Bookie avoids prison with plea deal in Norfolk
A longtime local sports bookie, represented by Franklin Swartz of the law firm of Rabinowitz, Swartz, Taliaferro, Swartz & Goodove, will avoid prison time and forfeit more than $1 million in cash and property under a plea agreement reached with the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Tuesday. Howard “Moose” Amdusky, 82, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of operating an illegal gambling business.
Read Full Article: Bookie avoids prison with plea deal in NorfolkIn: Archive 2010 · Tagged with: Amdusky, bookie, Franklin Swartz, gambling, Goodove, Lyn Swartz, Moose, Quick, rabinowitz, Swartz, Taliaferro
70 mph bill going to governor’s desk
by 13 News Posted on February 17, 2010 at 8:05 AM ****** PORTSMOUTH — The speed limit on most Virginia highways is 55 miles per hour, though it’s higher in some places. State legislators want to raise the speed limit on some of the state’s rural highways to 70 miles per hour. The bill has [...]
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Norfolk man pleads guilty to killing, avoids death penalty
Kentrell L. Sanderson, represented by attorney Timothy J. Quick of the law firm of Rabinowitz, Swartz, Taliaferro, Swartz & Goodove, pleaded guilty Wednesday to capital murder in the slaying of his 12-year-old stepdaughter, and the judge who sentenced him to life said the prosecution had been compromised because the state medical examiner involved had drug convictions. The defense team uncovered this fact which was previously undisclosed by the medical examiner’s office and unknown to prosecutors. The Commonwealth’s Attorney previously said he would seek the death penalty for Sanderson at his trial, which had been set to begin in March.
Read Full Article: Norfolk man pleads guilty to killing, avoids death penaltyIn: Archive 2010, Quick · Tagged with: capital murder, kentrell sanderson, Murder, P.C., rabinowitz, Swartz, Swartz & Goodove, Taliaferro, Tim Quick, Timothy J. Quick
Waterside Garage Shooter Acquitted of Murder Charge
A jury found the man accused of murder, attempted murder, and malicious wounding in a March shooting at the Waterside parking garage guilty only of unlawful wounding Friday, and sentenced him to serve 90 days in jail and pay a $2,500 fine. He was represented by Jeffrey Swartz of the law firm of Rabinowitz, Swartz, Taliaferro, Swartz & Goodove. He was acquitted of all other charges.
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Memorial service honors crash victim
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – He was his parents’ only son, but Hunter Richardson became a brother to many. “Just him being there; his smile could brighten up a room, the worst day, he could turn it into the best,” friend Samuel Markham said. Richardson’s life was honored Tuesday morning at a memorial service just 4 days [...]
Read Full Article: Memorial service honors crash victimIn: Archive 2009 · Tagged with: Berzon, Drunk Driving, DUI, DWI, Fatal Crash, Goodove, Hunter, MADD, Michael Goodove, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Richardson
Beach Man Spared Death Penalty
Carl Lee Walton, represented by Timothy J. Quick, was ordered Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting two women point-blank in the head nearly four years ago. The Commonwealth’s Attorney requested the death penalty, but Quick was able to spare his client’s life.
Walton, convicted Friday of capital murder, first-degree murder and related firearm charges, winked to relatives and waved as he was led from the courtroom after Circuit Judge Stephen C. Mahan imposed the sentence.
Read Full Article: Beach Man Spared Death PenaltyIn: Archive 2009, Quick · Tagged with: Capital Punishment, Commonwealth's Attorney Harvey Bryant, Homicide, Life Sentence, Murder, Timothy Quick
Hearing continued for Virginia Beach officer accused of DUI
Hearing continued for Virginia Beach officer accused of DUI Posted on August 15, 2009 at 3:59 PM Updated Friday, Oct 30 at 10:58 AM ****** VIRGINIA BEACH – A hearing for a Virginia Beach police officer accused of DUI was continued until September at the request of his defense attorney, Larry Slipow. Officer Bryan Womble [...]
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A Virginia Beach police officer charged with DUI is now facing a hit-and-run charge.
The new charge against Officer Bryan Womble is related to his May 20 drunken driving arrest, according to police spokesman MPO Adam Bernstein.
The Chesapeake special prosecutor on the case determined there was enough evidence to prove Womble tried to flee the crash scene after colliding with a 1995 Dodge Neon near the Oceanfront.
The hit-and-run charge is a misdemeanor and not a violent crime, so police determined Womble could remain on administrative duty, assigned to him after his DUI arrest.
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Motorists who paid abusive driver fines to be offered refunds
More tickets were issued in Norfolk for driving on suspended or revoked licenses than in any other South Hampton Roads city, while Virginia Beach led in abusive driver fees for driving while intoxicated, records show.
Mike Goodove, coordinator of southside Virginia Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is discouraged that the fees were eliminated.
Goodove, who lost his 19-year-old brother Jeffrey to a drunken driver, felt remedial fees would have saved lives if given a chance.
“But we’ll never know now,” he said. “I thought they got a lot of people’s attention. When you get people in the pocket, it can affect their decision-making process.”
Goodove said the arguments from opponents that the fines were unfair or overly expensive “pale in comparison to the damages done by drunk drivers on the road.”
Read Full Article: Motorists who paid abusive driver fines to be offered refundsIn: Archive 2008 · Tagged with: Abusive Driver, Goodove, MADD, Michael Goodove, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Drunken Driving Fatalities Up In Virginia
Virginia police officers will be out in force looking to nab drunken drivers this Labor Day weekend, the third-most-deadly holiday for alcohol-related deaths.
The annual Checkpoint Strikeforce efforts are happening as state statistics show that for the first time in several years, the percentage of people killed by drunken drivers in Virginia has increased.
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