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Jane Harper

Jane Harper covers state and federal courts for The Pilot. A native of Southeast Texas, she earned her journalism degree from The University of Texas at Austin and worked at newspapers in Texas and Maryland before moving to Norfolk in 1994.

Heather Cummings and her son Clifton Cummings are charged with strangling Heather Cummings' 81-year-old mother in a senior living facility in Norfolk on June 30.

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Evaluations ordered for man charged with killing grandmother at Norfolk senior facility; mother denied bond

July 12, 2024 at 3:13 p.m.

Heather Cummings and her son Clifton Cummings are charged with strangling Heather Cummings' 81-year-old mother in a senior living facility in Norfolk on June 30.

Cleo Loizides was found dead in her room at a Norfolk senior living center on June 30. Court documents indicate that her daughter and grandson later confessed to killing her.

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81-year-old Norfolk woman was held down by daughter while grandson strangled her, court documents say

July 11, 2024 at 2:39 p.m.

Cleo Loizides was found dead in her room at a Norfolk senior living center on June 30. Court documents indicate that her daughter and grandson later confessed to killing her.

After the parents of a student at St. John the Apostle Catholic School distributed flyers accusing a recently deceased parent of molesting their daughter, the deceased man's wife sought criminal charges against them.

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Tense hearing between 2 Virginia Beach Catholic school families ends with some charges dismissed, others upheld

July 8, 2024 at 8:10 p.m.

After the parents of a student at St. John the Apostle Catholic School distributed flyers accusing a recently deceased parent of molesting their daughter, the deceased man's wife sought criminal...

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Evaluations ordered for man charged with killing grandmother at Norfolk senior facility; mother denied bond

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81-year-old Norfolk woman was held down by daughter while grandson strangled her, court documents say

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Tense hearing between 2 Virginia Beach Catholic school families ends with some charges dismissed, others upheld

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Portsmouth convenience store clerk fatally shot man after altercation, police say

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Virginia Beach man gets three life sentences plus 63 years for murder, arson in days-long crime spree

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Virginia Beach Catholic school rocked by parent abuse allegations, priest reassignment

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Jury deadlocks in trial of Portsmouth teen charged in 2022 killing

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Longtime Suffolk police officer named city’s new chief

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Norfolk man sentenced to 40 years for fatally stabbing stranger on Ocean View Beach

Weather |
Heat advisory in effect for Hampton Roads, other parts of state, on Saturday