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    Charges Dropped Against Raymond Perry in 2010 VA Slaying of Norfolk Police Officer Victor Decker




    Norfolk police officer found dead

    By The Associated Press

    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Police are investigating the death of an off-duty Norfolk police officer found shot in Virginia Beach.

    Officials have identified the victim as 25-year-old Victor Edward Decker.

    Police spokesman Adam Bernstein said Decker was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound on Tuesday morning. The Virginian-Pilot reports that Decker was declared dead at the scene and his body has been transported to the medical examiner for an autopsy.

    Detectives scoured the area near where Decker was found outside a pickup truck, about 100 yards from the Atlantis Gentleman's Club and across the street from Oceana Naval Air Station. Another driver found Decker and called 911

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    Off Duty Va. Officer is Found Dead; Case is Ruled Homicide

    By Kathy Adams
    The Virginian-Pilot

    Oct. 27—When trouble started in downtown Norfolk, Victor Edward Decker was the one to call.

    He was a Norfolk police officer who could be tough if needed, but he tried to help people first, said Dave Walker, a lieutenant with the Downtown Norfolk Council’s public safety ambassadors.

    Allie Stevenson, 21, said she met Decker last year while clubbing on Granby Street with friends. He asked them if they had a safe ride home or needed an escort to their cars, she said, and they’d been friends ever since.

    At 25, he’d already earned high honors as an officer and was well-known downtown as Vic.

    Now, police in Virginia Beach are investigating his homicide.

    The body of the decorated officer was found by the side of the road Tuesday morning.

    A motorist driving in the 400 block of Oceana Blvd. just before 7:15 a.m. spotted a pickup truck parked off the road and pulled over to help, said Officer Adam Bern-stein, a Beach police spokesman. The motorist discovered Decker lying next to the truck and called 911.

    Police found that Decker had been shot, Bernstein said. He was declared dead at the scene, and an autopsy ruled his death a homicide.

    He was married and had a baby. He lived in Virginia Beach.

    Assisted by police dogs, officers scoured the crime scene for hours and on Tuesday evening were still working to unravel the circumstances and timing of Decker’s death. His body was found about 100 yards from the Atlantis Gentlemen’s Club, but it’s unclear whether he’d been there, Bernstein said. He was off-duty, police said.

    Decker had been an officer in Norfolk for four years.

    He was tested the night of March 19, 2009, as he patrolled on his bicycle. He heard gunshots and pedaled to Plume Street, where he found two men fleeing the site of a robbery and shooting. He demanded that they stop and drop their weapons, but one refused. They ended up exchanging gunfire, resulting in Decker fatally shooting one of the men and arresting the other.

    The Norfolk commonwealth’s attorney ruled the shooting justified, and Decker’s actions earned him a valor award from the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. Decker also earned the Norfolk Police Department’s Medal of Valor and the 2009 Governor’s Medal of Valor Award, according to a news release from the Norfolk Police Department. Last year, he was Norfolk’s Officer of the Year and the city’s Top Cop.

    “He was a great guy,” Walker said. “He had a wonderful career ahead of him.”

    “His connection downtown, I think, went beyond his police patrolling,” said Cathy Coleman, president and CEO of the Downtown Norfolk Council. “It really became a personal, almost family, relationship.”

    “He was a big presence down here on Granby Street,” said attorney Peter G. Decker III, a friend of Decker’s who is not related to him. “He could defuse tough situations and do the right thing.”

    He became a father about eight months ago and showed off his daughter’s pictures whenever he got the chance, Stevenson said. “He was so proud of that little girl.”

    Memorial services are being planned, said Officer Chris Amos, a Norfolk police spokesman. In the meantime, law enforcement officers throughout the commonwealth will shroud their badges by covering them with black bands in memory of Decker, Erin G. Schrad, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, wrote in an e-mail.

    “His family’s in our thoughts and prayers,” Amos said. “Like everyone else, we’re shocked at what’s taken place and, at this point, we have more questions than answers.”

    Decker’s death remains under investigation by the Virginia Beach Police Department. Police ask that anyone who saw Decker or may have information on his death to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP (562-5887).

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    Police officer's death remains unsolved

    Victor Decker was gunned down one year ago

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - October 26 marks one year since someone killed a Norfolk police officer outside a nightclub in Virginia Beach.

    Officer Victor Decker, who patrolled downtown Norfolk, was found shot to death on Oceana Boulevard. He was just 25.

    As the anniversary approaches, Virginia Beach Police ask for the public's "continued support, assistance and patience as investigators pursue every available lead."

    Spokesman Adam Bernstein said, "The Virginia Beach Police Department and the many other criminal justice agencies assisting us have remained steadfast in our conviction to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice."

    Anyone with information that can help police is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

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    Beach judge refuses lie-detector evidence in Decker murder case

    A Virginia Beach judge said the state’s rules for evidence are clear: No lie-detector evidence in court. But he said, this might be the case that challenges that.

    Judge Stephen Mahan turned down a request from lawyers for murder defendant Raymond Lewis Perry to use the polygraph evidence at trial. They say Perry took and passed a lie-detector test over the summer, clearing him of robbing and murdering off-duty Norfolk officer Victor Decker. They asked the judge to either overlook the state’s ban, or to order a hearing on the accuracy of polygraph sciences. The judge did neither, turning aside the motion.

    He said it is possible that a case will one-day overturn the state’s refusal to consider lie detectors in trials, but he said his court wasn’t the right one to take up that issue. That, he said, would most likely be taken up in an appeals court where Perry’s lawyers said they would go next. They pointed out that the reliability of fingerprints and DNA were once questioned, too, and now those kinds of forensic evidence are considered ironclad.

    Perry is facing the death penalty, charged with robbing and murdering Decker in Oct. 2010. The case was unsolved for nearly two years when police charged Perry based on testimony from as many as five jailhouse informants. Perry has said he had no role in the killing and that the felons are making up stories to please prosecutors to get time trimmed from their sentences. Court testimony shows there are no eyewitnesses to the murder, and no DNA, fingerprints or gun evidence that ties Perry to the murder scene.

    The case was scheduled for opening statements in Febrary, but the judge said there are so many issues still to be decided that he would have to postpone the trial. Attorneys for both sides have a week to tell the judge what the new date should be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heidi View Post
    They pointed out that the reliability of fingerprints and DNA were once questioned, too, and now those kinds of forensic evidence are considered ironclad.
    Stupid claim. There is no way to beat fingerprint or DNA evidence. I just Googled "how to beat a polygraph" and got 388,000 results! That said, if there's no physical evidence connecting Perry to the scene, relying on convict testimony is pretty risky, especially in a case where the death penalty is sought. Where it might stand up is if they reveal information given by the defendant that wasn't announced to the public, strongly implying the defendant was at least at the scene.

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    I agree it is risky, especially if they made a deal with the snitch. All criminals are liars.

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    Search for clues in Norfolk policeman's killing continues

    VIRGINIA BEACH – For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, the First Colonial Rd. onramp to I-264 West was closed as police searched for clues in the killing of Norfolk policeman Officer Victor Decker.

    On Thursday afternoon, his widow is set to make a formal appeal to the public for help to find her husband's killer and for assistance in the homicide investigation.

    Meantime, two funds have been set up to raise money for Mrs. Decker and their newborn daughter.

    The Norfolk Sheriff’s Office established the Officer Victor Decker Memorial Fund and donations can be made at any Towne Bank branch and given in the fund’s name. Also, donations can be mailed to the Officer Victor Decker Memorial Fund, PO Box 3236, Norfolk, VA 23514.

    Checks also can be sent to the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #3, 1111 Harmony Road, Norfolk, VA 23502. Note the Victor Decker Memorial Fund in the memo line.

    Decker, 25, who lived in Va. Beach, was found dead around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday by a motorist driving in the 400 block of Oceana Blvd. in Virginia Beach

    The driver stopped to investigate a pick-up truck stopped on the roadside and found him on the ground.

    Va. Beach authorities say Decker, who was off duty at the time and wearing plain clothes, was shot and his death has been ruled a homicide.

    The badges of Norfolk police officers were covered with a black-striped shroud in tribute to the fallen officer.

    The Virginia Fraternal Order of Police on Wednesday called on anyone with information about the incident to call Crime Line with tips to help the Virginia Beach Police Department in its investigation.

    Decker was honored for his valor by the Va. Association of Chiefs of Police in August 2009. Decker, who was on bike patrol, confronted two armed suspects who had just committed a robbery and shooting on Bank Street in downtown Norfolk on March 19, 2009. One suspect was killed; the other surived. The man who'd been robbed, Brian Carter of Suffolk, was killed.

    The surviving suspect, Brighton Alderman, has a jury trial scheduled for December 13, Commonwealth's Attorney spokesman Amanda Howie confirmed. He remains in custody in the Hampton Roads Regional Jail.

    Norfolk Police say Officer Decker began his career there on October 2, 2006.

    At the time of his death, Officer Decker was assigned to the First Patrol Division, Green Sector.

    "This is a family within a family and he's a part of that, so just shock, just shock," said Norfolk Police spokesman Officer Chris Amos.

    Officer Decker received the Norfolk Police Department’s Medal of Valor, Officer of the Year for 2009, and the 2009 Governor’s Medal of Valor Award. Officer Decker was honored as Norfolk’s TOP COP at the 2009 Hampton Roads Crime Line 9th Annual Top Cop Awards Dinner.

    "The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police sends its sympathies to the family of Officer Victor Decker, the Norfolk Police Department and the Norfolk community.Officer Decker was a dedicated police officer and his death is a tragedy and a loss to the citizens of Norfolk," Dana Schrad, executive director of the Va. Association of Chiefs of Police, told WVEC.com.

    Va. Beach Police are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious or who knows anything about the circumstances of this case to call Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

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    Clubgoers are asked to help solve officer's slaying

    Police are asking that anyone who was at the Atlantis Gentlemen's Club on Monday night or Tuesday morning call detectives to assist in solving the slaying of an off-duty officer found dead nearby.

    Police confirmed in a news release Friday that Norfolk police Officer Victor Edward Decker, 25, attended a breast cancer awareness event at Atlantis on Monday, the night before his death.

    Friends previously said they last saw Decker walking from the club's parking lot to his pickup truck at about 2 a.m. Tuesday. About five hours later, a motorist discovered his body lying next to his truck off Oceana Boulevard, about 100 yards from the club.

    Decker had at least one gunshot wound and was wearing his police badge around his neck, police said, and items had been stolen from him.

    According to the release, detectives want to interview every person who was at Atlantis on Monday night or early Tuesday and are asking that they call (757) 385-4101, (757) 385-2082 or (757) 385-8499.

    Police had no suspects Friday and did not release any additional information in the case. They're keeping most details private because they don't want to compromise the investigation, said Officer Jimmy Barnes, a police spokesman.

    Decker, a Newport News native, was a decorated police officer who was well-known in downtown Norfolk, where he had patrolled. He'd been on the Norfolk Police Department for four years and lived in Virginia Beach. He married his school sweetheart last year and they had an 8-month-old daughter, according to his obituary.

    Decker's memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. today at the Rock Church on Kempsville Road. It is open to the public.

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    Second man charged in officer's murder

    The Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney has charged a second suspect in the murder of Norfolk police officer Victor Decker.

    Decker was found dead two years ago near a gentlemen's club on Oceana Boulevard. This summer Raymond Perry was charged with Decker's murder.

    Marcie Pridgen with the Virginia Beach Commonwealth Attorney's Office said Kareem Hasson Turner was arraigned and charged with second degree murder in Decker's death on Friday. Court documents also show Turner was charged with robbing a residence the same day Decker's body was found on Oct. 26, 2010.

    Business owners who knew Decker from his Granby Street patrols say they want justice in his death. It's been two years since his death, but many business owners on Granby Street say the pain lingers.

    "It took a toll on us on the restaurant, the community, the regular customers, and employees here at 'Hell's Kitchen' It was a huge loss. We still feel it even today," Hell's Kitchen owner, Ginger Davenport said.

    "He's really, really, really missed. There will never be anyone else like him around here," said Alexander Laws, a Hell's Kitchen employee.

    News of a second arrest in Decker's murder has brought a renewed desire for justice in his death.

    "I hope they find every single person linked to this, and I hope they all pay," said Davenport.

    "We want to know that our friend didn't die in vain," said Laws.

    But, no arrest or time passed could ever erase the pain felt by the of this officer, father, and friend.

    "It could be 25 years later, it wouldn't be different. He was a beautiful man, and a great person. He helped everyone out no matter what the cost.

    Perry is currently in South Carolina serving time for a string of violent robberies. He maintains his innocence. Turner is now behind bars in a Virginia Beach jail.

    Turner's arrest brings back painful emotions for business owners on Granby Street in Norfolk, the area Decker patrolled before his death.

    "He was never out for himself," said Alexander Laws, of Hell's Kitchen on Granby Street. "He was always looking out for somebody; that's why justice has to be served. I don't get it. It hurts, and his absence is still felt."

    Turner is now in custody and scheduled to appear in court Dec. 14.

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    Charges withdrawn in murder of police officer

    VIRGINIA BEACH

    A case against one of the two men charged in the fatal shooting Norfolk police officer Victor Decker was dropped this morning.

    Prosecutors withdrew charges against Kareem Hasson Turner that included second-degree murder, use of a firearm and robbery.

    Turner, who has spend a year and a half in jail on the charges, was to be released from custody. One of his lawyers, Thomas Sheppard, said in court that he has maintained his innocence from the start.

    Commonwealth’s Attorney Colin Stolle told a judge that one, and possibly two, witnesses had perjured themselves previously in the case. Stolle said his office learned about that only recently.

    Charges still stand against Raymond Lewis Perry, the other man charged in Decker’s death. Perry is serving nearly 97 years in prison for other crimes, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for him in the Decker case.

    By comparison, Turner previously had only traffic offenses and minor criminal convictions on his record.

    Decker was found dead by the side of the road in October 2010, after attending a fundraiser at the Atlantis Gentlemen's Club on Oceana Boulevard. Perry was arrested in summer 2012, and Turner was arrested in October 2012.

    http://hamptonroads.com/2014/03/char...police-officer
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