VIRGINIA BEACH A 4-year-old boy is in critical condition this morning after being shot, and his father has been charged in the case. Nicholas A. Pierce, 26, was charged with felony child neglect after the boy was shot in the hip Thursday afternoon, police wrote in a news release this morning. He is being held without bond in jail.

NORFOLK A bullet grazed one person in a shooting this morning outside a Granby Street club.

NEWPORT NEWS Former Virginia Tech quarterback Maurice DeShazo is among hundreds of men arrested in a nationwide sting on prostitution and other sex crime charges.

DeShazo is charged with soliciting prostitution. Media outlets report DeShazo was arrested along with 14 other men in Newport News.

NORFOLK A man convicted in a drunken driving crash that killed three passengers is scheduled to be sentenced today in Circuit Court. Craig Watson, 32, was convicted of three counts of aggravated involuntary manslaughter for a violent vehicle crash after a night of partying at the Oceanfront. A jury recommended a 25-year sentence.

By Steve Szkotak CHARLOTTESVILLE The romantic rival of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend testified Thursday that he saw the defendant with his arm around her neck months before her death.

VIRGINIA BEACH The director of the city's Human Services Department says his agency could have done more to prevent the death of a baby at the hands of a foster mother. The acknowledgment from Bob Morin comes days after the boy's biological mother said publicly that she alerted social workers to possible abuse days before his death two years ago.

SUFFOLK Two city men drew long prison terms Thursday after pleading guilty in unrelated cases of sexually abusing children who were members of their families.

HAMPTON

Police are asking for the public’s help to find the person they believe responsible for three separate incidents that occurred in the Northampton section of the city.

PORTSMOUTH
Police have identified the man and woman found dead Tuesday in Port Norfolk and said they are investigating the possibility that the deaths are related.
James David Gough Jr., 47, of the 700 block of Broad St. was found in a burning Jeep Cherokee early that morning.
The vehicle was in an alley between the 400 blocks of Florida and Mount Vernon avenues.

VIRGINIA BEACH Police say a 4-year-old boy was shot in the hip in the 3800 block of Buckhorn Place on Thursday. One of the child's parents called police at 4:17 p.m. to report an accidental shooting, police spokeswoman Grazia Moyers said. The circumstances surrounding the shooting have not been confirmed by police.