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Active-Duty Airman 'Routinely' Traveled Back To Virginia To Meet With Minors For Sex, Feds Say Active-Duty Airman 'Routinely' Traveled Back To Virginia To Meet With Minors For Sex, Feds Say
Active-Duty Airman 'Routinely' Traveled Back To Virginia To Meet With Minors For Sex, Feds Say More than two dozen underage girls were targeted by an active-duty servicemember on social media who preyed upon and sought to bring them to his hometown in Virginia, federal officials say. Brandon Tyler Lindsey, 27, now of Goldsboro, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for targeting minors in the Hampton Roads are and caused at least 29 victims to produce sexually explicit videos and photos.  According to court documents, Lindsey, an active-duty servicemember attached to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base would "routinely travel to his hometown of Chesapeake…

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Mom Accused Of Sexually Abusing Twin Teen Neighbors: Reports Virginia Mom Accused Of Sexually Abusing Twin Teen Neighbors: Reports
Virginia Mom Accused Of Sexually Abusing Twin Teen Neighbors: Reports A 38-year-old Virginia mother is accused of raping a pair of 15-year-old twin neighbors, various news reports say, citing a criminal complaint. Ashleigh Watts, of Chesapeake, was charged last week with three counts of indecency with a minor, PEOPLE reports citing the complaint. Watts became the center of an investigation last February, when a neighbor called 911 saying that Watts had been having sexual relations with the boys, PEOPLE says. Watt's husband allegedly found her on the couch with one of the twins who lived across the street, and he was pretending to be asleep, according to…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities Shut Down Rumors Of Active Shooter At Chesapeake Target Authorities Shut Down Rumors Of Active Shooter At Chesapeake Target
Authorities Shut Down Rumors Of Active Shooter At Chesapeake Target Authorities have shut down rumors of an active shooter at a Chesapeake, Virginia Target store on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The unconfirmed reports came in the morning after a mass Walmart shooting in the same city that left seven people dead, including the suspected gunman. Rumors of an active shooter at Target in Chesapeake are UNTRUE. Please help us control rumors by only sharing information from this account. — City of Chesapeake (@AboutChesapeake) November 23, 2022 "Rumors of an active shooter at Target in Chesapeake are untrue," officials said on Twitter. A customer told WJLA/7News tha…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
IDs Released For Virginia Walmart Shooting Victims IDs Released For Virginia Walmart Shooting Victims
IDs Released For Virginia Walmart Shooting Victims Authorities have released the names of some of the victims in the mass Walmart shooting in Chesapeake, Virginia that left seven people dead, including the suspected gunman. The massacre took place just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at the store on Sam's Circle, local police said.  Those killed were Lorenzo Gamble, Brian Pendleton, Kellie Pyle, Randall Blevins, and Tyneka Johnson. The sixth victim is a 16-year old boy from Chesapeake whose name and photo are being withheld since he is a minor. The alleged gunman, 31-year-old Andre Bing, carried out the shooting with a handgun before tu…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Virginia Walmart Shooting Suspect ID'd As Manager: Reports Virginia Walmart Shooting Suspect ID'd As Manager: Reports
Virginia Walmart Shooting Suspect ID'd As Manager: Reports New details have emerged in the mass shooting at a Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart that left seven people dead including the suspected gunman on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Tyneka Johnson, 21, was among the victims allegedly shot and killed by Andre Bing, a manager who opened fire in the store on Sam's Circle around 10:15 p.m., according to the New York Post and WJLA/7News. Authorities confirmed that the gunman killed his colleagues before turning the gun on himself. We are still communicating with the victims’ families and will release their information as soon as possible. We can confirm that the…

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by Nicole Acosta