Jury recommends life sentence +1,200 years for Virginia Beach man convicted of shooting officer, possessing child porn
The city s Commonwealth s Attorney said Bryan Carl Cage, 50, shot a detective twice when police came to his apartment with a search warrant. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 9:44 PM EDT May 4, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. A circuit court jury found a 50-year-old Virginia Beach man guilty of a slew of serious charges Tuesday, including shooting a Virginia Beach Police Department detective and collecting child pornography.
Bryan Carl Cage won t be officially sentenced until August, but the jury recommended he serve a life sentence plus 1,248 years and 30 days.
Jury finds Virginia Beach man guilty of shooting police officer, recommends sentence of life plus 1,248 years
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Bryan Carl Cage, 50, was found guilty by a jury for charges of attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated malicious wounding, two counts of use of a firearm, 39 counts of discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling maliciously, possession of child pornography, 99 counts of possession of child pornography subsequent offense, and possession of marijuana.
According to officials, the jury recommended a sentence of Life plus 1,248 years and 30 days.
According to officials, an investigation into child pornography possession led police to Bryan Carl Cage and his parentsâ residences on Ohio Avenue in Virginia Beach to serve a search warrant.
Bryan Cage is charged with attempted capital murder of a police office and 100 child pornography possession charges. His trial is only the second jury trial to be held in Virginia Beach since the pandemic began and the first lengthy one.