A person accused of homicide back in July 2014 has recently been apprehended by police. The first incident first took place on an early morning in July 2014, when police responded to a report of shots being fired in the area. When police arrived at West Queen Street...
An alleged robbery gone awry in Norfolk, Virginia, has left a 48-year-old man dead, according to authorities. Police responded to the scene of the man's house on Dungee Street in Norfolk where they found the man with serious injuries. He was immediately transported to...
Things escalated quickly for a 28-year-old Portsmouth man following a police attempt to pull him over for driving with a known revoked license near Duke and Effingham Street in Portsmouth, Virginia, last Sunday night shortly before 8:00 p.m. The man, driving a black...
It goes without saying that homicide is a serious crime. Homicide charge will be aggressively prosecuted. Take, for example, the following story about two shooting that recently occurred in Portsmouth.Early Sunday morning at about 2:00 a.m., police got a phone call...
Virginia residents may have heard the common proverb, "To err is human," often attributed to the late, great English poet Alexander Pope. The line is true. Humans, by our very nature, are not perfect. We make mistakes, we may not make the wisest decisions or use good...
"Expungement" means having your criminal conviction or arrest "sealed" in the eyes of the law. This means that by most accounts, your record will not appear on a criminal record search, but that does not mean that it is completely stricken from the record. There are...
Getting charged for a crime is always difficult, but crimes involving sexual abuse or sexual relations with a minor are particularly devastating. The potential consequences of a sex-related criminal charge go beyond the legal consequences of jailtime and fines. The...
Many Virginia residents are aware of how difficult it can be to defend yourself against criminal charges in a court of law. If you have been charged with a crime, your attorney may be able to help you come up with an effective criminal defense strategy. In order to...
If you have been charged with a crime, the prosecution may later decide to reduce or drop your charges if your attorney uses the right strategy. One possible criminal defense strategy is the insanity defense. A Virginia Beach man was recently charged with...
Facing criminal charges can be devastating, especially if you have been wrongfully accused. Wrongful conviction is even worse than a wrongful accusation. Without an effective criminal defense strategy, many innocent people end up spending years in prison for crimes...