CHESAPEAKE During his months in jail, Ryan Frederick wrote and rewrote an apology to Jarrod Shivers' family in his mind and on paper. Hours before his Friday morning court sentencing, Frederick scribbled away again on a yellow notepad in his solitary cell until 2 a.m. "I did rough draft after rough draft," he said. "Ball it up, throw it away. Ball it up, throw it away."

CHESAPEAKE Ryan Frederick has asked the commonwealth's attorney to prosecute a Chesapeake police informant who burglarized his Portlock home. "He should be held accountable like everybody else who breaks into people's houses," Frederick said.

CHESAPEAKE Steven Wright, a police informant, said there were "implied promises" made by police and prosecutors to take care of him in return for his testimony against Ryan Frederick, a Chesapeake man convicted of killing a police detective during a drug raid.

CHESAPEAKE The Tidewater Libertarian Party called the shooting death of a Chesapeake detective last January "tragic and avoidable" and on Tuesday night asked the City Council to create a citizen review board to investigate police policies.

In two recent high-profile murder trials, prosecutors asked two men who have been called liars to step onto a stage that demands truth and credibility - the witness stand.

CHESAPEAKE The Tidewater Libertarian Party will ask the City Council next week to establish a citizen review board to investigate Chesapeake police procedures during a fatal drug raid last year.

CHESAPEAKE Commonwealth's Attorney Nancy Parr said the police informant who burglarized the home of Ryan Frederick cannot be prosecuted until the victim reports the crime. "As far as I'm aware, Mr. Frederick did not file a complaint," Parr said Wednesday.

CHESAPEAKE The voluntary-manslaughter verdict Wednesday in the shooting death of a Chesapeake police officer is unusual in Virginia, and it could lead to a precedent-setting appeal.

CHESAPEAKE The trial of Ryan Frederick in the shooting death of a police officer - a case that tore apart two families and a community - left all sides disappointed Wednesday. The jury refused to convict Frederick of capital murder but recommended a maximum 10-year prison term for voluntary manslaughter.

UPDATE: The jury deciding the fate of Ryan Frederick in the fatal shooting of Chesapeake Detective Jarrod Shivers has reached a verdict. There's no information yet about when it will be announced. Stayed tuned to PilotOnline.com for details as they become available.   CHESAPEAKE