This week, a man reported more than 3,900 comic books were stolen from his James City County storage unit, and a woman was arrested after authorities say she tried to stab her ex-boyfriend.
Check out all the crime stories that did not make the headlines this week and others you may have missed below.
James City County
Teen Accuses Woman of Stealing Purse, Claims They ‘Disliked’ Each Other
An 18-year-old woman is facing a grand larceny charge after a woman she knows accused her of stealing her bag left at a Busch Gardens ride.
The alleged victim, also 18, told James City County Police on Oct. 24 Kaitlen Paulette Hall stole her bag, which contained a $400 cell phone, a $200 wallet, $80 in cash and her car keys valued at $150, from the entrance of Apollo’s Chariot at Busch Gardens where she had left it while she rode the roller coaster.
Upon realizing her bag was missing, the woman called a friend of Hall’s, who said they thought the bag belonged to someone else, but Hall told an officer all the belongings were still at Busch Gardens.
A spokesperson with the James City County Police Department said the two “have disliked each other since high school.”
Hall was arrested in Virginia Beach on Monday and charged with one felony count of grand larceny.
Drug Task Force Arrests One in Williamsburg
Investigators have charged one man with intending to sell marijuana and cocaine after he was pulled over Jan. 2.
Terry D. Cowles, 43, had his 2003 Lincoln searched by a James City County investigator who serves on the Tri Rivers Drug Task Force at around noon Jan. 2 in the 3000 block of Richmond Road, authorities said.
Cowles was arrested shortly after the investigator found a bag containing a small amount of marijuana and cocaine in the center console of the Lincoln, police said.
The suspect told the investigator he “had to sell drugs because he had no job,” court documents show.
Cowles was charged with possession with intending to sell marijuana and selling a schedule I or II controlled substance.
Man Reports More Than 3,900 Comic Books Stolen From JCC Storage Unit
A Williamsburg man claims he is missing about $5,300 of comic books and a video game system.
He told James City County Police several boxes of assorted comic books and a Sony Playstation 3 was missing from his storage unit at Airtight Self Storage on Ironbound Road, a police spokesperson said.
The man said he was told by the storage company in August there was a leak in his unit and his belongings were being moved to a different unit, police said. He was out of town at the time, so employees moved his items.
When the man checked on the unit Jan. 3 for the first time since his belongings were moved, he found more than 3,900 assorted comic boxes that were stored in boxes were missing, along with a Sony Playstation 3.
James City County Police have no suspects at the time, and the investigation is ongoing.
York County
YPSO: Woman Attempts to Stab Ex-Boyfriend in Coventry
A 52-year-old woman is facing a maiming charge and is suspected of attempting to stab her ex-boyfriend with a knife.
Deputy Mike Russell with the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office said Louvenia Evans was “moving towards [her ex-boyfriend] with the knife in a stabbing motion while making threatening statements” in his home in the 100 block of Grindstone Turn in Coventry at around 3:30 a.m. Jan. 4.
Russell said the man picked up a chair and cushion to defend himself and was able to escape with no injuries.
Evans was arrested in another jurisdiction and charged with felony maiming.
Investigators Looking for Suspected Alcohol, Television Thieves
YPSO deputies are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects accused in unrelated incidents of stealing bottles of alcohol from a liquor store and a television from an electronics store.
The Sheriff’s Office posted a photo Tuesday on its Facebook page asking for the identification of the woman pictured on the left. Authorities said the woman is accused of stealing $136 worth of alcohol from a York County ABC store Dec. 18.
Deputies are also looking for two men (pictured below) who they say entered a York County Radio Shack and stole a television.
A Jan. 5 Facebook post states one man distracted the clerk working at the time while the other one took the 6-inch television and placed it in his pants.
Anyone with information on any of the suspects pictured is asked to call the crime line at 888-LOCK-U-UP or the Sheriff’s Office tip line at 757-890-4999.
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Man Charged With Possession of Crack Cocaine
A man facing a shoplifting charge in York County was arrested Monday for possession of crack cocaine, authorities said.
Glen M. Potter was searched by Williamsburg Police at around 8 a.m. Oct. 22 after police received information Potter had crack cocaine.
Officers searched the room where he was living in the Super 8 motel on Richmond Road and located a pipe that “appeared to have been used to smoke crack cocaine,” said Williamsburg Police Maj. Greg Riley.
The pipe was sent to a forensics lab, where it tested positive for cocaine residue, Riley said.
Potter, who is currently being held in Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail for a felony shoplifting charge out of York County, was charged by Williamsburg Police with possession of a schedule I or II controlled substance.
In Case You Missed It:
- A judge sentenced a Maryland woman to 20 years in prison for cooking meth while driving down Interstate 64.
- Two men who have been on the James City County Police Department’s “Most Wanted” were arrested last week in connection to unrelated vehicle thefts.
- A former employee is accused of embezzling $26,000 from a Williamsburg hotel.
- YPSO investigators are searching for a person accused of breaking into a York County home and setting off a gun.
