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VSP asking for tips after man shot on I-664 in Hampton
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VSP asking for tips after man shot on I-664 in Hampton

A 51-year-old man was shot while driving on I-664 in Hampton on February 20, and Virginia State Police is seeking witnesses. Based of the details that have emerged from the preliminary investigation, VSP said the victim was driving a black 2019 Toyota Yaris heading northbound in the far left lane. He was "a few car lengths" behind a school bus. VSP did not disclose which school’s bus it was. The victim reportedly told VSP that a black sedan attempted to merge into his lane to bypass the bus but wasn’t successful. That sedan went around the bus, pulled up beside his Yaris, and he heard a loud pop. VSP said when the man realized he had been shot, he pulled over and called 911. The call came in at 6:23 a.m., VSP said. The victim said he saw the suspect vehicle exit towards I-64 We...
Before sentencing for daytime shooting in Newport News, 19-year-old cites ‘spiritual growth’
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Before sentencing for daytime shooting in Newport News, 19-year-old cites ‘spiritual growth’

Hoping for leniency after shooting a man during a weed robbery, 19-year-old Brycen Scott Beal of Newport News, wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson stating he was “reading books, “studying the Bible for spiritual growth” and wanted to get married. Beal pled guilty to charges linked to a broad daylight shooting and was sentenced on February 13, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) announced. Robbery & shooting Court documents show Beal admitted that, about midday on February 21, 2023, he arranged to meet D.M in the parking lot of Patriots Crossing Apartment Complex in Newport News to buy marijuana. But instead of making a purchase, Beal reached into D.M.’s vehicle and snatched a backpack that had about 6.5 ounces of weed. ...
VA Beach ‘leader’ of meth ring confesses, takes a plea, gets 30 years
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VA Beach ‘leader’ of meth ring confesses, takes a plea, gets 30 years

This article contains a link that will provide financial benefits for the Watchful Eye if a purchase is made. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) describes 47-year-old Malik Dillard of Virginia Beach as a “leader” of a multi-year, multi-state meth distribution conspiracy. Federal court documents show Dillard aka “Mayo” admitted to being involved in the meth trade from at least Sept 2021 to February 2023 along with co-conspirators Sebastian Balthazar and Richard Olask-Finn. Dillard admitted he was receiving wholesale quantities of drugs from out-of-state sources and received, stored, and processed meth and other controlled substances at residences in Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Norfolk. He also conceded that he supplied meth to at least five p...
Portsmouth’s new camera leads to arrest of man wanted in 4 cities
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Portsmouth’s new camera leads to arrest of man wanted in 4 cities

Portsmouth Police Department reported that one of its new cameras caught a drug deal, and one of the people in that deal was wanted in four cities plus wanted by the Department of Corrections. Detectives in the Special Investigations Unit reportedly saw 35-year-old Keeshawn Faltz “delivering narcotics to a street level drug dealer,” who wasn’t identified. According PPD, the detectives discovered Faltz was wanted and put an alert into the Flock LPR system for the vehicle he was driving. On February 1, numerous units of PPD launched an operation “targeting street level narcotics distribution and wanted subjects.” Officers saw the Flock alert for Faltz’ vehicle, and PPD said that vehicle was spotted downtown at a hotel in the 300 block of Effingham Street. No one was inside so officers ...
Newport News man received kilos of cocaine via UPS found guilty, awaiting sentencing
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Newport News man received kilos of cocaine via UPS found guilty, awaiting sentencing

A Newport News man is facing 5 to 40 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty in a case where he received 2 kilos of cocaine via UPS. Last August, 33-year-old James Arthur Scott sat in a rental car in a parking lot in Hampton and waited for over an hour and a half for a UPS package from California, court documents and evidence from his trial revealed. That parcel, which was addressed to “Lit Wick” contained several layers of packaging and had two shoeboxes filled with wax. Inside the wax, there was a kilo of cocaine in each box. Law enforcement agents had intercepted the parcel at the UPS facility in Newport News and organized a controlled delivery. Based on the evidence presented, authorities waited for Scott to take possession of the delivery and put it in the car. ...
Lane closure scheduled on Coleman Bridge Sunday
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Lane closure scheduled on Coleman Bridge Sunday

This weekend, VDOT contractors are scheduled to work on the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, which carries Rt. 17 between Gloucester and York counties. Drivers may want to factor in additional travel time on Sunday, Jan. 28. There will be a single-lane closure scheduled on from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting. Marine traffic that requires bridge openings will also be impacted. Between 8 a.m. and as late as 8 p.m., all bridge openings will be restricted. Work and successful testing will need to be completed before the reopenings resume, noted VDOT. Vessels that don’t require a bridge open can continue using the channel as usual. According to VDOT, the contractors are working on the bridge’s wedge drive motors, and that requires 12-hour periods of daylight to perform the w...
VA General Assembly update: HB 721, an anti-rent gouging bill, moves forward
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VA General Assembly update: HB 721, an anti-rent gouging bill, moves forward

HB 721 “aims to protect Virginians against rent gouging practices,” said Delegate Nadarius Clark, who introduced the bill. If passed, HB 721 will give localities the ability to adopt anti-rent gouging provisions and an anti-rent gouging board. Notice would have to be provided and a public hearing held before a locality adopted its measures. The bill also requires landlords to provide at least two months written notice of a rent increase. Additionally, a rent increase couldn’t exceed the locality calculated allowance. And the allowance would be set at equal to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index or 7%, whichever is less. An allowance would remain in place for a 12-month period. “Changing economies, inflation, and gentrified neighborhoods have provided the environment...
Woman wanted for fatal Norfolk crash now in custody
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Woman wanted for fatal Norfolk crash now in custody

Dominique Goodwin, the Chesapeake woman wanted for the fatal wrong-way tunnel crash in Norfolk, turned herself in Monday morning, VSP reported. Goodwin was wanted for aggravated involuntary manslaughter after an incident in the early hours of December 30. According to VSP, she was driving her Volkswagen eastbound in the westbound lanes of the Downtown Tunnel when she crashed head-on with a Chevy Equinox driven by Shelby Riddick Walker of Portsmouth. Riddick, 43, was killed instantly, authorities say. Virginia State Police had been looking for Goodwin for weeks to no avail. They had even issued a public appeal for information on her whereabouts. According to 3WTKR, VSP said Goodwin wasn’t immediately arrested after the incident because she was taken to the hospital and ...
Woman unidentifiable after Isle of Wight crash
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Woman unidentifiable after Isle of Wight crash

The extent of the injuries in an Isle of Wight crash Tuesday night left Virginia State Police unable to positively identify the driver, VSP announced. It was just after 11 p.m. when VSP was informed that there was a single vehicle on Brewers Neck Boulevard north of Newton Haven Lane in Carrolton. Based on its preliminary investigations, VSP said it was determined that the woman, who authorities are currently calling Jane Doe, was traveling northbound on Brewers Neck Boulevard, when she lost control of the vehicle. She ran off the road, struck a ditch, and when the 2004 Ford Taurus hit the ditch, it flipped over several times, said VSP. Jane Doe was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the car, VSP also reported. Currently, it’s undetermined if speed or alcohol were contri...
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...