The 234 Apartment

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) -- A Newport News man was arrested for brandishing a gun on Wednesday. Police were dispatched at 9:48 p.m. to the 3800 block of Roanoke Avenue in reference to disorderly conduct.  The reporting person, Ricky Hines, 27, claimed his girlfriend stole money from his pants pocket and was refusing to leave the apartment. According to police, the argument over money was still ongoing and at 10:46 p.m. officers were dispatched to the same residence for an individual with a gun. Authorities were able to separate the parties, and the investigation revealed Ricky Hines was the primary aggressor threatening to kill the victim while pointing a gun.  Hines was taken into custody and transported to Newport News City Jail for brandishing a firearm.  © 2017 WVEC-TV

Published: Fri, August 25, 2017 @ 12:00 a.m. Aug. 12 Arrest: David Johnson, 19, of Tyrell Street, Youngstown, faces a breaking-and-entering charge after someone had kicked open a door to a South Avenue apartment last March, then removed a 60-inch TV. Citation: While handling an accident near U.S. Route 224 and Tippecanoe Road , officers charged Sean P. Page, 44, of Spring Lake Lane , Canfield, with operating a vehicle impaired. Domestic violence: Adam D. Cubilette of Aravesta Avenue, Boardman, surrendered on a domestic-violence charge after his girlfriend alleged that during an argument Aug. 10 about their relationship, Cubilette, 32, had grabbed both of her wrists, pushed the accuser onto a bed and tried to hit her arm and chest with an 8- inch wooden device . Identity theft: After one woman each reported fraudulent activity to her checking account and debit card, police charged Jeremy J. Stewart, 40, of Market Street, Boardman, with identity theft and receiving stolen property ....

Johnson Chrome was a notorious big spender with a taste for bottle service , bespoke suits and $10,000 shoes. The source of his wealth? A sophisticated identity theft scheme that may have conned Torontonians out of millions. The untold story of the city’s most wanted fraudster Photographs: All portraits via Facebook; background by iStock T he fraudster who called himself Johnson Chrome liked to sit on a bench at the intersection of Hazelton and Yorkville, smoking a Montecristo Edmundo robusto and talking about fashion, cars and cigars to anyone who’d listen. He was charming and handsome, with a neatly trimmed beard , a shaved head and perfect teeth. The perch placed him at the centre of the rarefied universe he’d come to inhabit. His condo, in the former Four Seasons hotel, was steps to the west, and he parked his black Jaguar at the Hazelton Hotel opposite . His gym, the sleek Equinox, was a minute’s walk northwest; his preferred cigar shop , La Casa del Habano , was to the sout...