for healthcare fraud associated with the unnecessary surgeries performed by the now-convicted Dr. Javaid Perwaiz. Perwaiz convicted Based on the evidence at his trial in 2020, Perwaiz performed irreversible hysterectomies, improper sterilizations, and other medically unnecessary surgeries and procedures on patients from at least 2010 and 2019. During that period, Perwaiz caused approximately $20.8 million dollars in losses to private and government health care insurers, court documents show. “In many instances, Perwaiz would falsely tell his patients that they needed the surgeries because they had cancer, or to avoid cancer, in order to induce them to agree to the surgeries. Many of the surgeries occurred ...

After large seizure of explosives in Smithfield, Feds trying to block suspect’s release

2Jan

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After large seizure of explosives in Smithfield, Feds trying to block suspect’s release

The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) is working to keep 36-year-old Brad Kenneth Spafford in custody after claiming the search of his farm in Smithfield led to what may be “the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history.” Spafford was arrested on December 17 and charged with a single count of possession of an unregistered short-barrel rifle. However, federal court documents show, in addition to that gun, the FBI located more than 150 homemade improvised explosive devices deemed as pipe bombs. Some were “preloaded into an apparent wearable vest.” Most of the devices were found in a detached garage but some were in bedroom in the house Spafford shared with his wife and two children in a completely unsecured backpack labeled “#nolivesma...

Public aids Suffolk police in arrest of most wanted & alleged church shooter

13Dec

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Public aids Suffolk police in arrest of most wanted & alleged church shooter

Within days, Suffolk Police arrested suspects in two unrelated shootings, and both arrests were made possible due to help from the community. Micheal McKinley Jr. who Suffolk Police Department as its “#1 most wanted” was arrested on December 11. Suffolk Police named the 22-year-old as the suspect in a shooting incident that occurred on November 29 in the 100 block of Kennet Drive. SPD alleges he shot at two people in a vehicle and an occupied dwelling. No one was injured during this incident, but McKinley already had numerous active violent felony warrants including charges of attempted murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, the department announced. SPD described McKinley as armed and dangerous and called on the public for assistance locating him. After hi...

VA Beach police link robbery suspect to Chesapeake shooting

30Nov

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VA Beach police link robbery suspect to Chesapeake shooting

Virginia Beach Police Department linked a robbery suspect to a shooting in Chesapeake, and 21-year-old Timothy Eugene Lane Jr. is now facing charges in both cities. VBPD officers responded to a home invasion robbery call in the 700 block of Brook Meadow Ct. on Oct. 15. The investigation led to Lane being identified as the suspect, and when he was arrested police recovered a gun, the department stated. That gun was submitted to the ATF’s National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) and was linked to a shooting in Chesapeake that occurred the day before the alleged home invasion robbery, revealed VBPD. The evidence was shared with Chesapeake PD, which then filed charges against Lane too. For the Virginia Beach incident, Lane is charged with daytime armed burglary, armed...

CBP officers in Norfolk intercept fentanyl destined for Africa

22Nov

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CBP officers in Norfolk intercept fentanyl destined for Africa

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Norfolk found over 4 ounces of fentanyl in a shipment destined for Africa, the Department reported. The drugs were found in a container with three older-model Toyota sedans listed on the manifest. CBP said the officers were conducting a routine inspection for export vehicles when they found a white powdery substance comingled with personal effects. The substance was tested using a handheld device and confirmed to be fentanyl, said CBP. In total, the drugs discovered amounted to just over 117 grams. “This may be a small amount of fentanyl, but it doesn’t take much of this very dangerous synthetic opioid to seriously injure or kill an unsuspecting CBP officer, seaport longshoreman, vessel seaman, or truck driver who may be accidentally ...

Found: Virginia Beach man accused of hitting state trooper and fleeing the scene

20Nov

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Found: Virginia Beach man accused of hitting state trooper and fleeing the scene

A 23-year-old Virginia Beach man who allegedly hit a state trooper amid a getaway has been found and is in Virginia Beach City Jail. According to Virginia State Police, at approximately 5:16 this morning, troopers attempted to make a reckless driving stop on a blue Dodge Charger that was traveling 125 mph in a 55 mph zone on I-264 East near Laskin Road. The car didn’t stop, VSP claims, and a police chase ensued. The Charger got off the highway on the Birdneck Road exit ramp. When the car made a right on Americus Way, troopers were able to block it in because it’s a dead end road, VSP stated. The driver, who VSP alleges is Jayden Markel Wallace, accelerated towards the side of a trooper’s vehicle but was “unsuccessful,” VSP Sgt. Michelle Anaya reported. At that point, a trooper ...

Fmr. Portsmouth prosecutor awaiting federal drug sentence is stripped of law license

25Oct

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Fmr. Portsmouth prosecutor awaiting federal drug sentence is stripped of law license

The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board announced the law license for Matthew Taylor Morris has been revoked after the former Portsmouth prosecutor pled guilty to federal drug charges on Sept. 24. 13 News Now reported Morris resigned from his position as assistant commonwealth’s attorney for Portsmouth on Sept. 6 amid proceedings in the federal drug conspiracy case. Morris admitted to his role in an operation the feds refer to as the Rogers Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), federal documents show. In 2021, Morris introduced Donald Thomas Rogers, a 35-year-old Portsmouth man to Nicholas Cameron Capehart, a 30-year-old from Norfolk. Capehart and Rogers were both in the THC business, and Morris admitted he made the connection thinking Capehart would supply Rogers. But ...

19-year-old Suffolk man seeking bond for I-664 road rage shooting

23Oct

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19-year-old Suffolk man seeking bond for I-664 road rage shooting

A 19-year-old from Suffolk has been arrested for a road rage shooting in Chesapeake. According to Virginia State Police, at approximately 5:19 p.m. on October 12, 2024, two vehicles were traveling northbound on Interstate 664. At the Pughsville Road off ramp, shots were fired from one vehicle injuring an unnamed female in another. Her injuries were not life-threatening, VSP stated. VSP’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation was called in to investigate and announced they were looking for information on a suspect in a white Nissan Maxima. VSP announced that Jordan Kendrell Copeland, of Suffolk, Virginia was arrested on October 18 and charged with aggravated malicious wounding and shooting at an occupied vehicle. Copeland is being held at the Chesapeake City Jail without bond. But...

York County crash sends trooper to hospital

16Oct

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York County crash sends trooper to hospital

A state trooper was hospitalized this morning after his vehicle was hit during a traffic stop, Virginia State Police reported. Trooper B. Nicholson was reportedly stopped on a closed shoulder of I-64 at the 236 mile marker in York County. He had just completed a traffic stop and returned to his patrol vehicle, a 2021 Ford Explorer, which was marked and had all the emergency equipment activated according to VSP. Johnnie Ray Davis, a 63-year-old Hayes man, was driving a 2000 Ford Contour and allegedly sideswiped Nicholson’s patrol vehicle. The carthat allegedly hit Nicholson's patrol vehicle (Photo: VSP) VSP said Nicholson it was approximately 3:13 a.m. when Nicholson contacted the emergency communications center and reported that his vehicle had been hit and he was injured. T...

Missing Norfolk girl believed to be at risk

11Oct

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Missing Norfolk girl believed to be at risk

A 12-year-old Norfolk girl, Tiffany Maria Jackson, is missing. Norfolk Police Department said detectives are actively looking for her, and authorities are asking for the public’s help. Jackson is described as 5’3’ and 125 with black medium-length dreadlocks and brown eyes. She was last seen at 6:45 a.m. on October 10 at her home on Amherst St. in Norfolk. At that time, she was earing a school uniform that included dark blue pants and a light blue shirt, according to information shared by Virginia State Police. VSP issued a CODI Alert for Jackson today at 12:55 p.m. The difference between a CODI alert and an AMBER alert is that with the latter, the child is believed to be a victim of abduction. A CODI alert is a situation where the disappearance is considered suspicious or poses a ...