16 Virginia Beach Sheriff s Office employees, 59 inmates test positive for COVID-19
By: Web Staff
and last updated 2020-12-23 13:53:48-05
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Virginia Beach Sheriff s Office announced that 16 staff members and 59 inmates tested positive for COVID-19 following a mass testing event December 18.
According to the sheriff s office, 1,526 inmates, deputies, civilians and contractors were tested. The number of positive cases represents 3 percent of the sheriff s office s 500 staff members and approximately 5 percent of the jail s 1,090 inmates.
The sheriff s office said at the recommendation of the Virginia Department of Health, everyone will be tested again in the near future.
Of the inmates who tested positive, 54 are new positives and five had previously tested positive. All of the inmates have been notified by medical staff and placed in quarantine.
Virginia Beach Police Department apologizes after officer mistakes man for accused thief, handcuffs him at Lynnhaven Mall
Police were investigating a report of credit card theft when they cuffed Jamar Mackey in the mall s food court in front of his family. They had the wrong person. Author: Evan Watson, Ali Weatherton (13News Now), Brian Farrell Published: 5:37 PM EST December 21, 2020 Updated: 7:45 PM EST December 21, 2020
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Police Chief Paul Neudigate apologized Monday to a man whom police mistook for a person wanted for credit card theft at Lynnhaven Mall and whom they handcuffed in front of his family and a crowded food court.