School was on lockdown. Portsmouth Christian School was also briefly on lockdown due to the 10 on your side broke the most recent development in the upcoming Stephen Rankin first degree murder trial. Today we discoverd a motion filed by the commonwealths attorney asking the judge to forbid Police Officers in uniform in the courtroom when rankin stands trial for the deadly shooting walmart. Andy fox broke that story. He joins us now live outside the Portsmouth Judicial Center in portsmouth with what else he found. Commonwealths attorney Stephanie Morales doesnt want courtroom. Former Portsmouth Police officer rankin is accused of gunning down William Chapman ii in the frederick blvd walmart parking lot. The commonwealths motion claims officers dressed in uniform will be intimidating and will have a Chilling Effect on the jurys ability to deliberate with open minds and without fear of rendering a verdict based soley on the law and evidence presented. Rankins attorney disagrees with the m
Sheriffs office. Brandi cumming toys big rain is gone snow is gone everything is gone for now. But its february can this last . Whats coming up next in the weather . Chief meteorologist don slater is in the super doppler 10 Weather Center with our first forecast. Tonight sky turns cloudy again around midnight. Isolated showers possible after 12am. Lows in the upper 30s. Wind nnw, light wednesday isolated early am showers. A little sleet may mix as rain moves out for the western parts of the southside. Otherwise, mainly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s. Wind ne, light. Thursday mainly sunny and cold. Highs around 40 degrees. Wind n 515mph. It was a soggy morning across the tidewater area, but the rain ended by early afternoon. Skies clear thru early evening, then turns cloudy again around midnight ahead of another quick disturbance thru early wednesday morning. This disturbance will bring a quick dose of rain to our area, and a little sleet could mix in with rain for the western portions
Developing in newport news, police say theyre investigating a second methmaking operation on the same street as a previous bust over the weekend. Last night, investigators say they were following up on the first bust on middlesex road, just off warwick boulevard when evidence there led them to the second location across the street. Rico bush is newport news following all the moving parts of this investigation. Rico, so far police have not arrested anyone, but they are questioning several people, including some who drove away from the scene. Thats right, don and katie. Police say interviewed several people, including the people in that car, about the meth operation. They tell us charges are pending. Investigators say they found materials used for making meth at a first floor unit at the hidenwood north apartments on middlesex road around seven last night. Police say a man, woman and a 13year old boy were inside during the bust. While investigating the meth operation, detectives tell 10
Get it to you as soon as we have it. In the meantime, if you know anything about the robberies, call the crime line at 1 888lockuup. Remember, you do not have to give your name when reporting a crime. We also have breaking news about a fire in virginia beach. Crews got called out to a fire at a house on victoria drive near continental street around 4 30 this morning. Dispatch tells us two people have been hurt in the fire. Paramedics took them to the hospital. We are working to find out how they are doing. Two animals were also hurt. We will have updates all morning long on air, and on wavy dot com. Our other top story this morning is cold weather. The super doppler 10 weather team has been warning us about this all week. So even though the snow isnt falling the Winter Weather is meteorologist deitra tate these freezing today isolated flurries before 7am. Otherwise, clouds and sun with highs around 30. Wind nw 1020mph. Tonight cold. Lows in the teens. Wind chill values in the single di
Wind ese 1525mph g. 35. Wind ese 1525mph g. 35. Prosecutors may ask to continue the murder case against a former Portsmouth Police officer. Sources tell 10 on your side, commonwealths attorney Stephanie Morales is having issues with witnesses ahead of the Stephen Rankin trial. Were told it will come up during proceedings tomorrow. We also learned the court will consider a motion to keep uniformed officers from the courtroom during the trial set to begin march 21. Sources say rankin has witnesses who say he had no choice but to shoot 18 year old William Chapman the second saying chapman was the agressor outside the frederick boulevard walmart last year. With the rankin trial in mind, the new Portsmouth Police chief, Tonya Chapman, says transparency will be a top priority at the department. Chapman was sworn in this morning. She is the first africanamerican woman to be police chief there, and she says she wants to build trust with the community. wipe sot super chief Tonya Chapman portsmo