THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, October 29, 1995 TAG: 9510290063
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B8 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Steve Stone
LENGTH: Medium: 65 lines
Local police are asking for help with these cases:
VIRGINIA BEACH
Two men, both considered armed and dangerous, are being sought in connection with the Oct. 10 break-in at the home of a 30-year-old woman.
They face charges of armed robbery, abduction, burglary, attempted malicious assault, use of a firearm and shooting into an occupied dwelling.
James Rodney Brown, 19, is described as black, 6 feet tall and 190 pounds, with short black hair and brown eyes.
John J. Cavanaugh, 19, is described as black, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 140 pounds and has short hair and brown eyes.
NORFOLK
On Oct. 8 at 1:30 a.m., someone vandalized a Bell Atlantic telephone company switching box in the 8600 block of Willow Terrace.
Someone removed a telephone interface, a green box that houses cross-connect wiring, leaving more than 300 customers without service for more than 24 hours.
The stolen equipment was valued at $3,500 and, with the cost of replacing it added in, the total cost to consumers was more than $10,000.
Two other boxes less than a mile away also were vandalized.
SUFFOLK
On Oct. 2, a 21-year-old Portsmouth woman was forced at gunpoint into a station wagon and driven to several locations in Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Suffolk.
The suspect took the victim to the 4400 block of Marlin Ave. in Suffolk, where he raped her at gunpoint. He took her to the Churchland Shopping Center, where he dumped her out in a busy parking lot near Roses Department Store.
The suspect is described as black, 25 to 35 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 210 pounds, with a long box-style hair cut and sideburns. He was wearing blue jeans and a green-and-tan shirt.
The vehicle was described as a blue Chevrolet station wagon, possibly a 1986 model.
HAMPTON
On Oct. 14, at 1:53 a.m., a man walked into the 7-Eleven store in the 300 block of Woodland Road.
He approached the clerk and displayed a knife in the waist band of his pants. But when he demanded money, the clerk backed away and yelled to another employee.
The suspect then grabbed a pack of cigarettes and fled. The robbery was captured on video.
The suspect is described as white, in his early 20s, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 175 pounds, clean-shaven, with brown hair. He was wearing a gray and white shirt and black shorts. ILLUSTRATION: Photos
Brown
Cavanaugh
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