Police: Driver of stolen vehicle ran away after Petersburg, Va. chase

By The Associated Press
December 2, 2019 | 8:33 AM

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia are looking for a driver accused of stealing a pickup truck and leading officers on a chase.

News outlets report 19-year-old Robert Paul Pickett stopped the car in Petersburg on Sunday evening and ran away. He’s considered armed and dangerous.

Chesterfield police Lt. Justin Aronson told WTVR-TV the pickup had been reported stolen in Dinwiddie County. Police say Petersburg officers helped catch three passengers who also ran from the car after the chase.

Aronson says no one was injured. He says Pickett is wanted in Chesterfield County, Colonial Heights and Dinwiddie.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

By Virginia Mercury
August 22, 2026 | 8:37 PM

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies. With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track. As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates. The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH.

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