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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach man who struck his ex-girlfriend around a dozen times in the head with a brick in an attempt to kill her will spend more than 20 years in prison.

63-year-old Bobby Randall Bland, formerly of the 4100 block of Front Royal Road in Virginia Beach, was sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty back in February to charges of malicious wounding, statutory burglary of building with the intent to commit rape/rob/murder/arson and assault and battery of a family member.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– A man is seriously hurt after an auto-pedestrian incident in Norfolk Monday night.

According to police, the man was hit by a vehicle in the 2900 block of E Little Creek Road at 10 p.m. The man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – The City of Chesapeake is holding a City Council meeting on Tuesday to discuss potential changes to Chesapeake’s voting system.

The change could impact the way city council members represent the city. They are considering putting this change to a vote for the upcoming November election.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Those looking forward to a new, less flood prone road to Sandbridge, will still likely be waiting nearly another decade.

The City of Virginia Beach, under the advisement of the Federal Highway Administration and Virginia Department of Transportation are now undertaking the process of completing an environmental impact study to fully analyze the scope and effects of extending Nimmo Parkway a mile and a half to Sandbridge Road.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A former Virginia Beach businessman who is accused of sexual assault is on trial again, nearly six months after the original trial ended in a mistrial.

According to officials, Benjamin Young, the former owner of Hybrid Air Inc., was accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old former employee in August of 2022 when she came to pick-up a paycheck.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The 18-year-old shot and injured outside the Virginia Beach Summer Carnival over Memorial Day weekend is now facing a felony charge in connection to the incident, authorities confirmed.

Markal Cook, 18, was arrested on May 29 — four days after the deadly shooting near Mount Trashmore Park — on a felony unlawful carrying of a concealed weapon charge, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD). This is Cook's third offense.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A driver was ejected after crashing off I-64 on Tuesday night in Newport News.

The vehicle crashed through an embankment, struck a a tree and then caught fire, Fire Chief Wesley Rogers says. The driver was conscious when crews arrived and taken to the hospital.

The crash happened around 9 p.m. on westbound I-64 around Oyster Point (mile markers 255 and 256) and only involved the single vehicle.

A cause of the crash has not be shared at this time.