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CHESAPEAKE
Tentative dates have been scheduled for the trial and pretrial motions for Ryan Frederick, a 28-year-old Portlock man accused of killing a Chesapeake police detective earlier this year.
The trial date has been scheduled for Jan. 20 in Chesapeake Circuit Court. Pretrial motion hearings have been scheduled for Aug. 7 and Sept. 9, according to court records.
Frederick is charged with capital murder, use of a firearm during the commission of a murder and manufacturing marijuana. He is accused of fatally shooting Detective Jarrod Shivers on the night of Jan. 17 while Shivers and more than a dozen other officers attempted to execute a drug search warrant.
Shivers, a 34-year-old father of three, was standing on the front steps of Frederick’s home in the 900 block of Redstart Ave., when he was shot, police said. Frederick is being held in jail without bond.
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Thank you Price...
I also wish everyone would do the same....shut up and wait for the trial. Stop with all this "cover up" and "conspiracy" crap. Until anyone of you are actually personally involved in the case (lawyer, judge, police, defendant, etc...) then you will never know the facts. Believe all you want to believe from the paper and the news. Doing so shows just what type of person you are and what a narrow mind you have. Also, some of you may find it useful to attend a firearms/CCW training class. There you will learn the laws concerning your firearm and when it is legal to use it. Reading some of these comments...alot of you sure could use it, before you find yourself in the same cell as Ryan.
CPD-
Keep your heads up! There are many out there that support you and thank you for the job that you are doing...even though you may not see it in many of these posts. I have full confidence that all of the "questions" that are being posted here and in the media, will be answered in a court of law. I'm sure that the defense attorney will undoubtedly bring all of these "theories" in to the court room - so, I'm confident there will be answers. Thank you for protecting our city and EVERYONE in it! (whether they like it or not!)
Not being realistic
The small number of people who are concocting conspiracy theories and trying to defend what Frederick did are simply kidding themselves.
Frederick is going to jail. The only issue to be resolved is for how long. That will be based on the facts and circumstances, as presented in court. Wishful thinking will not be a factor.
Despite your fantasy of public outrage, the vast majority of people in this community support the police. There is no defense for what Frederick did.
To many names
After reading most of these comments only one or two people make sense. The trial date is set and agreed upon the Ryan's attorney too. See what most of you do not realize this is real life and cases do not get tried in 45 minutes.
As for the WTKR report of the CPD patching up a hole in the house. Funny, who let the police back in the house after they left from the search warrant? I have read "we have before and after photos of the alleged .223 hole". Really, if you have them show them. Funny the station WTKR recently had a major house cleaning after they reproted the story. Not one of you claimed "cover up or fabricated story by WTKR". Wait for the trial and let each side do their job.
I Agree
This whole situation ia terrible. What is the CPD hiding? Alot, I'm sure!
pcj_ssa
He was doing the same thing that I do with my loaded, at the ready weapon in my own home. Defending it. Don't you really think that even if he did hear them announce themselves, which by the way I don't think he did, what would a home invasion team announce to push their way in. They would claim to be the police. Det. Shivers death was a total waste, just as the raid on Mr. Fredericks house was. If it wasn't so serious it would be called a comedy of errors, keystone cops style with boots! I can hardly wait to hear why they decided to perform this entry the way they did. Mr. Fredericks stay strong and don't give up the fight. No one wants to be the victim of the next attack on their home by the police department on the word of a confidential informant.
I'd still like to know which CPD fired their weapon? A .223 cal?
Let's not forget the bullet hole that the CPD tried covering up in the wall of Fredericks house. I'd say CPD is pretty well busted, not just covering up and evidence tampering but many other discrepancies. Like failing to investigate properly and taking the word of a known criminal to make a raid on an innocent citizens home. The "informant" should be arrested for breaking and entering. It's already known that the "growing operation" was Japanese Maple trees (Great investigation) did CPD swap them out with Pot plants? Detectives failed to investigate the claim properly. The magistrate failed to verify there was enough evidence to support the warrant. The CPD Chief failed to properly train his officers in how to safely execute a warrant. The division head failed to check to see if there was a more opportune time and place to SAFELY serve the warrant. There are many people that should be in jail or charged for this terrible incident. Fredericks IS NOT one of them. He should be out on bail at the very least. If he's not because he allegedly shot a cop, then why wasn't the cop that shot the Norfolk cop held.
Good Luck Ryan
I don't care how long they drag it out. You have support in this community and we won't forget about you.
Typical tactic
I could possibly see six months to trial from date of arrest, but until January? Once again it is nothing more than a delay tactic by the prosecutor in hopes he will break Ryan into some sort of plea so it will save the CPD and the city from a protracted battle. Sorry...it is not as easy as putting putty into a hole to cover it up...when faced with a formidable, experienced defense attorney. It appears that by extending the time they are hoping it will somehow cause all this controversy to die out and go away.
Nothing unusual about trial date
Trial dates are set up by the courts for future dates. It is very naive to think that a trial date can be set up for only a few months in advance. Trials are set according to what is already on the docket, not according to how 'important' the trial may be. My court reporting firm has trials already on our books for February 2009 and they've been set for those dates for weeks. This is not unusual and certainly no reason to jump to any conclusion that there is an alterior motive in setting up a date that far in advance.