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Press Release: Shots Fired/Gunshot Victim

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Sergeant Scott Halverson Office:757-562-8684 Cell:757-653-6818 shalverson@franklinpolice.org Shots Fired/Gunshot Victim On May 26, 2020 at 10:42 pm, our communications center received a shots fired call at 1698 Dorchester Square C-6 (Dorchester Square Apartments). Units arrived on scene and spoke to two residents that could only say they heard shots. Later that evening Southampton Read More…

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PRESS RELEASE: Grand Theft Auto, Hit and Run Suspect Wanted

On May 10, 2020 at 9:52 pm, our communications center received a call of an accident involving a truck hit that had struck a building in the 1800 Block of South Street. Units arrived on scene and located an unoccupied, green, Ford F-150, that had struck the building.   The communications center received a second call Read More…

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Press Release – Shooting Subject Wanted

  PRESS RELEASE Contact: Sergeant Scott HalversonOffice:757-562-8684 Cell:757-653-6818 shalverson@franklinpolice.org  SHOOTING SUSPECT WANTED  ​On April 29, 2020, at 1:30 pm our communications center received a call of shots fired in the 1400 Block of South Street. Units arrived on scene and began an investigation. A crime scene was located, but no victim was. A second call was received Read More…

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Press Release: Narcotics Arrest

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Sergeant Scott Halverson Office:757-562-8684 Cell:757-653-6818 shalverson@franklinpolice.org     Narcotics Arrest On April 16, 2020, at 2:35 pm, our communications center received a call of a traffic hazard in the 100 Block of Stonewall Street.  Units responded to investigate the complaint which led to contact being made with Edward Lee Dickerson, Jr., 36, Read More…

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Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges

Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges Added on September 4, 2019 by Sgt. Brent Gayle to Media Releases     United States Attorney G. Zachary TerwilligerEastern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 4, 2019Eastern District of Virginia Contact: Joshua StueveDirector of Public Affairsjoshua.stueve@usdoj.gov Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges NORFOLK, Va. – A Franklin man pleaded guilty Read More…

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Virginia man could get 30 years in revenge porn case involving 2 underage girls

Virginia man could get 30 years in revenge porn case involving 2 underage girls Added on September 3, 2019 by Sgt. Brent Gayle to Media Releases For Release Virginia man could get 30 years in revenge porn case involving 2 underage girls *This link will take you to a Virginia Pilot article.