Va. Lt. Gov. accuser hires DC firm to represent her …

Things are progressing in the matter of Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax. WHUR has learned that the woman who claims Fairfax sexually assaulted her at the 2004 DNC in Boston has hired a DC law firm to represent her.

The unidentified woman has hired Katz, Marshall & Banks.  They are the same firm that represented Christine Blasey Ford when she accused then Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago.

Meantime, embattled Virginia Governor Ralph Northam reported has told senior staffers that he believes he can ride this matter out. According to sources he says staying in office shows he is not racist.

All eyes are on Richmond and lawmakers as  they meet today on a number of bills. Gov. Northam has not been seen since his bizarre press conference over the weekend where he said he was confident that it was not him in blackface or in a KKK robe in his 1984 Medical School yearbook.

Va. State Trooper shot & killed serving a search warrant…

There are heavy hearts in the Commonwealth. It follows the shooting death of Virginia State Trooper Lucas B. Dowell.

He was assisting police in Cumberland County serve a search warrant on a man in a home on Cumberland Road and Route 45. The suspect inside opened fire on the officers hitting and killing Trooper Dowell.

Officers returned fire and shot and killed the suspect. He has not been named as officer work to notify his next of kin.

Trooper Dowell is survived by his parents and sister.

Tentative trial date set for men charged in Makiyah Wilson murder…

A tentative trial date has been set for the seven men charged in connection with the murder of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson. The date is August 10, 2020.

Makiyah was gunned down last July as she ran towards an ice cream truck. She was caught in a hail of some 60 bullets when the group of men shot into a crowd standing in an apartment courtyard.

The men charged are Gregory Taylor, Mark Price, Marquell Cobbs Darrise Jeffers, Quentin Michals, and Qujuan Thomas. Quanisha Ramsuer is charged with obstructing justice in the case.

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