THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, August 18, 1996 TAG: 9608180074
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Steve Stone
LENGTH: 48 lines
Police are seeking public assistance in solving these cases:
SUFFOLK
On Aug. 6, fires were set inside three trailers at Butler Paper Co. in the 300 block of Newport St. The trailers were used to store paper products. the property.
PORTSMOUTH
On July 15 about 3:30 a.m., Meredith Frost was found shot in the 1000 block of Randolph St. She died at a hospital.
She had been visiting relatives and was last seen that morning in Prentis Park with two men.
Police want to speak to the men.
The first is described as black and was wearing a maroon T-shirt.
The second is described as black and was last seen wearing a black jacket and skull cap.
HAMPTON
On July 15, Epstein's pawn shop in the first block of South Mallory St. was found to have been robbed. A hole was knocked in the wall, and an assortment of jewelry was stolen.
Police are looking for a man described as black with a dark complexion, 5 feet 8 inches tall and in his mid-20s.
VIRGINIA BEACH
During the night of June 29, several car tires were slashed in the Landstown Lakes neighborhood.
The vandals caused an estimated $6,000 in damage on Glastonbury Drive, Monet Drive and Glastonbury Circle.
NORFOLK
Just before noon on July 31, a man robbed the Dixie grocery store in the 1000 block of W. Ocean View Ave.
He waited for customers to leave the store and then approached a cashier with a small silver handgun and demanded money from the cash register. The suspect fled west on Ocean View Avenue.
The suspect is described as black with a medium brown complexion, 5 feet 5 inches tall and 130 pounds. He had a mustache and a goatee, and he wore a white hat with lettering on the front, a white T-shirt and blue jeans. by CNB