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Domestic Abuse and Rural Crime Made Police Priorities in Norfolk Crime Plan

Leave a Comment / Crime / James Watson / March 31, 2022 / 1 minute of reading

Norfolk police have highlighted more visible policing, rural crime, and a drive to combat abuse and harassment against women as top concerns. The details of what Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner Giles Orpen-Smellie wants Norfolk Constabulary to deliver over the next two years are laid out in the new police, crime, and community safety strategy. […]

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Portsmouth Woman Gets 18 Years After Hitting Husband with Vehicle in Norfolk

Leave a Comment / Crime / James Watson / March 11, 2022 / 2 minutes of reading

NORFOLK, Virginia — After hitting her husband with a vehicle in 2020, a Portsmouth woman was sentenced to 18 years in jail on Friday. His injuries put him in a coma, and he died more than a year later. Bashirah Tripp, 35, pled guilty to aggravated malicious wounding of James Johnson Jr. in September 2021.

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Police Investigate Shooting in Norfolk

Leave a Comment / Crime / Chris E. Nelson / November 18, 2021 / 1 minute of reading

NORFOLK — Police say a man was shot and killed last night in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Norfolk. Police responded to a call around 9:05 p.m. about an incident at 2727 Azalea Garden Road, where there is a restaurant and bar named the EZ Inn. The shooting did not happen at the bar. The police

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