Prosecutor wants Frederick trial moved out of Chesapeake

[Blue_Tires]

Source: The Virginian-Pilot

The special prosecutor in the case against Ryan Frederick, a Chesapeake man accused of killing a city detective, wants his murder trial moved out of Hampton Roads.

The commonwealth has urged the court for a change of venue from Chesapeake to a jurisdiction elsewhere in the state. Frederick is scheduled to stand trial Jan. 20 in Chesapeake Circuit Court on charges of capital murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana...

Frederick is accused of fatally shooting Detective Jarrod Shivers on the night of Jan. 17 while Shivers and more than a dozen other officers executed a drug search warrant. Shivers, a 34-year-old father of three, was standing at the steps of Frederick's front door in the 900 block of Redstart Ave. when he was shot, police said.

Frederick said he fired two shots through his door at what he feared were intruders that night. The shots were fired as officers on the other side of the door used a battering ram on it.





Read more: http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/prosecutor-wants-frederick-trial-moved-out-chesapeake

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There is a surprising amount of support for the kid...As you know, Virginia has a proud history of being a hard-assed law-and-order state...But race does matter, and it always seems that minorities commit "crimes" while whites commit "accidents" or "lapses in judgement", etc...So there is a chance he gets off with a light sentence.

[billyoc]

1. I hear Simi Valley is nice this time of year.

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