DATE: Wednesday, May 7, 1997                TAG: 9705070532

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COURTS & CRIME

CHESAPEAKE

Deputy may have

met alleged victim

via dating service

A veteran Chesapeake sheriff's deputy who resigned Monday after being charged with abduction and aggravated sexual battery apparently met his alleged victim through a dating service.

Stephen L. Daniel, 36, apparently talked with a 25-year-old woman by telephone and then met her in a Norfolk restaurant Friday night, according to Dave Hughes, a Chesapeake police spokesman.

Later, Hughes said, a witness reported seeing Daniel with the woman at the Red Roof Inn in the 700 block of Woodlake Drive. According to a police report, the witness said Daniel was forcing the woman, handcuffed, up a flight of outside stairs, Hughes said.

The witness called police, who found the two. The woman said she was there against her will, Hughes said. Daniel was arrested.

VIRGINIA BEACH

Police release identity

of body found near mall

Police released the name of a man who was found dead Monday night behind the Great American Outlet Mall, but the cause of death was undetermined Tuesday.

The man was identified as William H. Payne II, 40, of the 3500 block of Barry Street. He was found about 7:30 p.m. by a passerby, who told a security officer, who then called police.

Police said there were no apparent wounds or signs of trauma to Payne's body. Police treated the death as suspicious and sent the body to the crime lab for an autopsy.

Autopsy results were inconclusive Tuesday, and police were awaiting toxicology tests.

SUFFOLK

Newport News man sought

in robbery of music store

A Newport News man is wanted in connection with a recent armed robbery of a music store.

Warrants are on file for Jamal Russell Wiggins, 21, for armed robbery, use of a firearm in a felony and conspiracy to commit a felony. Wiggins, also known as Russell Jamal Wiggins, is wanted for the April 24 robbery of D.J.'s Music and Video in Suffolk West Shopping Center. His last known address is in the 900 block of 17th Street.

Wiggins is 5 foot 9 and weighs 160 pounds.

Detective D.J. George said police also are seeking information on an 18-to-20-year-old African American. The man, whose nickname is ``Black,'' frequents the Stewart Gardens section of Newport News, she said.

The music store, which is in the 800 block of West Constance Road, was robbed by two suspects, one of whom had a black semi-automatic handgun, police said. They left with an undetermined amount of cash about 9 p.m.

Anyone with information is asked to call Suffolk police at 925-6350 or Crime Line at 539-1222. ILLUSTRATION: Wiggins

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