THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 18, 1996 TAG: 9602180011
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Steve Stone
LENGTH: Medium: 52 lines
Local police are seeking the public's help in solving these cases:
VIRGINIA BEACH
A 16-year-old boy was beaten at the Oceanfront about 10 p.m. Jan. 9. He was stopped at a light on Atlantic Avenue when a man ran up to his window, smashed it out with his fist, and punched him several times, breaking his nose, cutting his face, and damaging one of his eyes.
Police are looking for a white man, in his late teens or early 20s, about 5 feet 9 and 160 pounds, with sandy hair in a pony tail but short on the sides. He was a passenger in a dark-colored Ford Ranger pickup with a CB antenna on the roof.
PORTSMOUTH
Sometime during the night of Jan. 14 or early in the morning of Jan. 15, someone cut a large hole in the fenced compound of the Allied Rental Center, 1308 Airline Blvd., and took a log splitter valued at around $800. The black North Star log splitter had red stickers on it; investigators believe a vehicle was used to tow the heavy machinery.
SUFFOLK
Some time from Jan. 29 to Jan. 31, a burglary and grand larceny took place in a construction trailer and garage. The burlars entered two different locations in the Cherry Grove Road and Deerforest Road areas. They removed one Stihl chain saw, three Husqvarna chain saws, one Poulan chain saw, an Ernerpac hose machine, a double halogen light, a Sears kerosene jet heater, a floor jack, an air grinder and a large assortment of hand and mechanic tools. Some of the stolen items may have ended up in the Gates, N.C., area.
HAMPTON
A robbery occurred at the Crestar Bank ATM in Willow Oaks Shopping Center on Fox Hill Road on Jan. 22 at 9:40 p.m. After completing a transaction, the victim was approached by two suspects. One suspect, armed with a black semi-automatic handgun, ordered the victim to give him his money and make another withdrawal from the machine. The robbery was taped by the bank's surveillance camera.
One suspect is described as a black male, in his early 20s, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 170 pounds, and wearing a baseball cap and a black jacket. He had a nylon mask covering his face. The second supect, captured on video, is described only as a white male. by CNB