by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Chesapeake Field Office, responded Dec. 4, 2021, to a request by the New Church Fire Department to investigate a suspicious fire with a deceased victim located in the residence. “When...
by James Ritch | Dec 5, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — State Police were requested by the New Church Fire Department to respond to a residential structure fire at the 6000 block of Lankford Highway Saturday evening, Dec. 4, at approximately 9:27 p.m. The New Church Fire Department responded to the structure...
by James Ritch | Apr 16, 2021 | Headlines
Staff report — A woman was arrested and charged with arson and second-degree murder after a man was found dead at a house fire Thursday night on Bishop Drive in New Church. Delbert Dickerson, 59, who lived at the home, was identified as the victim by Bureau of...
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The fire scene where three people died in Nelsonia on Feb. 1 “had a strong smell of petroleum distillates,” which could include gasoline, naphtha, mineral spirits, kerosene, paraffin wax, and tar, a court document filed recently states. A...
by James Ritch | Feb 17, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The names of two of the three people who died in a fire that occurred Feb. 1, in Nelsonia, were released in a state police announcement Sunday — 16 days after the suspected arson/ homicide was committed. The victims were Wilson L....
