THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 26, 1995 TAG: 9502260054
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Steve Stone
LENGTH: Medium: 71 lines
Local police are asking public assistance in solving these cases:
PORTSMOUTH
Reginald F. Hamilton, who is also known as ``Reggie,'' is wanted for grand larceny, forgery and uttering.
Hamilton is alleged to have cashed several stolen checks. The most recent attempt occurred on Jan. 27 at the Commerce Bank in the 600 block of Crawford Street.
Hamilton is described as black, 5 feet 10 inches tall and around 160 pounds. He frequents the Washington Park area and the corner of Duke and Effingham.
VIRGINIA BEACH
In the past month police have received numerous reports of cars being broken into in the 300 block of 36th Street and the 200 block of 19th Street at the Oceanfront.
Several items have been stolen, including credit cards.
Two men were photographed in a department store while trying to use one of the stolen cards. One suspect is described as black or Hispanic, in his 20s, with a goatee. The other is described as black and in his 20s.
HAMPTON
Ronald Allen Keirns, 45, is wanted for forgery, uttering and grand larceny.
Keirns, who is also known as Ronald Weldon Kirby, is described as white, 6 feet, 3 inches tall, 275 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Police are looking for a husband and wife. Both are wanted for grand larceny.
Richard Allen Lee, 47, who also is known as Richard Spain, is described as white male, 6 feet, 3 inches tall, 200 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Carole Ann Allen, 50, who also is known as Carol Spain, is described as white, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 110 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
CHESAPEAKE
Crime lines operate in similar fashion in all the Hampton Roads cities, although each has its own phone number. (You may also use INFOLINE to hear crime line information and to contact police. Details are below.)
This is how Chesapeake Crime Line works:
1. Call 487-1234 and provide information on a crime or fugitive.
2. We document the information and assign you a code number.
3. You call back in two weeks, give your code number and you'll be updated on whether an arrest has resulted from your tip.
4. If an arrest is made, you'll be assigned a code name in addition to your code number.
5. You'll be sent to a designated location where, after verifying your code name and number, you'll receive your cash reward.
We never compromise your identity. In Chesapeake alone, we've paid over $110,000 in cash awards, and recovered $2.3 million in drugs and $1.5 million in stolen property. ILLUSTRATION: Photos
Two men were photographed in a department store while attempting to
use a credit card stolen from a car in Virginia Beach. That robbery
was one of many break-ins reported in the past month.
Reginald F. Hamilton is also known as ``Reggie.''
by CNB