Jane Harper
The Virginian-Pilot
Virginia Beach, VA, United States
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While one suspect in a quadruple Portsmouth murder case remains a fugitive, the other is ordered held without bond
Raymond Gore and his nephew Antwann Gore are charged with killing four people at a boarding house last summer. Antwann Gore remains a fugitive after being indicted Jan. 5. Raymond Gore turned himself in after being indicted last month and was denied bond by a judge on Friday. → Read More
Prostitution-related case against Virginia Beach pastor to be reviewed after new information emerges
Chesterfield County Commonwealth's Attorney Stacey Davenport announced during a news conference that she was referring the criminal case of Rock Church Senior Pastor John Blanchard to a special prosecutor after obtaining new information in the case. → Read More
Virginia Beach Rock Church pastor seeks to have prostitution-related charges expunged
Pastor John Blanchard was arrested during a police sting in November 2021 and accused of attempting to have sex with a minor. Prosecutors withdrew the charges last year and now Blanchard is seeking to have them blocked from public view. → Read More
Trial begins for Norfolk man accused of shooting 5 people with an AK-47, including an infant
Honesty Brehon was just a month old and being held in her mother's arms when she was shot by an AK-47 outside of a Norfolk apartment building in August 2020. Honesty's mother and three men also were injured. → Read More
Norfolk City Councilman Paul Riddick’s name has been a fixture on ballots since 1992. But not this election.
Paul Riddick, 74, has decided not to seek re-election to the Norfolk Ward 4 seat he’s held since 1992. → Read More
Teen dies hours after being shot in Newport News
The teenage boy was shot at about 9 p.m. Friday in the 800 block of Walden Pond Court. He died several hours later at a hospital. → Read More
Pilot dies in small plane crash at Newport News airport, 2 others suffer life-threatening injuries
Three people were onboard a Cessna 172 private plane when it crashed into the woods upon takeoff, according to Michael Giardino, executive director of the Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport. → Read More
Amazon hiring an additional 1,400 people in Hampton Roads for seasonal, full-time and part-time positions
Average pay for the jobs is more than $19 an hour, depending on the position and where it’s located. Sign-on bonuses ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 are available in some locations. → Read More
Moments after losing custody of 2 kids, a man ran their mother down in a Norfolk garage. He’ll serve 20 years.
Avion Northan, 37, admitted to running down the mother of two of his 10 children shortly after a court hearing in which she was awarded custody. Prosecutors said he positioned his car in front of hers in the MacArthur Center garage, waited for her to come out, and then sped into her. → Read More
Virginia Beach City Council District 9: Candidates spotlight
T.J. Morgan, John Moss and Joash Schulman are facing off to represent District 9. → Read More
Norfolk man dies 1 day after shooting in Oakdale Farms community
Alexander J. Hayes was shot Wednesday afternoon in the 8000 block of Diggs Road, according to police. → Read More
After decades of malfunctioning, the Virginia Beach courthouse escalators finally set to be replaced
The troubled escalators have been part of the 4-story courthouse since it opened 29 years ago. They’ve been a problem almost from the get-go, according to lawyers who’ve worked there since then. → Read More
Julia Tomlin gets maximum sentence of 55 years for 2019 murder of 2-year-old son in Hampton
Julia Tomlin reported her 2-year-old son, Noah, missing June 24, 2019, from her trailer in the Bayside Village Mobile Home Park in the Buckroe Beach area. His body was later found in a cardboard box at a city-owned trash incinerator. → Read More
A bloody 18 hours: 6 shootings across Hampton Roads leave 3 dead and 3 injured, with only 1 arrest announced so far
The shootings occurred in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Suffolk over a span of about within 18 hours. As of Monday afternoon, an arrest was announced in just one of the incidents. Police have not released suspect information the other five incidents. → Read More
Was Norfolk’s police chief forced out? Depends on who you ask.
Chief Larry Boone's abrupt departure came as a surprise to many — including the mayor, City Council and the more than 500 sworn officers who work for the Norfolk Police Department. It occurred as Norfolk grapples with an uptick in gun violence and police staffing shortages. → Read More
Prosecutors recommend jail time for Virginia Beach brothers involved in U.S. Capitol riot
Eric Von Bernewitz, 47, a broker who supplies furniture for government offices and military barracks, and his brother, Paul Von Bernewitz, 51, a restaurant server, are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. → Read More
Doorbell camera footage linked a Virginia Beach man to a fatal shooting. Now he’ll serve 30 years.
Bobby Cason of Virginia Beach pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, attempted robbery and illegal use of a gun last year after police were able to link him to a 2018 shooting through Ring doorbell footage. → Read More
3 killings in a week: Police are on the hunt for one ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect
Cola Winborne Beale IV is charged in the killings of Clifton Baxter, 73, Czavier Hill, 31, and Downing M. McLean, 32. Neighbors of Baxter said Beale is the man's son. Police said he was in a romantic relationship with Hill. → Read More
Court hearing delayed for Virginia Beach pastor accused of arranging to have sex with a minor
John Blanchard, a lead pastor at Rock Church in Virginia Beach since 2013, is charged with solicitation of prostitution. Blanchard was arrested in October at a motel in Chesterfield County where police said he'd arranged to meet a person he'd been communicating with online that he thought was a teenage girl. → Read More
A Norfolk man was stabbed to death after trying to give a homeless person money. His killer will serve 30 years.
Edgar Oliver was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing 64-year-old Arthur Sanders, Jr. outside of a Stop 'N Go store on Church Street in Norfolk. Oliver told police Sanders had reached into his pocket to give him some money when Oliver got up and started stabbing him. → Read More