IW posts
police guards at schools
October 11, 2006 -
Diana McFarland
For the first time in the history of the school, a sheriff's
deputy will be posted... |
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Worst
flooding since Floyd
Northeaster dumps up to 18
inches here
October 11, 2006 -
Diana McFarland
A lot of rain was expected, but not
... |
Alleged
shooter arrested
October 11, 2006
The man suspected of the Wood's Edge shooting turned himself
in to police Tuesday morning in Surry... |
Danielle
Roach Race
October 11, 2006
More than twenty donor families and transplant recipients
will join the... |
Rushmere man
wanted in shooting
October 4, 2006 - Dan
Shuman
A
Rushmere man previously charged but not prosecuted for
attempted murder... |
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September 2006 |
Foods vacate
offices early to help town
September 13, 2006 -
Dan Steele
The
Smithfield Foods employment office at 1613 South Church
Street is now a... |
Town hall
fire
September 6, 2006 - Dan
Shuman
Smithfield’s police department is headed for a temporary new
home after a fire Friday evening in a second-floor... |
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August 2006 |
Marshall Trying his Hand at National Police Politics
August 9, 2006 - Diana
McFarland
He's Smithfield's top law enforcement officer, but Police
Chief Mark Marshall is... |
Bad bill leads
to jail
August 30, 2006 - Diana
McFarland
Leaving
an I.O.U. for her boss last week landed a Smithfield woman
in jail... |
Jersey
Park Security Guard Faces Firearms Charge
August 9, 2006 - Dan
Shuman
A former Jersey Park security guard already facing maiming
and abduction... |
Windsor
Delays New Police Hire
August 9, 2006 - Dan
Steele
WINDSOR - The Windsor Police Department will have to wait
another month or two before they can add their fourth
officer to the force... |
Rabid Fox Bites
3-yr.-old
August 2, 2006 - Dan
Shuman
7th
case in IW so far this year... |
Suspect
Sought in Smfd. Robbery
August 2, 2006 - Diana
McFarland
Smithfield Police are seeking a suspect who robbed a local
storeowner at knifepoint... |
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July 2006 |
Travel Fraud
Schemes Plentiful
July 19, 2006
Summer travel also means increased opportunities for
unsuspecting travelers to be taken advantage of by crooks
who... |
Smfd Police:
Crime Watch by E-mail
July 19, 2006
If
you’ve got email, then you can participate in the Smithfield
Police Department’s new electronic crime watch program... |
Charged with
Sexual Assault
July 19, 2006 - Dan
Shuman
An Isle of Wight man is charged with sexual assault after a
confrontation with his girlfriend, who is in turn charged
with... |
Seniors
Injured More in Car Wrecks
July 19, 2006
VIRGINIA BEACH – If seniors can be found swimming, jogging
and golfing, then who’s to say when they become too old... |
Bomb Threat at Plant
July 12,
2006 - Diana McFarland
Two bomb threats were called in to the security department
of Smithfield Packing last week, according to... |
Officer's Command
was 'Whoa!'
July 12,
2006 - Dan Shuman
Elvis the horse is afraid of at least two things: barking
dogs and flashing blue lights... |
Officers
Take Attacks in Stride
July 5,
2006 - Diana McFarland
After spending three months nursing her right hand broken
during an arrest, Smithfield Officer Christie Bolton was...
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Homeless man
Charged
July 5,
2006 - Dan Shuman
A Smithfield police officer arrested a homeless man
Wednesday after the man was caught stealing 23 items from... |
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June 2006 |
Another
Case of Rabies Reported
June 28, 2006
Another sick raccoon marks the sixth case of rabies reported
in Isle of Wight County so far this year.
The raccoon bit a pet dog... |
Chase Follows Complaint
June 28, 2006
by Diana McFarland,
News Editor
A South Carolina couple led Smithfield Police on a high-speed
chase through Isle of Wight into Suffolk, stopping... |
Smithfield Approves Budget, New
Trash Contract
June 28, 2006
The Smithfield Town Council Monday approved a $7.6 million
operating budget for fiscal 2007 - up 25 percent... |
Backup Dispatch Plan Modified
June 28, 2006
Emergency organization leaders pared down the expected cost
of a backup dispatch center to a price officials are more
willing to spend.
An estimate produced several months ago came back at |
Carrying the
Torch for Others
June 21, 2006
Last
week's front page carried an unexceptional photograph of an
exceptional event - police officers... |
Suspicious Activity Nets Charges
June 14, 2006
A call of a suspicious person Thursday ended up in the
arrest of a 17-year-old boy who police say was carrying
"burglary materials."... |
Charged
With Assaulting Officer
June 14, 2006
A Smithfield man was arrested last week after he allegedly
assaulted a female Smithfield Police officer who was trying
to arrest him... |
Drug Search Nets Training Grenades
June 14, 2006
Smithfield
police raided house on Magruder Road after multiple
complaints from neighbors about activity there.
The search resulted in drug-related... |
