THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, August 14, 1994 TAG: 9408150058
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Steve Stone
LENGTH: Long : 103 lines
Local police are asking public assistance in solving these cases:
NORFOLK
Police are searching for a man wanted for an attempted robbery. His weapon of choice has police concerned, and they would like to apprehend him before he strikes again.
On Thursday, Aug. 4, at 8:40 a.m., a man entered the Virginia Check Cashing office at 6115 Sewells Point Road. As he approached the counter, he placed what appeared to be a bomb in the cashier's window. He then demanded that the cashier place money in a bag or the device would explode in several minutes.
The cashier was so scared she fled to the rear of the business and the would-be robber left without the money. He took the device with him.
The suspect is described as black, about 27 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and about 160 pounds. He had a light complexion and a light beard. The man was wearing a black suit, a white shirt and sunglasses.
PORTSMOUTH
On Wednesday, July 27, a woman had just left the High's Ice Cream store in the 5700 block of Churchland Blvd. when she was approached from behind and struck in the head.
Her attacker took the woman's pocketbook and fled, running behind the store. The victim had very little money in the pocketbook, but it did contain an ATM card.
Shortly after the robbery, the thief used the card at two local banks and made cash withdrawals. The thief, along with an accomplice, was photographed by video cameras at both locations.
VIRGINIA BEACH
On Thursday, June 23, shortly after midnight, a 30-year-old man was getting into his car at Weblin Drive near Baker Road when he was approached by three young men.
One of the men had a gun and forced the victim out of his car, onto the ground and stole his wallet. Two of the men got into the victim's car and drove away. The third robber ran.
The car, a dark green 1994 Ford Taurus, was abandoned a short distance away on Justin Court.
The three men police are looking for are described as black and in their late teens or early 20s. The gunman is described as being about 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, with dreadlocks and a slight beard and mustache.
CHESAPEAKE
On July 15, Linwood Freeman, 72, was at a friend's house when he heard a knock on the door. He answered the door and then, police believe, an assailant demanded money.
After exchanging words, Freeman was shot and killed.
Police have identified a suspect, Randolph Carr, 19. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, 150 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a mustache.
Carr is known to frequent the Ingleside, Diggs Park and Oak Leaf sections of Norfolk.
HAMPTON
Police need help solving an act of vandalism to a local church.
During the early hours of July 27, someone went to the new Bethel Cathedral church at 56 Harris Creek Road and, using fluorescent orange spray paint, painted graffiti on the outside walls.
Investigators have interviewed several people concerning this vandalism, but no charges have been placed against anyone at this time.
On Aug. 9, at 9:45 a.m., a man entered the Bay Savings Bank at 217 Fox Hill Road and handed the teller a note demanding money. During the robbery, the man kept his right hand in a pocket of his hooded, pullover shirt.
A bank surveillance camera recorded the robbery.
Witnesses described the robber as white, 25 to 30 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 180 pounds, with dark brown hair that short on the top and longer in the back. He was last seen running toward the rear of the bank into a wooded area.
SUFFOLK
Darrin Bondhill, 19, is wanted for failing to appear in court on several occasions and investigation in a grand larceny and another incident.
Bondhill is described as black, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 185 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. His last known address was 560 Ashland Drive, Norfolk.
William Lawrence Jones, 25, is wanted for violation of parole.
Jones is described as black, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 144 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. His last known address was 1739 Sawmill Road, Suffolk.
Robert Wayne Wiggins, 33, is wanted for violation of parole.
Wiggins is described as black, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 190 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. His last known address was 219 Raleigh Ave., Suffolk. ILLUSTRATION: Photos
A bank video camera took this picture of a robbery suspect. A
woman's pocketbook was stolen, and her ATM card was used at two
Portsmouth banks.
Drawing
Composite of a gunman who, with two others, stole a man's car in
Virginia Beach on Thursday, June 23.
by CNB