43 year old Tracy Lawrence bonded out of jail today. She faced a judge this morning on assault and battery and Disorderly Conduct charges. Lawrence is accused of hitting the Lakeview Elementary School assistant principal so hard, she briefly lost consciousness. 10 on your sides Brandi Cummings is live in story. Court documents reveal new details about just what happened at lakeview yesterday. Officers report, lakeview assistant principal sylvia hodgesmelvin was explaining to Tracy Lawrence that her son had been disruptive in school. The report says hodgesmelvin was showing lawrence video when lawrence is accused of yelling quote how would you feel if i mushed your head . The officers report goes on to say lawrence then slapped hodges melvin on the left side of her face and ear. Hodgesmelvin fell back and was briefly knocked out. Police say lawrence took off and was later arrested at her home. Portsmouth school were injured. Lawrence has been given a no tresspassing notice from the scho
It s is 5 o clock on a wednesday morning. Thanks for waking up with us. I m jessica larche. In portsmouth another Heated City Council meeting. It comes two weeks after a bizarre confrontation between the sheriff and mayor. Newschannel three s Stefania Okolie is live in the control room with the details. There were dozens from the community lined up the speak their minds many of them not having really anything good to say. This was the first meeting since the mayor was arrested and councilman bill moody was fined. 14 04 05 there are a lot of unhappy people in portsmouth unhappy and fed up 13 58 36 god save portsmouth god save this city people who live there making it Crystal Clear 14 06 36 you need to work on your image that they want a big change in their city. Last nights since mayor kenny wright posed for his mug shot after being charged by sheriff bill watson with felony eluding. People sounded off about how he handled it 14 06 57 i talked to several young people who said that you c
E florida Highway Patrol said the strong winds caused a tractor trailer to turn over. They say five other accidents like this one were also reported. The chesapeake bay. We re still seeing a few clouds out there and it probably feels colder if you re just about to walk out the door. Let s send things over to meteorologist Myles Henderson to see how the rest of your wednesday is shaping up. Falling temperatures. We will start today with temperatures in the low 50s but afternoon. Expect cloudy skies and a few scattered a little sunshine may try to sneak in this chances. Temperatures will fall into the low 30s by new details a portsmouth mom accused of hitting her daughter s school s assistant principle on the head won t be arraigned until next week. According to the School Resource officer 43 yearold Tracy Lawrence was unhappy with the outcome of a meeting with a Lakeview Elementary School assistant principal the two met to discuss lawrence s child when she hit the assistant principal on
Someone at the mcdonalds on bonney road to do some sort of transaction that s when that person robbed the victim and took off. No word on what type of transaction was happening at the time. The victim has minor injuries. And police tell us the victim did try to fire a shot at the robber but missed. At this time police are actively looking for that robber. More breaking news a carjacking tonight on mission and henry streets in norfolk. That s right off Virginia Beach boulevard we re still working on getting more information. Right now police aren t releasing a description of the car or the suspect. They do tell newschannel three no one was hurt. We re tracking more breaking news this from oregon one person is dead as federal authorities arrested ammon bundy he s the leader of a group of protesters occupying a federal wildlife refuge in oregon and several of his followers. The arrest comes after a traffic stop where shots were reportedly fired it s not clear who fired first. We ll bring
Newschannel three s Stefania Okolie is live in the control room with the details. There were dozens from the community lined up the speak their minds many of them not having really anything good to say. This was the first meeting since the mayor was arrested and councilman bill moody was fined. 14 04 05 there are a lot of unhappy people in portsmouth unhappy and fed up 13 58 36 god save portsmouth god save this city people who live there making it Crystal Clear 14 06 36 you need to work on your image that they want a big change in their city. Last nights cit Council Meeting the first since mayor kenny wright posed for his mug shot after being charged by sheriff bill watson with felony eluding. People sounded off about how he handled it 14 06 57 i talked to several young people who said that you coming out smiling in a mug shot and smiling coming out of court tells them that what you did was ok. I don t think that s the message you want to send to kids. That arrest moody was fined 15 hu