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Infant dies, second young child hospitalized with stab wounds in Newport News; Mother charged with second degree murder By: Web Staff and last updated 2021-05-12 21:16:23-04 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Newport News Police are investigating a homicide that took place Monday evening that left a baby dead and a young child seriously injured. On May 10 around 9:30 p.m., police responded to the 300 block of Hilltop Drive for reports of a woman in distress. When police arrived, they found two young children, a 10-month-old boy and an 8-year-old girl, both suffering from multiple stab wounds...

AMBER Alert was issued Thursday By: Web Staff and last updated 2021-02-04 22:30:49-05 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Newport News Police Department says the 3-month-old boy who was reported missing Thursday morning has been found safe. In an update during a press conference Thursday night, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said the child, Jiraiya Cherry, was found in Chesterfield. Around 10:19 a.m. Thursday, police responded to the 13300 block of Preakness Drive in reference to a missing child. Jiraiya was reportedly abducted by an unknown babysitter. Shortly after Newport News...

Police chief apologizes after wrongfully arrested man spends 2 nights in Newport News jail WTKR and last updated 2021-01-28 17:16:16-05 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew apologized to Maurice Williams and his family after Williams was wrongfully arrested last week at his place of employment and spent two nights in jail. News 3 spoke exclusively to Williams, his girlfriend Christina Brown and Chief Drew about the mistake. Williams works as a cook and said he was about to go on break last Tuesday afternoon when his supervisor asked him to go out back. He was then greeted...