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Accomack County Police Announce Citizen's Police Academy

Major Todd Godwin announced today that the Sheriff's Department will be conducting its 13th Citizen's Police Academy.

The Citizen's Police Academy will consist of 9 two hour classes involving classroom and practical instruction by certified instructors from the Accomack County Sheriff's Department. The instruction will consist of an overall view of the operation of the Sheriff's Department including patrol, criminal, investigation, courtroom familiarization, jail and communications.

Students will receive classrom instruction on laws of arrest, patrol with uniformed deputies, work through a mock crime scene with Investigators and crime scene technicians.


Citizens will also visit the department's firing range with the opportunity to fire department issued specialized weapons. This will be with the supervision of a Certified Fire Arm Instructor. Citizens will also witness a demonstration of the department's Swat Team and K-9 Unit.


The Academy Classes will be held at the Eastern Shore Community College Workforce Development Center on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 PM beginning March 30, 2011 and concluding May 25, 2011. Anyone interested in applying for the Academy is asked to contact Lieutenant David A. Rogers at 787-1131 or 824-5666.

The class will be limited to 20 students.
 

Alleged Va. Child Sex Crimes Spark Investigation

MAPPSVILLE -- The Accomack County Sheriff's Office is investigating the alleged molestation of several children in the Mappsville Trailer Park.

Accomack Sheriff Larry Giddens said his agency received a report of the multiple accounts of child sexual abuse on Wednesday at 9:35 a.m. and launched an investigation.

Further details are being withheld at this time, as investigators are still working the case.

Giddens issued a statement Thursday saying his agency is conducting a "thorough investigation regarding this case."

Anyone with information can call the Sheriff's Office at 757-787-1131.

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Man Shoots Himself After Being Wanted In Slaying Girlfriend

PARKSLEY — The suspect in a Hampton Roads-area homicide fatally shot himself Friday at a traffic stop on U.S. Route 13 here.

Clarence Justin Clayton, 29, of Nelsonia, was pronounced dead at the scene, Accomack County Sheriff Larry Giddens said.

Authorities had been searching for Clayton, who was driving a red 2006 Mercedes-Benz, since the Thursday night shooting of his former girlfriend in the city of Portsmouth.

The woman, Mary Jane C. Abad, 22, of Virginia Beach, had two young children and was three months pregnant, according to reports. She had been shot several times.

Giddens said Clayton was believed to be armed and dangerous and faced a charge of first-degree murder and a weapons charge. He also was charged with stealing the vehicle.

The vehicle was observed at 9:20 a.m. Friday on Nelsonia Road. Accomack deputies initiated a traffic stop on Lankford Highway.

Before they could converge on the vehicle, Clayton shot himself, Giddens said.

The incident took place near the highway’s intersection with Whites Neck Road.

Investigators from the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office and Detectives from the Portsmouth Police Department are currently processing the 2006 red Mercedes-Benz and surrounding area.

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted in this case by the Virginia Department of Transportation and Parksley Police Department.

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Saturday Night Shooting In New Church

According to Sheriff Larry Giddens, on Saturday, May 15 at approximately 11:01 p.m., the Accomack County Sheriff's Office received a report of shots fired at a party on Rantz Street in New Church. Further investigation revealed that three persons had been shot as a result of the gunfire and two of the three victims were transported by Bloxom Ambulance to Shore Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Sentara Norfolk General where they are listed in stable condition. The third victim was treated on the scene by Oak Hall Rescue. The suspects fled the scene prior to deputies' arrival.

The victims injured during this incident consist of a 17 year old juvenile, whose name was not released, and two adults. The adults injured were Alnisa Crosland, age 22 of Berlin, MD and Mike Harmon, age 37 of New Church.

The Accomack County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Virginia State Police and the Onancock, Parksley, Bloxom, and Hallwood Police Departments.

Anyone with information concerning this crime is asked to contact the Accomack County Sheriff's Office at 787-1131 or 824-5666.

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SUSPECT CHARGED IN MURDER

Here's the photo of the idiot and worthless piece of crap that took the life of a wonderful man in Accomack County earlier this week. Good work Accomack County Sheriff's Department, Virginia State Police and VA. Marine Resources Commission!

ACCOMAC, Va.- An 23-year-old man is behind bars for the murder of an Accomack County man.

The Accomack County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday announced that 23-year-old Fernando Carrillo Sanchez of Accomac, has been charged with the second-degree murder of 49-year-old Johnny Strand, whose body was found inside his Melfa home on Saturday afternoon.

Strand, who was the manager of the Pizza Hut in Onley, was last seen by his colleagues closing up the restaurant the night before. His vehicle, a Ford Expedition, was missing from his home when police arrived on the scene.

During the homicide investigation, the Sheriff's Office traced Strand's vehicle to the Dreamland mobile home park on Route 13 in Accomack County. A late Tuesday night search of the mobile home park by investigators, deputies, and Virginia State Police troopers uncovered Strand's vehicle at a home there. Police say the home's occupants cooperated with authorities in bring the investigation to a close.

Sanchez is being held in the Accomack County Jail with bond denied. Police have not yet released how Strand was murdered or the motive for the crime.

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R.I.P. Johnny Strand

Accomack County Sheriff"s Dept. Needs Help In Finding These Men

Accomack County deputies are searching for five suspects wanted in a string of robberies over the last month.

Keshawn Kellam, age 21, and Keyron Bess, age 27, are wanted for robbery and using a gun in a felony.

Jermaine Blake, age 21, and Keenen Goodwine, age 18, face the same charges, and 21-year-old Juarez Barrios is wanted for attempted robbery.

Deputies say the five men robbed two homes in Parksley and Mapsville, along with a store in Tasely.

If you have any information related to these crimes please call the Accomack County Sheriff's Office.

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