The Virginian-Pilot
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CHESAPEAKE
Ryan Frederick, the Portlock man accused of fatally shooting a Chesapeake police detective, was arraigned Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder, use of a firearm and simple possession of marijuana.
General District Judge Robert Carter read the charges to Frederick via an audio-video link to the jail where the 28-year-old suspect is being held without bail. During the brief arraignment, Frederick informed the court that he had retained attorney James Broccoletti.
Frederick is charged in the shooting of Detective Jarrod Shivers. The officer was shot around 8:40 p.m. Jan. 17 while executing a drug search warrant at Frederick’s home in the 900 block of Redstart Ave.
Police have said Shivers was attempting to enter Frederick’s home when “shots were fired from inside the residence,” striking the detective.
Shivers died from a single gunshot wound to the arm and chest, according to the medical examiner. Frederick said he did not know it was police kicking in his front door and fired his .380 caliber handgun at what he thought was an intruder.
Police were at the home that night on information from a confidential informant who told them that Frederick was growing marijuana in a garage behind his home. Frederick, in an interview after his arrest, admitted he had a small amount of drugs, maybe three marijuana cigarettes, for personal use.
The latest charge against him, first-offense possession of marijuana, comes 12 days after his arrest in for shooting. Frederick was served the drug arrest warrant at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday in jail.
The misdemeanor carries a punishment of no more than 30 days in jail and a maximum fine of $500. He is scheduled to appear in court on that charge in April.
A date has not been set for a preliminary hearing on the felony charges.
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Jersey
Jersey, you evidentally don't know what freedom is. Perhaps, you should return to Jersey because you left some much needed parts there.
Wake up CPD and smell the WawaCoffee
This kid needs to go free.. While I feel for the Det.'s family, they are doing this kid wrong and Chesapeake will end up having to pay for both ends of this mistake. I'm quite sure this kid is petrified in a cell, surely full of utter remorse for how this played out... Chesapeake will be sued by this kid, and also owe Det. Shiver's family for his "very wrongful" death, and I hope his family does look to Chesapeake for honest answers... Now with a "high stakes" prosecutor in place... what a media frenzy we will have with this one....
Sprundit
Sprundit should realize that the media did not manufactor this story. It is real. It really happened. The reason so much noise has been made is because concerned citizens have become involved through channels such as this blog. You cannot blame the nedia for the furor that has follwed the story. Instead of placing blame on the media, you should be proud of your fellow man for asking questions where they perceive there to be an injustice. Often I lose faith on society and actions such as these reaffirm we are not all blind idiots willing to be led to the brink. Now that I got that off of my chest; where the heck is Al Sharpton on this one? No justice for whitey?
Shoddy Chesapeake police procedures
I've not heard yet if the young man was charged w/ illegally possessing the gun he used to shoot the officer. Could it be becuz he had it legally? Now the young man in jail says he had about 3 joints?? A long way from a garage full of reefer plants! And the lights to grow a banana tree is not so bizarre. My mother has those lights they used in their barn to grown tomatoes. Thank goodness she lives in VB and not Chesapeake or else she may be taken off to jail after a midnight door kick-in!! Chesapeake police need to question their informant a bit more and find out how this misinformation came about (we've not heard anymore about this CI either!!) Too many secrets, Chesapeake. Too many mistakes. Don't hang this young man behind YOUR errors.
Pay police a living wage, control guns
Yet another example of how this area needs to offer police a competitive salary, require thorough training as professionals and start reigning in the "shoot first, ask questions later" cowboys with their guns. If this person had reached for the telephone to call the cops instead of his gun this incident wouldn't ever had happened and we wouldn't even know about the bust.
Something's Rotten In Portlock
The CPD was serving the warrant to the accused for suspected dealing. There wasn't just one of them outside the house. They broadcast their intent so loudly, that neighbors over a block away heard them.
For those that wonder about why the police would kick in your door for a small amount of marijuana, thats just what you should ask. Why would the police send that much manpower to serve a simple warrant? They wouldn't. So isn't it more likely the media isn't telling all? And for what reason?
Chesapeake is one to keep details to themselves about what goes on, unlike Norfolk and Portsmouth who seem to revel in it, the media is giving you a dose of garbage on this story.
With all due respect to the
With all due respect to the officer who lost his life and others who risk their lives on a daily basis to keep citizens safe there do seem to be questions in this case that are disturbing in regard to policy and judgement.
It seems the arrest of someone suspected of a non-violent crime could have been handled in a more prudent, less dangerous manner.
Is there anything we can do?
The public must have some way of intervening to keep them from prosecuting this poor kid for murder when all he did was protect himself. "Don't shoot blindly" my behind! If my house had recently been broken into and I woke up to someone kicking their way through my door, I would have responded the same way. By the time whomever was kicking in the door got all the way in so he could get a clear look at them, they could have shot first. This officer's life was lost due to a foolish decision by someone higher up. Poor Ryan... If anyone knows a way we can get together and try to help him, please post it! If it gets flagged here, post it in the craigslist politics section!
Entering procedures
One article stated that officer Shivers was "doing what he does best," which was knocking the door in for the other detectives to enter. He was likely shot by the single bullet through the arm and chest because the body armor protects the chest and back. If he was swinging the battering-ram against the door, he was standing sideways. The bottom portion of the door was broken through, enabling another detective to grab the bottom section and pull it out to enable entry. Frederick likely shot in response to the dark figure pulling the bottom section of the door out of the way, but ended up inadvertantly shooting Det Shivers through the remaining upper portion of the door (Ryan fired two shots, one struck Shivers, what about the other...pulled out of the body armor of the officer pulling the lower door section??). Regardless, the warrant sites "broken door" in the evidence seized. I think he had a pretty good idea that people were breaking into the house and that it wasn't Avon calling. I doubt he knew it was the police, particularly if he was already in bed before the raid (the dogs barking woke him up, not the "police" announcement Frederick's neighbor didn't hear either).
why break in the house?
The warrant stated the police had information that the suspect was growing pot in the garage. Were the police afraid the suspect would flush a hydroponic system down the toilet? They weren't looking for a couple grams, or even pounds of drugs. They were looking for lights, watering equipment, a wholesale production facility. Why not stake the house out and search it once the suspect left? There should be a civilian review board to constantly review police procedure. I don't blame the judge, the information in the pdf shows good cause to search. The judge gives permission to search, not direction on how or when. The police were completely out of line on this one, they caused the death of their officer. The suspect should be out of jail on bond until this is sorted out.