http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/92 Category: Crime en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 26 May 2012 19:21:44 -0400 NORFOLK Police surrounded an apartment building searching for a man who robbed a business in the 9500 block of First View St., but came up empty. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/norfolk-police-still-seek-robber-after-search-building Sat, 26 May 2012 17:30:29 -0400 FARMVILLE A violent felon who was accidently freed from a regional jail in Farmville is the focus of a manhunt. The Progress-Index (http://bit.ly/LmZA01) of Petersburg reports that 31-year-old Carter Sherrod Tillery was serving a 30-year federal sentence in a high-security federal prison in West Virginia for robbing a Petersburg merchant with a sawed-off shotgun in 2009. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/search-under-way-va-violent-offender Sat, 26 May 2012 11:38:17 -0400 GREENSBORO, N.C. Jurors in the John Edwards campaign fraud trial have the long holiday weekend to think over the case — but not talk about it — as the judge sternly warned before sending them home after six days of deliberations. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/judge-edwards-jurors-dont-discuss-case Sat, 26 May 2012 08:29:58 -0400 SUFFOLK The city has begun seizing rent payments and is exploring other means to recoup nearly $350,000 in delinquent taxes owed by two real estate developers charged in a federal tax-fraud case. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/suffolk-seizing-rent-recover-taxes Sat, 26 May 2012 00:11:48 -0400 PORTSMOUTH The city's police chief and the top prosecutor are calling on Sheriff Bill Watson to restrict more inmates from work programs and beef up supervision after a prisoner's escape from a lawn crew Wednesday. Watson responded that the complaint from Commonwealth's Attorney Earle C. Mobley and Chief Ed Hargis is politically motivated. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/changes-sought-portsmouth-jails-work-program Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 NORFOLK A former Florida police officer will serve five years in prison for a sexual assault that occurred in September 2005 while he was in the Navy. Steven Binsse, 28, is one of four men charged in connection with the assault of a woman at the Navy Lodge on Hampton Boulevard. They were arrested after film of the assault was turned over to police. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/sex-assault-2005-yields-5-years-prison Fri, 25 May 2012 23:32:00 -0400 CHESAPEAKE A 16-year-old boy confessed Friday to attacking former NFL player Ed Beard last year during a gang initiation. Staring at his feet and with his hands cuffed in front of him, James Richardson-Jackson pleaded guilty to four felonies, including malicious wounding by mob and using force for gang recruitment. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/teen-confesses-beating-exnfl-player Fri, 25 May 2012 14:14:32 -0400 CHARLOTTESVILLE A former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend is appealing his conviction. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/former-uva-player-wants-conviction-set-aside Fri, 25 May 2012 17:03:52 -0400 GREENSBORO, N.C. The judge in the John Edwards trial abruptly closed the courtroom Friday to talk to attorneys about an issue with a juror and sent the panel home after six days of deliberations with a stern warning not to talk about the case. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/edwards-juror-issue-arises-case-stops-weekend Fri, 25 May 2012 16:38:47 -0400 FOREST Police in Bedford County are looking for a man who crawled through a drive-thru window in an unsuccessful attempt to rob a fast-food restaurant. Sheriff's Maj. Ricky Gardner says a Taco Bell employee in Forest called 911 to report the attempted robbery Wednesday night. Gardner says the man fled after he was told the store's money had already been locked up for the night. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/man-uses-drivethru-window-va-holdup-attempt Fri, 25 May 2012 08:52:18 -0400