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Jane Harper covers state and federal courts for The Pilot. A native of Southeast Texas, she earned her journalism degree from The University of Texas at Austin and worked at newspapers in Texas and Maryland before moving to Norfolk in 1994.
An elder abuse lawsuit filed this year against Chesapeake City Council candidate Amanda Newins has become a wedge issue in upcoming election, dividing longtime political allies — and Republicans across the city.
The Chesapeake jury deliberated for less than two hours before returning the not-guilty verdict in the retrial of Edmund “Ryan” Hoyt, 36, a patrol officer with the Norfolk Police Department.
Robert "Robbie" Bolsinger-Hartshorn was just 14 when he killed Larkin Carr in November 2018. Bolsinger's mother was in a relationship with Larkin's father at the time and living in the same home with him and his two young sons.
Charges accusing Rock Church International Senior Pastor John Blanchard of soliciting prostitution from a teen were dismissed by prosecutors last week. “I’m aghast at the fact that we didn’t pursue this case to the fullest extent of the law,” said Col. Jeffrey Katz, the police chief who authorized the sting. “It’s an absolutely solid case.”
The shooting happened at about 1:15 a.m. Saturday at the Calvert Square public housing community, near the intersection of Church Street and Virginia Beach Boulevard.
Ernest Broadnax was charged with killing two 19-year-old secretaries from suburban Pittsburgh while the young women were vacationing at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront in June 1973. He died this week.
The term was the most Jacob “Alex” Meadows could get under a plea agreement reached with the Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office earlier this year. Meadows claimed he shot and killed 17-year-old Christopher Ross in self defense during a 2018 drug deal.
The two officers shot Barry D. Carrington Jr. on Feb. 12 near Grace O'Malley's Pub and Restaurant shortly after Carrington fired into two downtown apartments, according to prosecutors. Carrington was hospitalized for three days afterward.