any way is a stretch" that will be something now a judge will decide. 05=16:01:45 "the mayor is not a criminal he was in no way trying to elude the sheriff obviously there was some disagreement he's the mayor of this city how is he going to elude the sheriff" the mayor was charged with a class 6 felony. the punishement for that is 5 years in jail and a 25 hundred dollar fine. the mayor will be back in court january 29th. jason marks 10 on your side. law enforcement body cameras are controversial-- but the technology is growing across the country. on one hand, they can provide crucial evidence during investigations. but there are concerns over policies and privacy. 10 on your side's brandi cummings joins us live from virginia beach-- where a community forum will

of adding body cams to police officers' uniforms. brandi? there have been some civil rights groups like the aclu that have been very critical of policies related to police body cameras. the virginia beach police say before they finalize their policy, they want public input so they are hosting two forums to discuss it. one of them is happening tonight in another hour. captain todd jones and lieutenant scott wichtendahl will lead the

as i mentioned tonight there will be a forum that begins at 6. then next saturday there will be another one. you can see the information on your screen. we are also information on our website wavy.com. live in virginia beach, your side. back in october, 10 on study by the american civil liberties union of body camera policies in virginia. the report described at best, chaotic at worst." it calls for a uniform policy that would specify details such as what actions and events should be filmed. the policy also needs to address privacy concerns. be sure to watch our continuing coverage on the controversial topic of law enforcement body cameras tonight on air and online. the first day of the 2016 legislative session is in the books. state senators and delegates convened at noon in richmond today. they have a lot on their plates -- including a multi-billion dollar budget. 10 on your side's erin kelly was inside the

the general assembly is expected to take on big issues like education, health care, and gun control. we caught up with some of the people who represent you. nats - the house is now in session as the sergeant at arms carried in the mace to the house chamber -- the general assembly kicked off day 1 of a 60 day session. the republican-led house saying lawmakers have a long road ahead and won't always agree. c00063 - sen. mamie locke (d) - everybody's greeting everybody, so it's always a big pile of love on the first day 2209 c0001 - lt. gov. ralph northam (d) virginia 48 it's okay to disagree and we can opponents. what i do worry about need to be enemies and that's some of the message that i bring forward 58 and trying to get people to come to the table. 100 development. we asked him about key concerns for hampton roads. c0001 - lt. gov. virginia 132 i think the number one challenge from an have the funding in place. like the third crossing

but we just need to get people and our products from point a to point b 145 c0002 -sen. bill desteph (r) 335 public safety, transportation, education, infrastructure. we're going to focus on it all this year. 339 c0004 - sen. frank wagner (r) 519 we're going to have a long discussion about governor terry mcauliffe will speak tonight --- and likely talk more about his $100 billion dollar budget plan. he also wants to expand medicaid and implement gun control laws. live in richmond, erin kelly, 10 on your side. a big sigh of relief, as iran released ten u-s sailors this morning and avoided a potential international incident. we first told you about this in breaking news on wavy news 10 at four yesterday. the sailors on two small boats drifted into iranian waters. the navy says it will investigate exactly how that happened. iran's revolutionary guard released this video of the sailors in their custody.

for questioning. this came at a sensitive time. we're just days away from implementation of the nuclear deal with iran. s/ john kerry / secretary of state :15 "this kind of issue was able to be diplomacy plays in keeping our country safe, secure and strong" secretary kerry said: all indications suggest the sailors were well taken care of-- and provided with food and blankets. we are learning new information about a deadly officer-involved shooting in suffolk. 10 on your side uncovered two search warrants in circuit court today pertaining to corey achstein. in december, police responded to calls of a suspect chasing three juveniles, threatening to kill them. police say they ordered achstein, to the ground. one of the officers fired-- reportedly for safety concerns. achstein died. one search warrant said achstein was shot once. a second warrant is for his cell phone to look at

we will keep you posted as this investigation unfolds. a former virginia beach teacher will learn his sentence in may, for having an inapproriate relationship with a student. today, 28-year-old george brown pleaded guilty to an indecent liberties charge. he was a tech-ed teacher at kellam high school. only a day after bae systems notified 530 employees that they could be laid off in march -- we are now hearing that same company is laying off workers in jacksonville, florida. this is video of the shipyard in norfolk. bae systems today told employees at its jacksonville shipyards that as many as 300 people could be laid off in march as well. the layoffs are because the company just doesn't have enough work in either location. the jacksonville location is seeing reduced demand for commercial shipbuilding and repair in addition to a reduced demand for navy repair work. coming up on wavy news 10 at 5:30- why an eastern shore is claiming self defense in the beating death of a bus driver. hear what happened in

taking a billion-dollar-chance! folks are snapping up powerball tickets with hopes of winning the big prize. an live update on the jackpot-- next.

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the national park service is looking into what sparked a wildfire on cape hatteras national seashore. it started last night near whalebone junction. firefighters from the fish and wildlife service, nags head department, and north carolina forest service worked together to get it under control. no one was hurt a virginia beach man will

bars for animal cruelty. 26-year-old arthur vieira was arrested last june. officers found his dog -- "lucky" -- dead in a brush fire in may. the commonwealth's attorney's office says vieira made a series of false statements during interviews such as claiming lucky was given away on craigslist. in addition to his five year sentence for animal cruelty, he will serve 90 days each for obstruction of justice and improperly disposing of a pet. coming up on wavy news 10 - changes at a popular local park. why you might want to give yourself extra time if you're heading to mount trashmore in virginia beach. get your powerball

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the second week in a row. no one hit the jackpot last week, and the grand prize just kept climbing. with no winner saturday either -- tonight a billionaire could be born. 10 on your side's liz kilmer joins now live in portsmouth. liz how are the lines looking right now? these people waiting in line are just a few among the millions of americans hopeful to

anita blanton joins us live from the studio to paint a picture on just how much $1.5 billion really is. anita? the easy answer is a lot of money liz. now of course we have to realize that given taxes or if you choose the lump sum you wouldn't really win $1.5 billion. but...for the sake of some fun facts today let's go for the gusto. so, ladies we know a lot of you like to sell avon cosmetics. you could buy the whole company for 1.2 billion dollars and still have a little money left over. the iphone 6s plus costs 749 dollars without a contract. that

iphone for two million friends. they'd probably call you a bestie then. here locally.... the city of virginia beach assessed the cavalier hotel at 34 million dollars. which means you buy 44 of them. and in 2014 when macarthur center underwent an ownership change starwood capital group signed a 1.4 billion dollar agreement - that would be roughly 200 million dollars each. that allowed them and if you won the lotto would make it possible for you to buy seven malls. now let's talk a little football shall we. the average nfl team is worth 1.97 billion dollars and the top two for this area would be too rich for our blood with the redskins being valued at $2.85 billion and the cowboys 4billion. but if you won the lotto you could buy the cleveland browns, tennessee titans, jacksonville jaguars, soon to be la rams, the bengals, lions,

i also looked up the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2015-2016 school year for public and private colleges and found that you could send over 200,000 students to get a higher education. and hey, if you just want to chill you could purchase 9 private islands with that money and call it a day. anita blanton, 10 on your side. we're on your side with a parking warning -- the gravel parking lot at mount trashmore is closed. the lot off south boulevard will be off limits for the next two months. a contractor is using it for storage during a public utilities project. crews are extending the water line and installing fire hydrants.

tonight: cold! lows in the upper 20s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny and warmer. highs in the low-mid 50s. wind: sw 10-15mph friday: increasing clouds with rain moving in late. mild. highs in the upper 50s. wind: sw/ne 10-15mph. high pressure kept us cold today, but it'll be pushing into the atlantic ocean tomorrow. this will allow a sw wind to push warmer air into our area. so, above average temps can be expected thru the end of the work week. however, friday, an area of low pressure and warm front will move across our area...bringing us showers & potentially some storms friday night thru saturday morning. otherwise, our super doppler 10 weather team will really be watching a potential area of low

our way from the gulf of mexico by sunday. this could bring us our first real dose of snow if it materializes. the models are disagreeing on the track of the low...which makes all the difference of snow vs. no snow. so, stay tuned...and we'll

coming up on wavy news 10 - new information on the deadly paris terrorist attacks. what investigators are looking at for more clues

belgian investigators are homing in on three houses that may have played a role in paris terrorists attacks. all were used by the suspects, rented under false names and paid for in cash. the prosecutor's office says fingerprints of the alleged ringleader, and d-n-a from one of the suicide bombers were found at two sites, and that a car driven by one suspect had stopped near the homes. prosecutors also say suicide belts may have been made at one of the flats. the french navy has carried out airstrikes against the isis militant

iraq and syria-- from europe's largest commissioned warship. between ten and 15 aircraft take off each day, as part of the french navy's effort to combat the extremists. the operation has been ramped up since the deadly attacks on the french capital in november. the warship's presence in the arabian gulf more than triples france's airstrike capacity against isis, and makes it the coalition's second largest contributor to the new war on extremism. coming up on wavy news 10 - see where heavy flooding could not stop this journey to a final resting place. an avalanche in the french alps kills at least three people -- what investigators believe caused the tragedy at the ski resort.

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people across ireland are dealing with massive flooding. they're trying to live their lives despite all the water. look as these people used a boat to take a man's remains to a nearby cemetery

the water damaged a nearby highway. so the improvised to get his remains under the ground. members of a local scuba divers club followed behind the casket in an inflatable boat. stay with us. wavy news 10 at 5:30, starts right now! matt whip: c0011 13:53:33 i'm dl in virginai beach police say a man walked into this dollar tree and another store 13:53:42 and our andy fox will have reaction from the citizens of portsmouth on the mayor's arrest. our top story today revolves around escalating tensions between portsmouth city officials. following last night's city council meeting - sheriff bill watson tried to make a traffic stop involving mayor kenny wright - over

sticker. today mayor wright turned himself into the magistrate on a felony eluding charge - for not stopping for the sheriff. 10 on your side's andy fox hit the pavement to find out what you think about this on going feud in portsmouth. andy? (54:42 10 carolyn) first 1 ((laughs...i mean its par for the course something right. what's with t vern hem)) runs:10 (2:34 12) faye evans 2 ((the mayor was wrong in that issue. just because he is a politician he is the mayor of our city does not give him the right to break any laws and to not stop and to take care

care of))