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Date. April 22, 1978. Frank Joseph Coppola (February 25, 1944 – August 10, 1982) was an American convicted murderer and former police officer from Portsmouth, Virginia who was executed for the 1978 murder of Muriel Hatchell. Hatchell was bound with Venetian blind cords and then had her head slammed repeatedly into the floor until she died.
1497102 [4] Website. www.portsmouthva.gov. Portsmouth is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. It lies across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk. As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,915. [5] It is the ninth-most populous city in Virginia and is part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
Voluntary manslaughter. The killing of William L. Chapman II, a black 18-year-old, occurred on April 22, 2015, in Portsmouth, Virginia, when Chapman was shot and killed in a Wal-Mart parking lot by Portsmouth Police Officer Stephen D. Rankin. Rankin had been responding to a report of suspected shoplifting and engaged in a physical struggle with ...
Eleven candidates vying for a seat on the Portsmouth City Council say battling high crime, improving public safety and luring more businesses and jobs to lower residents’ tax burden are the ...
2022 Bridgewater College shooting, occurred on February 1, 2022. 2022 University of Virginia shooting, occurred on November 13, 2022. 2022 Chesapeake shooting, occurred on November 22, 2022. Shooting of Abby Zwerner, occurred on January 6, 2023, when an unidentified 6-year-old boy open-fired at a teacher in her mid-30s, critically injuring her.
1959 (age 64–65) Leesburg, Virginia, U.S. Nationality. American. Occupation. Activist. Known for. Advocacy for rape survivors in Virginia; rape survivor. Paul Martin Andrews (born 1959) is an American rape survivor [ 1] and an advocate for rape survivors.
List of people executed in Virginia. Between 1982 and 2017, a total of 113 people were executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. All were convicted of capital murder; all but one were male. Between 1982 and 1990, all executions were carried out at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. After the prison closed in 1991, all subsequent ...
October 31, 2023 at 5:02 AM. PORTSMOUTH — The city's 2023 election is Tuesday, Nov. 7. Voters will choose the next mayor and city councilors, School Board members, Police Commission and Fire ...