Category: Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement
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Disgraceful
by James A. Bacon Geoffrey William Sills, of Mechanicsville, was found guilty of wresting a police baton from a Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol and using it to “repeatedly strike at officers in the police line.” He received clemency under President Trump’s blanket pardon of individuals who participated in…
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Bobby Scott Helped Free Notorious Cop Killer Peltier
By Steve Haner Congressman Robert “Bobby” Scott, a long serving Democrat from Newport News once in the Virginia Senate, joined several congressional colleagues late in 2024 to petition President Joe Biden on behalf of one of the most notorious of cop killers. Biden agreed and granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, popular with leftists around the…
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A Horrible Death in Colonial Heights – Part Four. Dangerous Chameleons
by James C. Sherlock Virginia authorities have criminally charged 18 employees of Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (CHNRC) with criminal acts in the terrible suffering and death of a woman from sepsis alleged to have occurred because of negligence in that facility. In Part 3 of this series we discussed who else may be…
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A Horrible Death in Colonial Heights – Part Three. Who Is Responsible?
by James C. Sherlock The government alleges that a woman patient helpless with cerebral palsy and diabetes was so badly neglected at Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (CHRNC) that: It is important for justice to be fully served to peel back the onion — to address the system in which they worked. CHNRC is…
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Big Talk; Little Action
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Governor Youngkin is talking tough on immigration again, but he is not backing it up. In his State of the State address, he declared, “If someone is in this country illegally, and they commit a violent crime, they should get a one-way ticket back to where they came from. This should not…
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An Expensive Failure to Follow the Law
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The refusal of the Youngkin administration to follow the law and Virginia Supreme Court decisions will cost the taxpayers $1.6 million. As reported by the Washington Post, the state has agreed in a court settlement to pay, in addition to $420,000 in attorneys’ fees, $1.2 million to former inmates who were held…
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A Horrible Death in Colonial Heights – Part Two
Nursing Facility Standards Enforcement Updated Jan 27 @ 1700 by James C. Sherlock Part One of this series served as an introduction to the circumstances surrounding one of the worst deaths humanly imaginable. It shows what happens when standards are not enforced. Charges against staff. The government has alleged that the death was the result…
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A Horrible Death in Colonial Heights – Part One
by James C. Sherlock On 29 October of 2024 a woman died under tragic circumstances in Virginia. Her death was preceded by suffering that mercifully we cannot fully imagine. The government alleges that she died as a result of neglect at Innovative Healthcare Management’s (IHM) Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (CHRNC) in Chesterfield County.…
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Democrats And Their Undying Love of Criminals
by Kerry Dougherty Yesterday I spoke to a Republican women’s group in Virginia Beach and during the Q and A someone mentioned that State Sen. Aaron Rouse of Virginia Beach was sponsoring a bill that would give tax credits to employers who hire convicted felons. What would we do without Democrats and their relentless love…
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Youngkin’s No-Lose Proposition
by James A. Bacon Governor Glenn Youngkin wants to eliminate sanctuary cities in Virginia. He faces tough opposition from Democrats in the General Assembly, but I see the issue as a political winner no matter what the legislative outcome. The Governor announced yesterday that he plans to introduce a budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year…
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Shed a Tear for Virginia’s Poor, Persecuted Antisemites
by James A. Bacon George Mason University has issued No Trespass Orders against two leaders of the university’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization, Jena and Noor Chanaa. In writing about the inevitable controversy, The Washington Post led with the angle that faculty, staff, students, and advocacy groups are accusing the university police of…
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Release the Report, President Ryan
by James A. Bacon Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., has plead guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection with the mass shooting at the University of Virginia two years ago. Now UVA officials should…
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Silent Phones Rejoice!
Hopeful news in a time of gloom: forty-six state attorneys general across the United States have banded together in a bipartisan coalition to defeat a common hated enemy: illegal robocall operators. Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, and his fellow AGs have called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to close a loophole in the…
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But, But… Illegal Aliens Are Mostly Peaceful
by James A. Bacon I have been assured by the smartest people that it’s a myth that illegal immigrants commit crimes at higher rates than native-born Americans. But it is indisputable that some illegal aliens do commit crimes. Here in Virginia, the individual arrested and charged in connection to a double murder in a Loudoun…
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Lock the Liquor Cabinet!
Sign of the times: Shoplifting in ABC stores in Hampton Roads is on the rise. The thefts are creating such a strain on the resources of local law enforcement that Virginia Beach’s police chief is calling for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s Bureau of Law Enforcement to take over primary responsibility for investigating liquor thefts.…