Rep. Glenn Nye, D-Norfolk, toured a home affected by Chinese drywall this past Saturday.
The Nguyens have been displaced from thier home in the Little Neck area of Virginia Beach after suffering various health problems due to exposure to the toxic drywall.
There are reportedly at least 60 other affected homeowners in Hampton Roads. Several lawsuits have [...]
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Congressman meets with drywall victims
May 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Hampton Roads
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Nightclub was front for major drug ring, feds say
April 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Criminal Law, Hampton Roads
A federal indictment claims that an unidentified police officer helped protect a Chesapeake man accused of running a $10 million drug operation.
Federal authorities say the six-year drug operation was based at the former club Encore Lounge and led by the club’s owner, Anthony Gonzalez, reports The Virginian-Pilot.
The drug ring spanned nationwide, and also [...]
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Identity theft on the rise in Hampton Roads
April 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · Hampton Roads, identity theft
In Hampton Roads, more people are being cleaned out by thieves who learn the victims’ personal data.
The Daily Press reports that identity theft complaints jumped 16 percent in a year in the Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News metropolitan area. There were 1,519 complaints last year in the region, up from 1,310 the year before, said a report [...]
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