Jon Burkett

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• Chesterfield man charged with secretly videotaping 8 women in his home

  Posted on: 11:00 pm, March 29, 2013, by Nick Dutton and Jon Burkett, updated on: 12:45am, March 30, 2013

  Police said all of the women in the videos have been identified and that they do not think there are more victims.
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• Police: Prostitution sting nabs high school teacher

  Posted on: 11:48 pm, March 28, 2013, by Jon Burkett, updated on: 06:12am, March 29, 2013

  Teacher among two dozen people arrested during undercover operation.
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• Thief returns four stolen guns

  Posted on: 11:31 pm, March 27, 2013, by Jon Burkett, updated on: 06:04am, March 28, 2013

  Last Friday someone smashed a window panel out of the back door of Koss's rental home in Mineral and stole money, video game consoles and five guns.
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• Thieves pull off jewelry store heist at Stony Point

  Posted on: 9:58 pm, March 25, 2013, by Alix Bryan, Jon Burkett and Shelby Brown, updated on: 07:09pm, March 26, 2013

  Police said that shortly after 8 p.m. Monday night a group of three robbers made off with bags of jewelry.
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• Police: Hit-and-run impact may have broken Northside girl’s legs

  Posted on: 11:46 pm, March 22, 2013, by Nick Dutton and Jon Burkett, updated on: 12:28am, March 23, 2013

  Richmond police are searching for a hit-and-run driver that struck a 9-year-old girl Friday afternoon.
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• Manhunt ends in Richmond, accused murderer surrenders to new police chief

  Posted on: 3:50 pm, March 19, 2013, by Alix Bryan and Jon Burkett, updated on: 06:45am, March 20, 2013

  A registered sex offender wanted for the weekend murder of an 81-year-old Florida woman walked into the city headquarters and surrendered.
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• Fort Lee prohibits soldiers from two stores over ‘spice’ concerns

  Posted on: 4:22 pm, March 18, 2013, by Alix Bryan and Jon Burkett, updated on: 11:25pm, March 18, 2013

  Military personnel in the Tri-City area have been warned to avoid two locations that allegedly sell the synthetic drug known as “spice.”
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• Child helps police in investigation of Petersburg man’s death

  Posted on: 12:13 am, March 15, 2013, by Jon Burkett, updated on: 03:24pm, March 18, 2013

  Petersburg police are calling it a death investigation while 50-year-old William Monroe's family says they've been told it's murder.
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• Suspended Chesterfield teacher’s comments stir passions among parents

  Posted on: 11:53 pm, March 13, 2013, by Jon Burkett, updated on: 06:31am, March 14, 2013

  Parents are concerned they're only getting bits and pieces of the truth.
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• Chesterfield teacher removed from class for ‘inappropriate comment’

  Posted on: 11:45 pm, March 12, 2013, by Jon Burkett, updated on: 07:17am, March 13, 2013

  A number of Chesterfield County students told their parents a teacher at their middle school had threatened gun violence at the school.

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• Visitation for fallen trooper brings crowds, appreciation

  Posted on: 11:22 pm, March 11, 2013, by Jon Burkett, updated on: 11:58pm, March 11, 2013

  The line for visitation Monday was wrapped around Good Shepherd Baptist Church and beyond.
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• 20 years since a Virginia State Police officer was shot and killed

  Posted on: 12:01 am, March 8, 2013, by Jon Burkett and Alix Bryan, updated on: 09:49am, March 8, 2013

  State police are in the early stages of their investigation.
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