Patrick Wilson

City Wide Patrols & Checkpoints Targeting Impaired Drivers This Holiday Weekend

portsmouthpd.org — Portsmouth Police Officers will be out in full force this Memorial Day weekend. In order to make celebrations safe for everyone in the City of Portsmouth, ten (10) additional uniformed officers will look for impaired drivers. The Click It or Ticket Champagne will also continue during the weekend.

Charges dismissed against Portsmouth school employee

hamptonroads.com — PORTSMOUTH A judge today dismissed charges against a school division employee accused of proposing a sexual act to a 16-year-old student in 2011. Kevin Brown, assistant director of student services at the Stephen H. Clarke center, had been charged with four counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor while in a supervisory role.

Jury gives award to former lifeguard over firing

hamptonroads.com — VIRGINIA BEACH A federal court jury this week awarded $17,500 in damages to a former employee of the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service after finding the woman was fired for filing a discrimination complaint, the woman's attorney said.

Friends fundraise after man is killed by Norfolk police

hamptonroads.com — NORFOLK Andy's Barber Shop in the Colley Village Shopping Center is raising money for the man who was killed in a police shooting Monday. Joshua "Omar" Johnson, 22, worked at the shop and at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers near Old Dominion University.

Norfolk police release details on fatal Ghent shooting

hamptonroads.com — NORFOLK The officer who opened fire on a bad check suspect on Monday did so after losing sight of a fellow officer, whom he feared was in danger, police said Tuesday. Police released new details about the shooting at the Wells Fargo at 21st Street and