It states that he became a partner in the company mdash;t ivest. He promised the company that he would use his position with the city to get the Company Involved in city projects. In exchange he got money, meals, and trips. About several projects and proposed projects in the city including the midtown office tower project where burfoot used his position to try and help his partners. Some of this stuff in the documents date back several years. He is looking at the following charges conspiracy to defraud the citizens of norfolk, conspiracy to official right, use of interstate Wire Communications to further scheme to defraud and perjury. Burfoot is scheduled to be in courthouse at 2 30 this afternoon. I will have updates on this breaking story on wtkr four. Live in the control room, two Virginia Beach families were forced out of there home when a fire started late last night. News channel threes Stefania Okolie is live with a look at the damage. Well this fire brought this entire block ou
Conspiracy to commit bank fraud that was part of the seventy one Million Dollar bank of the commonwealth fraud trial with Team Coverage of this big story for you tonight fairly to both joins us now on air tube and four through this lengthy indictment against her for some thirty pages what else is and thats ride a vaccine is some very serious charges and we really had to get a legal analyst to really break all this down a cab and often tells me burp and receive the maximum sentence for these charges and were convicted of everything hes charged with he could face nearly a hundred years in prison not for city treasurer Anthony Barber has been charged with criminal offenses all of which stem from his time serving on city council those of which include several counts of wire fraud political corruption conspiracy and perjury the maximum sentence im told if he is convicted of all the charges could be nearly a hundred years in prison. Heres what can and often thirteen is now legal these charge
Send him away for a long time Marcello Robinson joins us live from norfolk and marcella what can you tell us about the remake and the numerous accusations fly like you mentioned bar but i was just in federal court where he was a rain. He appeared in court was brought into the courtroom in handcuffs wearing that suit for the judge read those very serious allegations and those charges that hes facing now barefoot was granted bond and we came out of the courthouse this evening he didnt let his attorney speak on his behalf who said that her foot is innocent and that these charges allegations are going against him are completely false that the investigation against burke was led by the fbi was a very lengthy one in Court Records show that her foot is accused of using his official capacity as vice mayor and councilmen and a deputy treasurer for his own personal game with thirty two page indictment says he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Construction Development company tie v
He was read the charges against him and then released on bond. He burfoot was in front of a judge. He was read the charges against him and then released on bond. He had turned himself in the us marshals earlier in the day. Here is some video of burfoot coming out court. He is facing charges of that he was involved in a scheme to defraud the citizens of norfolk of their right to honest services. The charges stem from when burfoot was vice mayor on city council and spilled over to the treasurers office. One indictment alleges that over a period of years, burfoot solicited things of value including money, car payments, and Home Appliances for votes cast. The indictment provides detailed allegations of burfoots illicit relationships with the managers of tivest development. My colleague andy fox has that more on that coming up. Burfoot is also facing perjury charges claiming under oath he never accepted or allocated things of value in exchange for performing i did ask burfoot is he in plans
All those clouds that have been hanging around the past few days will finally bring us some wet weather this weekend. The trade off warmer temperatures after a few evening showers on friday, most of saturday is looking dry. Expect to wake up to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 40s. But we will warm up into the upper 50s to around 60 in the afternoon. A few showers are possible before sunset, but it looks like the bulk of the rain will be moving in late saturday night and into the first part of sunday as an area of low pressure rolls up the coast. You may even be awakened by a stray thunderstorm early sunday morning. We are not expecting a big outbreak of severe weather, but an isolated severe storm is possible. Most of the wet weather will end by early afternoon on sunday. And with a gusty southwest wind ahead of an approaching cold front, expect high temperatures well into the 60s. But once that cold front crosses the region, temperatures will drop. A lot. We will wake