Incidents
Incident NNPD-06 |
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Date | Jan 14, 2016 |
Time | 12:00 PM |
Report # | NNPD-06 |
Department | Newport News Police |
Officers | Brendan Bartley , Jamie A. Acree |
Description | Jamie Acree and Brandon Bartley shot 33-year-old Loratio Lorenzo Dantzler, who they said physically resembled a wanted person. |
Address |
Roanoke Avenue
Newport News, VA |
Incident 214 |
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Date | Dec 28, 2015 |
Department | Suffolk Police |
Officers | James E. Babor |
Description | Officer James Babor shot and killed Corey Jason Achstein, 28. |
Address |
Causey Avenue
near Virginia Avenue
Suffolk, VA |
Incident PAL-Autistic-Child-Assault |
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Date | Nov 03, 2015 |
Time | 05:00 PM |
Report # | PAL-Autistic-Child-Assault |
Department | Richmond Police Department |
Description | A mother signed her autistic son up for an after-school tennis program with the Richmond Police Athletic League to give her son experience interacting with police. She returned to find him handcuffed, then learned he had been assaulted. At the hospital, they learned an officer had given him a concussion. The story was reported on WTVR News. |
Address | Richmond, VA |
Incident 2015-Feazell-Excessive-Force-Complaint |
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Date | Aug 04, 2015 |
Report # | 2015-Feazell-Excessive-Force-Complaint |
Department | Waynesboro Police |
Officers | Jesse Edwin Feazell |
Description | An Internal Affairs investigation (Case # 201508040006) was launched on August 4, 2015 after a complaint of excessive force was filed against Feazell. Captain Oliver oversaw the "investigation," and one day later on August 5 he ruled the complaint unfounded. |
Address | Waynesboro, VA |
Incident Beating-of-Jamar-Gladden |
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Date | Jul 29, 2015 |
Time | 12:00 PM |
Report # | Beating-of-Jamar-Gladden |
Department | Charlottesville Police |
Officers | Todd A. Lucas , Robbie Oberholzer |
Description | On Nov. 7, 2016, Jamar Antwaun Gladden filed a complaint under the Civil Rights Act against Charlottesville Police officers R.A. Oberholzer, J. Seitz, and T.A. Lucas (also naming the JADE Task Force) for attacking, brutalizing, and nearly asphyxiating him on July 29, 2015. Gladden's complaint alleges excessive force, unreasonable aggression, the use of a chokehold, unlawful seizure, and violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. Gladden describes the incident in his own words (from "Gladden v. Charlottesville Va. Police Dept"): "Officer Oberholzer put me in a chokehold with his arm around my neck/throat, never reaching for my hands or arms making a[n] attempt to arrest or detain me. Just a[n] immediate instinct reaction to put his arm around my throat and to throw his body weight against me and we immediately went crashing to the ground (his stomach to my back). Officer Oberholzer layed on top of me while still continuing to squeeze his arm tighter around my throat, in which at this time it was extremely hard for me to breathe. "I was beginning to lose consciousness when a number of 'Jon Doe' detectives of JADE Task Force also appeared on the scene and begun to physically and maliciously plant knees and feet on my body while still on my stomach with Officer Oberholzer's arm around my throat. Along with said 'John Doe' detectives of JADE Task Force, Detectives McCall, Seitz, and Lucas begun to become overly aggressive when 'John Doe Detective' of JADE Task Force started to holler 'Knife, knife[!]' Again, I was on my stomach. [I] believed I blacked out slightly at some point[] so I wasn't able to see the above named JADE Task Force members or the John Doe Detectives' faces at the time when a foot, knee or whatever force that came down on the back of my head to make my face make contact with the ground... "Before being sat up, Officer Oberholzer kicked me after I was already being handled by JADE Task Force Detectives John Does and cuffed... At no time did I offer a reason for this inhumane attack on me..." |
Address | Charlottesville, VA |
Incident NNPD-05 |
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Date | Jul 04, 2015 |
Time | 06:00 PM |
Report # | NNPD-05 |
Department | Newport News Police |
Officers | Michael A. Sinclair |
Description | Officer Geller, Officer Michael Sinclair, and Detective Gibson shot and killed Kawanza Jamal Beaty. |
Address | Newport News, VA |
Incident Washington v Jurgens et al |
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Date | May 04, 2015 |
Report # | Washington v Jurgens et al |
Department | Fredericksburg Sheriff's Office |
Officers | Shaun Jurgens , Crystal D. Hill , Matthew Deschenes |
Description | Officer Shaun Jergens reportedly used his Taser and pepper spray on a man police said was involved in a hit-and-run on May 4. Fredericksburg Police said a 911 call came in about a hit-and-run collision at approximately 5 p.m. from the driver of a Jeep whose vehicle had just been struck by a silver Hyundai traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Route 1 near the University of Mary Washington pedestrian bridge. The Hyundai had previously run over the median on Route 1 and knocked down a city road sign, according to police. The Hyundai eventually ended up stationary in the intersection of Cowan Boulevard and Powhatan Street. Two Fredericksburg officers who were the first to arrive on scene, Corporal Matt Deschenes and Sergeant Crystal Hill, held the Hyundai driver at gunpoint and ordered him out of his car. The driver, identified as David Washington, 34, of Fredericksburg, did not comply. Jurgens arrived on scene a few minutes later. Police said Jurgens used his Taser on the man to get him to comply with the order to exit the vehicle. One of the Taser prongs apparently did not make a proper connection and the Taser was ineffective. Jurgens then used his pepper spray on Washington and then Deschenes and Jurgens both removed Washington from the car. An ambulance was called to treat Washington for the pepper spray exposure and remove the Taser prong attached to his skin. Washington was transported to a local hospital where doctors discovered that he was experiencing a medical emergency in the preceding hours. After reviewing the incident in accordance with department policy, Command Staff determined that the force used by the officers involved in the incidence was “not appropriate." Jurgens resigned from the department on May 14. |
Address |
Route 1
near Near the University of Mary Washington Pedestrian Bridge
Fredericksburg, VA |
Incident Smalls-v-Binner |
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Date | Apr 29, 2015 |
Report # | Smalls-v-Binner |
Department | South Boston Police |
Officers | Clifton M. Mann , Travis Clay , Tiffaney N. Bratton-White |
Description | |
Address |
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
South Boston, VA |
Incident PPD-01 |
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Date | Mar 24, 2015 |
Time | 02:25 PM |
Report # | PPD-01 |
Department | Portsmouth Police |
Officers | Mario B. Hunter |
Description | Virginia State Police and Portsmouth Police officers R. Agular, M. Hunter, J. Whitson, G. Smith, N. Hawes, T. Thursby, S. Daugherty, and M. Rotolo shot and killed Walter J. Brown III on March 24, 2015. |
Address |
Colin Drive
Portsmouth, VA |
Incident 150 |
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Date | Feb 12, 2015 |
Department | Petersburg Police |
Officers | Brian Lee Billings |
Description | “After Billings asked [Cromartie] to roll down her car window, she told him to leave her alone as she complained to someone on her cellphone about the traffic stop,” Lavoie reported. “Seconds later, she said, he pulled her out of her car, forced her onto the ground and placed his weight on her back, injuring her forehead, lip, teeth, right eyebrow and both knees before she was handcuffed and put in leg shackles.” Billings was allowed to resign and admitted he was never disciplined for the incident. |
Address | Petersburg, VA |
Incident Natasha-McKenna |
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Date | Feb 03, 2015 |
Time | 10:30 AM |
Report # | Natasha-McKenna |
Department | Fairfax County Sheriff's Office |
Officers | Lucas J. Salzman , Adam Nicholas Henry , Kenneth Sergio Krstulovic |
Description | Natasha McKenna was a 37-year-old mother living in Alexandria, Virginia. On February 8, 2015, Natasha was being held at a detention center in Fairfax County, Virginia. She had been diagnosed with mental health problems and was scheduled to be transferred to Alexandria. During the transfer, over the course of 45 minutes, members of the Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team pulled her from her cell while wearing SWAT gear, tackled her, kneeled on her as she repeatedly claimed she could not breathe, then restrained her before tasering her at least four times while she appeared barely conscious and unresisting. Natasha suffered cardiac arrest, lost consciousness, and was hospitalized; she died four days later. The deputies and officers who participated in her killing were Paul Miller, Jonathan Perryman, Lucas Salzman, Adam Henry, Kenneth Krstulovic, and Patrick D. McPartlin. |
Address | Fairfax County, VA |
Incident NNPD-04 |
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Date | Dec 10, 2014 |
Time | 12:00 PM |
Report # | NNPD-04 |
Department | Newport News Police |
Officers | Brian P. Wilson |
Description | A lawsuit was filed claiming Newport News Police officers Wilson & Graham surrounded Thomas T. Simmons, Jr.'s vehicle at a traffic stop, banged on his windows, and unlawfully arrested him. |
Address | Newport News, VA |
Incident Randy-Hager-Charles-Sharp |
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Date | Aug 09, 2014 |
Time | 04:30 PM |
Report # | Randy-Hager-Charles-Sharp |
Department | Richmond Police Department |
Officers | Randy Hager |
Description | Officer Randy Hager grabbed and harassed Charles Lamaar Sharp, who sued to appeal a case Hager initiated against him. |
Address |
Clarkson Road
Richmond, VA |
Incident NNPD-03 |
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Date | Jul 31, 2014 |
Time | 12:00 PM |
Report # | NNPD-03 |
Department | Newport News Police |
Officers | Ryan A. Norris |
Description | A federal lawsuit (Moody v. City of Newport News) sparked by the December 2012 shooting of Corey Moody found that the Newport News Police Department had failed to appropriately investigate incidents of excessive force and failed to train its officer appropriately. Ryan Norris, Randy Gibson, Russel Tinsley, Richard W. Myers, Danielle Hollandsworth, James D. Fox, and the City of Newport News were named in the lawsuit. All officers were dismissed from the case as defendants except for Hollandsworth and Gibson, whom the court ruled had qualified immunity. |
Address | Newport News, VA |
Incident 227 |
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Date | Jul 30, 2014 |
Department | Bedford County Sheriff's Office |
Officers | Juette O. Renalds |
Description | Bedford Deputy Juette Renalds shot and killed David Mendoza-Alvarez, who was unarmed. |
Address |
Oakwood Knolls Drive
Bedford County, VA |
Incident 224 |
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Date | Jan 01, 2014 |
Department | Christopher Newport University Police |
Officers | Craig R. Ozment , Brandon ("scott") S. Austin |
Description | While few details are known publicly, it was reported that Officers Craig Ozment and Brandon Scott Austin, then employed as police officers at Christopher Newport University, allegedly used racial slurs and threatened fellow employees in the department. According to the Daily Press, "A federal civil rights agency concluded... that Christopher Newport University police officers subjected two co-workers to death threats and a hostile work environment last year, in violation of federal law. CNU President Paul Trible said the agency’s findings weren’t valid, and said he plans to take no action in response to the finding except fighting the case in court if necessary." |
Address |
12270 Warwick Boulevard
Newport News, VA |
Incident Latron-Dupree-Brown-Complaint |
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Date | Dec 19, 2013 |
Report # | Latron-Dupree-Brown-Complaint |
Department | Albemarle County Police |
Officers | Mark S. Jones , Tavis H. Coffin |
Description | On October 24, 2013, Latron Dupree Brown filed a lawsuit against the Albemarle County Police Department and Sergeant Dell Johnson, John McKay, Tavis Coffin, Jon Suitz, M. Frazier, Mark Jones, Matt McCall, Off. Hatter, Off. Wormley, and Off. Brake. The complaint describes Brown being pulled from the vehicle then assaulted by multiple officers at once on December 19, 2013. It also describes additional actions taken by ACPD following. |
Address |
Hydraulic Road
Charlottesville, VA |
Incident Joshua-Omar-Johnson |
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Date | May 20, 2013 |
Time | 12:00 PM |
Report # | Joshua-Omar-Johnson |
Department | Norfolk Police |
Officers | Matthew Alexander Watson |
Description | Joshua “Omar” Johnson was shot to death by Norfolk Police in a Ghent bank drive-through. |
Address |
Colonial Avenue
Norfolk, VA |
Incident Murder-of-Linwood-Ray-Lambert |
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Date | May 04, 2013 |
Time | 05:00 AM |
Report # | Murder-of-Linwood-Ray-Lambert |
Department | South Boston Police |
Officers | Clifton M. Mann , Travis Clay , Tiffaney N. Bratton-White |
Description | Linwood “Ray” Lambert was tased, shackled, and then died in police custody in South Boston, Va. He can be heard saying, "Why are you trying to kill me, man? Don’t do it, please don’t do it, please officers." The officers who participated in the killing were Corporal Tiffaney Bratton, Officer Clifton Mann, and Officer Travis Clay. None were criminally charged. |
Address | South Boston, VA |
Incident 217 |
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Date | Jan 13, 2013 |
Department | Chesterfield County Police |
Description | A Chesterfield Police officer who has never been publicly identified shot and killed Frankie Pitt |
Address |
Hull Street Road
near Chippenham Parkway
Chesterfield, VA |