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3 weeks ago | 
wtvr.com | Cameron Thompson |Mike Bergazzi
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. – A bond hearing for the Chesterfield man charged with killing his father was postponed Tuesday after his public defender agreed with prosecutors' motion for a competency evaluation to determine his state of mind during the alleged crime. Frank Wyatt, 46, faces charges for the second-degree murder of his father, Randy Wyatt, 69, reportedly committed around March 23 inside their shared Chesterfield home, according to Chesterfield County Police.
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3 weeks ago | 
wtvr.com | Mike Bergazzi |Jon Burkett
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A man with a history of violence and protective order violations received a suspended sentence in a Georgia courtroom last month, just days before police say he killed his father in Chesterfield County. Frank Bryant Wyatt went before a judge in Hall County, northeast of Atlanta, on March 5 and entered into a plea agreement. The 46-year-old pleaded no contest to a battery charge, according to court records.
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4 weeks ago | 
wtvr.com | Melissa Hipolit |Simon Kaufman |Maggi Marshall |Mike Bergazzi
Someone should have spotted the alarming number of near misses in the skies over the nation's capital before the fatal midair collision that killed 67 people in January, and reviewing the data now could prevent future crashes, according to the head of the agency investigating the crash.
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2 months ago | 
wtvr.com | Mike Bergazzi |Tyler N. Layne
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. — More than one month after police officers and state agents conducted a sweeping raid of a Colonial Heights nursing home at the center of an elder abuse investigation, another staff member has been charged with a felony. Michelle Beddoe was arrested Tuesday. She now faces one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult resulting in death.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
wtvr.com | Mike Bergazzi |Tyler N. Layne
RICHMOND, Va. — The widespread water crisis that engulfed the Richmond metro area earlier this month was completely avoidable and never should have happened, according to a Notice of Alleged Violation issued to the City of Richmond by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), which also states the city may have broken state law.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
wtvr.com | Melissa Hipolit |Mike Bergazzi
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Surveillance video shows a nurse abusing a premature baby in the neonatal intensive care unit of a West End hospital, according to a criminal complaint obtained by CBS 6. The document, which was filed in Henrico Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court by an HPD detective, details a video recorded in the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital NICU on Nov. 10, 2024. According to the complaint, Erin Strotman can be seen taking a 5-month-old baby boy’s legs and applying pressure to them.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
wtvr.com | Mike Bergazzi
RICHMOND, Va. — A new video offers a shocking glimpse into the flooding that occurred at the Richmond Water Treatment Plant following a power outage on Monday. The power outage and ensuing flood sparked the water crisis that knocked out water service to thousands of people in the city and surrounding counties for days.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
wtvr.com | Melissa Hipolit |Mike Bergazzi
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — The Henrico County hospital at the center of a scandal involving the alleged abuse of vulnerable babies failed to report suspicion of the abuse within a timely manner, according to state and federal health officials. Via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, CBS 6 obtained a report detailing the findings of an unannounced visit to Henrico Doctors’ Hospital conducted by two Virginia Department of Health inspectors back in September 2023.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
wtvr.com | Mike Bergazzi
RICHMOND, Va. — The state is working tirelessly to help and support Richmond officials as they endeavor to get the city’s water treatment plant back online, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin told reporters during a Wednesday afternoon news conference. “We all want to get back to normal here, and so we’re working around the clock to support the city as we get there,” Youngkin said.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
wtvr.com | Mike Bergazzi
ALBERMARLE COUNTY, Va. — The man accused of shooting and killing three members of the University of Virginia football team has now entered a plea deal, CBS 19 reports. Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr. changed his plea to guilty Wednesday. Jones pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and two counts of aggravated malicious wounding for the November 2022 shooting that killed three UVA football players and injured two others.
