Beaverdam drug suspect allegedly wanted informant to kill man - Richmond Times Dispatch

Beaverdam drug suspect allegedly wanted informant to kill man Richmond Times Dispatch His son, Nicholas “Big Nick” Albrechta, 30, was shot to death in a double homicide in Petersburg in August 2010. A Petersburg police spokeswoman said the case has been cleared — the evidence shows the two victims shot each other. Albrechta apparently ...

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VSU student says he killed in self-defense Richmond Times Dispatch Virginia State University student Ryan Simms denied helping a fellow student rip off a Petersburg drug dealer, but admitted to killing the dealer with an illegally concealed pistol after he said the man approached him with a gun. ... Simms, taking the ...

Homicide victim's handling of gun key in VSU student's trial Richmond Times Dispatch ... a calculated killing or an act of self defense. The question will be key for jurors hearing the case, who must decide whether Virginia State University student Ryan Christopher Simms, 20, who is charged with killing Hughes, should be acquitted or ...

Murder trial to get underway in last year's killing near VSU Richmond Times Dispatch A little more than a year after a shooting left a Petersburg man dead and a Virginia State University student wounded just off campus, VSU student Ryan Christopher Simms will go on trial today on charges he killed a man in a drug rip-off scheme that ...

News briefs for Sunday, May 19, 2013 Progress Index PETERSBURG - The Petersburg Virginia Cooperative Extension, Petersburg Veterans Foreign Wars, SHARP and VCU Massey Cancer Center held a kickoff Friday for its upcoming workshops focusing on eating smarter. The interactive, workshops will promote eating ... and more »

Tampa reaches region baseball final Tampabay.com 3 seed Virginia, No. 6 Virginia Tech and No. 7 Georgia Tech in pool play in the tournament, which begins Wednesday in Durham, N.C. The other pool contains No. 1 seed North Carolina, No. 4 North Carolina State, No. 5 Clemson and No. 8 Miami. The full ...

Mineral County Grand Jury hands down indictments Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune Brandon Lee Bartlett, 6425 Richmond Highway, Apt. 204, Alexandria, Va, burglary. Matthew ... Samuel Jefferson Clark, Route 1 Box 210, Burlington, grand larceny, accessory before the fact to burglary, receiving or transferring stolen property, three ... and more »

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Robbery suspects waive preliminary hearing, bound over KTIC Alyssa Beard, who is listed as a missing person out of Petersburg, Va., faces charges of possession or receipt of a stolen firearm; possession of burglars tools; carrying a concealed weapon-first offense. County Judge Michael Burns of Hastings ...

Jury recommends 50 years for Petersburg man who killed neighbor Richmond Times Dispatch After a two-day trial in Petersburg Circuit Court, a jury deliberated 90 minutes before finding Carnell Lester Jackson, 45, guilty of first-degree murder in the Dec. 3, 2011, slaying of Clarence Alexander Butcher, an Army veteran and retired U.S ... and more »