Middle Peninsula – Page 3

Lane closures & delays coming to Norris Bridge

18Mar

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Traffic

Lane closures & delays coming to Norris Bridge

Prepare for nighttime traffic delays when crossing the Robert O. Norris Jr. Bridge, also known as the White Stone Bridge, as VDOT will begin a rehabilitation project on March 31. VDOT said the work on the bridge, which carries Rt. 3 between Lancaster and Middlesex, will involve closures and drivers should expect delays. During the project, workers will be strengthening and replacing structural steel elements on the bridge. The first two weeks will be used to take measurements and assess the materials needed for the forthcoming repairs. Lane closures during those two weeks will be: Monday - Friday, Midnight - 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. - Midnight Saturday - Sunday, Midnight - 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. – Midnight Then, according to VDOT, it will likely take approximately a month to make a...

Public encouraged to comment on Rt. 14 experiences in Gloucester

12Mar

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Public encouraged to comment on Rt. 14 experiences in Gloucester

VDOT is conducting on study on the driving conditions in Gloucester on Rt. 14 between Main Street and Ware Neck Rd. focused on safety, congestion, access management, and bicycle/pedestrian accommodation in the study area. VDOT is encouraging the public to provide input on their travel experience via this survey. Study area in Gloucester (Photo: VDOT) Individuals who want to submit written comments by other means can do so by writing to Rachel Inman, VDOT Study Manager, 87 Deacon Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405, or emailing fred.comments@vdot.virginia.gov with “Route 14 Study Gloucester” in the email subject line. The current round of public comments will be accepted until March. VDOT said that input will be used to help develop conceptual improvements. Next steps The...

19-year-old allegedly removed taser prongs & injured 2 Mathews deputies

24Jan

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19-year-old allegedly removed taser prongs & injured 2 Mathews deputies

A 19-year-old is being held without bond and facing a list of charges after allegedly attacking two Mathews County deputies attempting to arrest him. At approximately 12:30 on January 14, deputies responded to a 911 call for service on Bellevue Road in Susan. Mathews County Sheriff’s Office said witnesses at the scene reported Alberto Cruz Fraire was experiencing bouts of paranoia and walking around the house with a knife. According to MCSO, Fraire grew increasingly frustrated by the police presence, approached one of the deputies, and grabbed his taser. Two officers attempted to place Fraire under arrest, but he reportedly resisted and started fighting the officers. One deputy deployed a taser and successfully made contact with Fraire, but MCSO said he removed the taser prongs fr...

Montross man in Gloucester turn-over crash had no license & list of charges

26Nov

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Montross man in Gloucester turn-over crash had no license & list of charges

The Montross man charged for the overturned log truck crash that shut down Rt. 33 in Gloucester on Nov. 21 didn’t even have a driver’s license, according to Virginia State Police. At around 1:30 p.m. on that Thursday afternoon, 56-year-old Arthur W. Cardell was driving a 1998 International truck from Robinson's D & B Logging in the 12000 block of History Land Hwy in Warsaw, according to the report from VSP. Cardell was traveling southbound on Rt. 17 and when he turned onto Rt. 33 westbound, the truck turned over and logs spilled onto both sides of the highway. Both the eastbound and westbound lanes were closed. VDOT reported that multiple wreckers were called to the scene as well as VDOT crews from the Middlesex and Gloucester headquarters. Cardell was transported to the ho...

Sheriff warns scammers across VA are showing up to people’s homes to collect

8Nov

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Sheriff warns scammers across VA are showing up to people’s homes to collect

It appears there are a bunch of scams “plaguing” the Commonwealth of Virginia, and scammers are now showing up at people’s homes to collect, warned Mathews County Sheriff April Edwards. In a public service announcement, Edwards said the scam has found its way to Mathews, a rural county at the tip of the Middle Peninsula. In one instance, a Mathews family was contacted by someone claiming his son had been arrested in another state and was injured from getting into a car accident, the sheriff explained. The caller requested $9,800 in cash to pay the public defender’s office for defense. “The family went to the bank, withdrew $9,800 in cash, and these fools actually had the nerve to show up to the house to collect the $9,800,” Sheriff Edwards said. “Do I need to explain to you jus...

Tappahannock man charged in King & Queen cold case released on bond

25Oct

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Tappahannock man charged in King & Queen cold case released on bond

A Tappahannock man arrested this month for a 33-year-old cold case in King and Queen has been released on bond. Jennie Lee Johnson, a 46-year-old King and Queen woman, was last seen alive on Nov. 22, 1991, according to Virginia State Police. On that date, she left a friend’s home, but never returned to her own. The following day, her body was found in a field near Newtown Road. VSP said its Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Richmond Field Office has been investigating the homicide ever since. With funding from the Virginia Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), evidence was retested by DNA Labs International in Deerfield, FL, and the results pointed to 62-year-old Ives Terrell Fortune. A grand jury indicted him, and King and Queen County Commonwealth’s Attorney Meredith Adkins...

Report of shots fired shuts down highway in Gloucester

20Sep

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Report of shots fired shuts down highway in Gloucester

On Thursday, Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office shut down the flow of all traffic on George Washington Memorial Highway, aka Rt. 17, due to a shots fired incident. When the Sheriff’s Office initially announced the closure, the public was advised there was a situation involving a male who was close to the highway with a gun that had been discharged several times. GCSO later elaborated noting that a person called 911 shortly before 3 p.m. and reported seeing a male with a rifle who fired at least one shot across the road in the area of 3400 George Washington Memorial Highway. As deputies were responding, the caller reported hearing more shots, and when a GCSO deputy arrived in the area minutes later, the deputy also heard shots, said GCSO. A perimeter was established and traffic...

Traffic delays coming for 2 Middle Peninsula – Northern Neck bridges

18Sep

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Traffic delays coming for 2 Middle Peninsula – Northern Neck bridges

Upcoming work will cause delays for drivers using two bridges that connect the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. Downing Bridge Starting tonight, Sept. 18, and continuing through the 20th, VDOT is advising drivers to expect overnight delays when crossing the Downing Bridge between Richmond County and Tappahannock. Due to a scheduled bridge inspection, Rt. 360 running over the bridge will be reduced to a single lane of alternating traffic regulated by an automated flagging device. Work will occur between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. If weather interferes with the planned schedule, additional dates will be announced, VDOT said. Norris Bridge From Monday, Sept 23rd through Friday, Oct. 25th, VDOT is advising drivers crossing the Norris Bridge between Lancaster and Middlesex t...

Middlesex crash kills 90-year-old & daughter-in-law

18Sep

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Middlesex crash kills 90-year-old & daughter-in-law

The hours-long closure of Rt. 33 in Middlesex on Monday was caused by a fatal head-on collision. Shortly before 4 p.m., 64-year-old Allen Wayne Cash was driving east on Rt. 33 in a 2014 Kia Soul, Virginia State Police reported. He was east of Rt. 17, aka Gloucester Rd., when he crossed the double-solid line and ran head on into a westbound Ford Transit van, the crash investigation found. (Photo: VSP) Cash’s front seat passenger was his 90-year-old mother, Eleanor Heath Cash. She was killed upon impact, according to VSP. His wife, 50-year-old Donna Sue Cash, was in the back seat and suffered serious injuries that claimed her life sometime after she was taken to Walter Reed Hospital, police added. Both of the deceased women were residents of Topping. VSP said Mr. Cash was a...

Charges pending for log truck crash in Middlesex

11Sep

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Charges pending for log truck crash in Middlesex

Charges are pending against the driver in a log truck crash that shut down Rt. 17 southbound in Middlesex on Monday, Virginia State Police confirmed. The single-vehicle crash occurred just south of Forest Chapel. Dominek Broaddus, of Tappahannock, lost control of the 2000 Peterbilt, ran off the road, and the truck overturned, VSP reported. Broaddus was injured, but VSP described those injuries as non-life-threatening. The southbound lanes in the area were shut down for hours. VSP said the occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Authorities didn’t announce the reopening until after 7 p.m. See: Live Footage of Hit & Run Crash in Powhatan (Video) Follow the Watchful Eye on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram to keep up with what's happening in Virgini...