HENRICO, Va. — An arrest has been made after a series of home burglaries in an upscale Short Pump neighborhood.

Police said 28-year-old John-Thomas Lester Howard is responsible for breaking into four homes in the colonies at Wilde Lake, off Lauderdale Drive.

Neighbors told CBS 6 reporter Melissa Hipolit that a man said he was looking for his lost dog, under the guise of robbing homes.

Suzanne Esposito lives in the neighborhood and said she was walking her dog when she noticed a strange man in a neighbor’s yard.

“It was weird,” Esposito said.

Esposito said the man told her he was looking for a lost dog.

“He just looked at us and went across the street trying to avoid us and said’ I’m looking for a lost dog,’” Esposito said. “He didn’t ask if we saw the dog or anything like that.”

Esposito and other neighbors said the man got into his car, parked on Northwind, when he noticed people watching him, and took off at a very high rate of speed.

“It’s bold, desperate,” Esposto said. “I believe he was going in the back lower windows.”

Police said he made off with cash and other items.

Howard was arrested and faces several charges.

Michael Pollock was arrested Saturday night for pointing at the plane flying above his neighborhood in Henrico.

According to sources, Pollock lives on Pamela Drive in Henrico, that's right off Three Chopt Road; the location where he was arrested.

Neighbors told CBS 6 it is common to see the plane fly above the area.

"My wife was saying ‘what's that’ and I said that's the police plane flying around just checking business," said Tom Moncrief.

According to Henrico police, Pollock has been charged with two misdemeanors stemming from interfering with an aircraft. If convicted he could face jail time.

Henrico Sherriff Mike Wade said Pollock remains in custody, as of Monday night.

Virginia Aviation Board President Johnny Mazza says this is a problem plaguing pilots nationwide.

In 2012, 4,000 incidents were reported nationwide by pilots. In 2013 the Virginia State Police plane was targeted.

"You wonder what people are thinking," Mazza said.

"Imagine driving late at night, pitch dark, and someone blinds you with a flashlight. What happens to your night vision? It's gone," Mazza added.

Governor Terry McAuliffe spoke about laser pointing at pilots when asked by CBS 6 reporter Joe St. George.

"Any fool who wants to take a pointer and aim it at a plane I would support anything to see that person is locked up," Governor McAuliffe said.

Currently lasers are federally regulated; however pilots have said cheaper, unregulated models are posing problems as well.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va - One person was detained during a joint operation between Henrico Fire and Police into a fire that damaged a West End medical building.

Police were initially called to the 10200 block of Three Chopt Road, at Gaskins Road, at about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning for a reported breaking and entering at a building that houses Holbert Family Orthodontics and the Balance & Ear Center.

Firefighters and police responded to the medical building at Three Chopt and Gaskins roads. (PHOTO: Jake Burns)

Once on scene, responding officers found fire inside the building and quickly called firefighters.

"Inside the doctors office fire crews found fire that had been mostly extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system. A total of eight fire apparatus and three command staff responded to the fire incident. The sprinkler system of the building kept the fire minimized," Henrico Fire Capt. Danny Rosenbaum said. "There was minor smoke, water, and fire damage done to the building."

The fire was marked under control at 03:26 a.m.

"The business was not occupied at the time of the fire. There were no injuries. The fire is currently under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office," Capt. Rosenbaum said.

A dark-colored SUV was parked facing the wrong direction on Three Chopt when CBS 6 arrived on scene. Investigators were collecting evidence from the vehicle and later towed it away.

Police confirmed it was part of the investigation, but could not yet say how.

Police said a dark-colored SUV found near the fire was part of the investigation. (PHOTO: Jake Burns)

Authorities on scene also confirmed a person was detained following the incident. No further details about that person's connection to the fire or the SUV was available.

Three Chopt Road was closed early Tuesday morning; however, officials reopened it around 5 a.m. The extent of damage to the medical building has not yet been released.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A Crozier woman was arrested and charged in connection to a Tuesday morning fire and break-in at a West End medical building. Police stopped Deana Annette Clements, 46, driving an SUV away from the building along the 10200 block of Three Chopt Road, at Gaskins Road.

Deana Annette Clements (PHOTO: Henrico Police)

"Officers located evidence within the vehicle that implicated Clements in the burglary and arson," Henrico Police spokesman Lt. Chris Eley said. "After a joint investigation between the Henrico County Police Division and the Henrico County Division of Fire, Deana Clements was charged with trespassing, burglary, possession of burglary tools, vandalism, and arson. Clements is currently being held in the Henrico County Jail without bond."

Online court records indicated Clements was due in Henrico General District Court next week on trespassing and destruction of property charges following a July arrest.

Police were initially called to the building at about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning for a reported breaking and entering at a building that houses Holbert Family Orthodontics and the Balance & Ear Center.

Firefighters and police responded to the medical building at Three Chopt and Gaskins roads. (PHOTO: Jake Burns)

Once on scene, responding officers found fire inside the building and quickly called firefighters.

"Inside the doctors office fire crews found fire that had been mostly extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system. A total of eight fire apparatus and three command staff responded to the fire incident. The sprinkler system of the building kept the fire minimized," Henrico Fire Capt. Danny Rosenbaum said. "There was minor smoke, water, and fire damage done to the building."

The fire was marked under control at 3:26 a.m.

Firefighters and police responded to the medical building at Three Chopt and Gaskins roads. (PHOTO: Jake Burns)

"The business was not occupied at the time of the fire. There were no injuries. The fire is currently under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office," Capt. Rosenbaum said.

Three Chopt Road was closed early Tuesday morning; however, officials reopened it around 5 a.m. The extent of damage to the medical building has not yet been released.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Have you ever seen the big white sign when you drive through toll plazas on RMA toll roads, that warn of up to a $500 fine if you fail to pay the 70-cent toll? Two Henrico County drivers will soon learn not having an EZ-Pass is going to be hard on their wallets.

Driving from Chesterfield or Henrico to downtown Richmond costs 70-cents at each toll plaza, totaling anywhere from $1.40 to $2.80, round-trip.

"Folks go to work to pay their bills, not to pay tolls, plus fines that can triple or even go as high as fifty times over the original fine," said Cliff Brown, driving in from Chesterfield.

A Henrico driver will soon be served a five-inch stack of some 93, fail-to-pay toll summonses.

And that's basically what's happened for a female driver in Henrico.  She will soon be served a five-inch stack of some 93, fail-to-pay toll summonses.

"The person with 90 [summonses] could have $45,000 in fines," said CBS 6 legal expert Todd Stone.

Another Henrico driver will be served a two-inch stack of summonses, with fines approaching $26,000.

"Unless you’re Donald Trump, who can pay that?” said Capehart.

And it's likely most drivers can't afford the high fines. Stone points out toll-dodging is a civil penalty case.  It's not something where a judge can take your license; but even so, you could be forced to use a different car.

"It doesn't go on your traffic record and doesn't count as points, but if you don't pay, they can attach it to your DMV record, where they can refuse to issue a tag or registration," Stone said.

CBS 6 has the names of both drivers on the two piles of summonses.  We went to their homes, but no one answered their respective doors.

Other drivers said getting served with a summons for tens of thousands of dollars, could put the brakes on their traveling, and a whole lot more.

"It would make my heart drop,” said Capehart. “ I'm almost having a heart attack thinking about it."

CBS 6 called the RMA, to ask them about these summonses. At this hour it's unclear if these are RMA fines or VDOT fines, even though the RMA box is clearly checked on all the summonses.

Stone pointed out the state has the authority to garnish wages until the fines are paid off.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A man arrested after the January 2015 shooting death of rapper Brandon Wright in eastern Henrico pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. In exchange for the first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony guilty pleas, the Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney's Office agreed to set aside additional charges against 19-year-old Darrin Evans.

Evans faces up to 40 year in prison when he is sentenced in November.

Darrin Evans (PHOTO: Henrico Police)

Evans shot and killed Brandon Nathaniel Wright, 21, on January 5. Wright was found dead in the street when police were called to the intersection of Hanover Road and Green Pasture Road in Sandston.

Prosecutors said it appeared Evans was trying to rob Wright of marijuana when he shot him. Police recovered evidence on Evans' cell phone when he was arrested. The evidence included one text message which read "I killed somebody, I can’t go home."

Another text read "Lick gone bad." Lick is slang for a robbery.

Brandon Nathaniel Wright

Family members said Wright expressed himself through rap music. He spent a lot of time in the studio with his friends recording tracks.

"Every time I saw Brandon he'd just give the best hugs," Yvonne Jones, his principal at New Kent County High School, said following his death.

"He was a gentle giant," his cousin Erica Williams said. "He had the biggest heart anyone could ask for and was the sweetest person. He would do anything for you."

HENRICO COUNTY, Va, — A lightning strike ignited a fire in the 2600 block of Gayton Grove Road in Henrico County Wednesday around 7:47 p.m.

Henrico Fire said their crews arrived to the scene in minutes and quickly extinguished the fire in the attic preventing the fire from damaging the rest of the home.

The family was able to make it out the home uninjured. They will not be displaced due to the fire.

Henrico Fire said the fire was under control by 8:03 p.m.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A man shot near Mechanicsville Turnpike in Henrico knocked on doors looking for help following the shooting early Thursday morning, according to police. Emergency crews arrived to the intersection of Crosscreek Road and Reynolds Road and took the man to the hospital with what police described as non-life threatening injuries.

A shots fired call initially drew police to the neighborhood at about 12:30 a.m.

Henrico Police investigate shooting

While police have not yet released information about a possible suspect in the shooting, investigators said a car was seen speeding away from the shooting scene with its lights off.

Police have not yet released details about the vehicle.

Anyone with information was asked to call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Parents sending their children to Henrico Schools this year do not have to worry about changes to the county’s school dress code. The dress code for 2015-16 is unchanged from last year.

“Aside from the dress code, significant portions of the Henrico County Schools Code of Student Conduct
are new this year, following a two year public feedback process,” Henrico Schools spokesman Andy Jenks said.

The 72-page document outlines the rights and responsibilities of students, parents, teachers, faculty members and school staff.  It also includes the 2015-16 dress code and the roughly 46 things Henrico students should NOT wear to school.

For your viewing ease, we’ve listed those things here (double check the actual dress code for more specific wording):

Students may not wear the following items on school grounds during regular school hours unless otherwise stated:

1. Hoods of any kind inside school buildings during regular school hours —  unless required for religious or medical reasons
2. Hats of any kind inside school buildings during regular school hours — unless required for religious or medical reasons
3. Face masks of any kind inside school buildings during regular school hours — unless required for religious or medical reasons
4. Head coverings of any kind inside school buildings during regular school hours — unless required for religious or medical reasons
5. Bandannas
6. Do-rags
7. Head scarves with the exception of head garments for religious reasons
8. Hair picks
9. Wave caps
10. Large combs
11. Brushes
12. Rollers
13. Sunglasses — unless prescribed by a physician
14. Dresses shorter than finger-tip length,  even when worn with leggings or tights
15. Skirts shorter than finger-tip length, even when worn with leggings or tights
16. Shorts shorter than finger-tip length, even when worn with leggings or tights
17. Athletic shorts shorter than finger-tip length, even when worn with leggings or tights
18. Other similar clothing  shorter than finger-tip length, even when worn with leggings or tights
19. Messages on clothing that pertain to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex, gangs, vulgarity, or that could cause a disruption
20. Messages on chains that pertain to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex, gangs, vulgarity, or that could cause a disruption
21. Messages on jewelry that pertain to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex, gangs, vulgarity, or that could cause a disruption
22. Messages on personal belongings that pertain to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex, gangs, vulgarity, or that could cause a disruption
23. Spiked jewelry, chains, and items which could cause student injury
24. Beachwear — includes bathing suits and trunks
25. Sleepwear
26. Clothing that reveals undergarments
27. Cut-off jeans
28. Cut-off sweat pants
29. Torn, ripped, or slashed clothing that reveals undergarments or body parts excluded by other parts of this code
30. Bedroom slippers or shoes with wheels, also known as “Heelys”
31. Clothing that reveals the midriff while sitting or standing
32. Clothing that is tight, skimpy, or with plunging necklines
33. Clothing that is see-through, revealing, or resembles undergarments
34. Tube tops
35. Halter-tops
36. Halter-top dresses
37. Strapless dresses
38. Tops or dresses with spaghetti straps (female tops must be at least two inches wide at the shoulder)
39. High heels or flip flops at the elementary level
40. Coats inside the school building during the school day as determined by the administrative staff depending
    on the school design and administrative ability to provide storage for coats
41. Students must wear clothing as designed (buttoned, zipped, etc.)
42. Students must wear pants on the hips, secured above the buttocks.
43. Students may not drape towels, shirts, or shorts around the neck
44. Students may not roll down waistbands on shorts, pants, and skirts
45. Students may not wear clothing in any manner that reveals undergarments at any time
46. Students may not wear athletic basketball jerseys without wearing a t-shirt beneath the jersey.

Also new this year is the Henrico County Schools’ strategic plan. Updated this summer, the plan establishes a new vision: “Henrico County Public Schools believes in the right to achieve and the support to succeed for all.”

It also highlights four areas of focus that define the work of the school division, Jenks said. Those areas of focus are:

1. Student Safety
2. Academic Progress
3. Closing Gaps
4. Relationships

Click here to read the entire strategic plan. Have a fun and safe school year!

Henrico Police said a tipster alerted officers to questionable activity in one of the cases.

Officers said that 46-year-old Shawn Anthony Kettles had more than 500 cartons of cigarettes in his possession, that he bought from the Sam’s Club on West Broad Street on Monday.

They said he had the intent to transport and sell them in another state.

Two days later officers arrested 21-year-old Irina Vasilenco, when someone alerted police to a suspicious cigarette transaction outside of the Sam’s Cub on South Laburnum Avenue.

Investigators say Vasilenco bought numerous cartons of cigarettes with business credit cards.

She was charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute tax paid contraband cigarettes.

And police said they believe she was also headed out of state to sell them.

Henrico police would not release more information in these cases because it's an ongoing investigation that could result in more arrests.

The two suspects, both from Richmond, are behind bars without bond, awaiting their next court hearings.

With a second lowest cigarette tax in the nation, out of state purchasers also often travel to Virginia to buy cigarettes that they sell elsewhere for a big profit.

Thirty-six other states in the United States currently regulate cigarette sales. Virginia's top crime commission has previously expressed a desire to have the state regulate cigarettes like it does alcohol.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. – As the school year nears, many parents are not only griping about the cost of school supplies, but are also complaining about the rising number of fees many public school students are being charged.

And as parents are being dinged for everything from laptops to lockers, the question is should a review take place for what fees are being charged? 

Majestic Johnson, a Matoaka High School student, excited  about the new school year, but  is not looking forward to the costly fees she will need to pay to attend classes.  In fact, going into her senior year, Johnson has a $40 senior fee, a $50 computer fee, a $50 parking fee and a $2 goggle fee.

"That's a lot of money," Johnson said.  "They added a Chromebook fee, that wasn't there before."

Johnson's grandmother, Diana, pointed out the fees are something she did not have to pay when she attended public school.

Some question whether school districts actually breaking any laws since the Virginia Constitution states public schools must be free in Commonwealth.

WTVR CBS 6 found one parent of a Clover Hill High School student who has a bill of over $300. Our newsroom discovered a $315 fee for a nursing class in Henrico and a $180 fee for culinary class in Chesterfield.

2015 School Fees

Pyle pointed out schools can legally charge for things like parking, computers and lockers. However, they cannot charge for core classes or for textbooks.

"There is an exception for what is known as consumables, so for example, you are in a science lab and you are dissecting a frog. No one else is going to dissect that frog after you completed that lesson," Pyle said.

Pyle also emphasized every school system must have a waiver process if a family cannot afford a particular fee.

CBS 6 took some parents' concerns to the ACLU . 

Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Executive Director of Virginia's ACLU, suggested the state should review why textbooks cannot be charged under Virginia code, but computers can be. 

"It is one thing to charge a fee for a locker or for a parking space. It is another thing to charge for a Chromebook or a laptop which with all due respect is a functional equivalent of today's textbook," Gastañaga said.

While Henrico and Chesterfield both have established fees listed online, the Richmond Public Schools only collects fees from seniors.

School Fees

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A man was arrested for beating his roommate to death Thursday night in a Henrico home. Ronnie Marlon Barner, 56, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Gene Purnell inside a home along the 4400 block of Carpenter Road, off East Laburnum Avenue.

Ronnie Barner (PHOTO: Henrico Police)

The home belonged to Purnell's sister Helen who said Ronnie and her brother Gene lived together on Hill Top Drive in South Richmond. She said her brother Gene recently complained to family about Ronnie's erratic behavior.

Gene Purnell's sister Helen (PHOTO: Jon Burkett)

Helen said her brother was at her home Thursday when Ronnie showed up and was acting disrespectful. She said he was shaking up beer cans and spraying them around her house.

When the situation appeared to calm, Purnell's sister said she left the home to run some errands. When she returned 15 minutes later, she said she found her brother dead on the floor.

Gene Purnell (PHOTO: Purnell family photo)

Ronnie Barner was later located in the area and placed under arrest.

Barner's criminal history includes arrests in 2012 for assaulting emergency personnel  and being drunk in public and arrests in 2014 for possession of a controlled substance and entering a property with the intent to do damage.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A jury is scheduled for September 28 to decide if members of the Islamic Center of Richmond can continue to use a driveway that runs next to the Center.

Yunu Vohra, who is a member at the Islamic Center, filed a civil lawsuit against Sylvia Wright to maintain access to the driveway, but Wright, who lives behind the Center, said the driveway is private and belongs to her family.

The dispute is part of an ongoing legal battle between Wright, Vohra, and Henrico County regarding the Islamic Center.

Wright’s family has owned land off of Hungary Road in Henrico County’s West End since the 1800s.

“One of my grandfather’s founded the initial farm in 1838,” Wright said.

But, Wright said the tranquility of that land is being disrupted by a man who she said is bullying her through a lawsuit to try to gain access for himself and other members of the Islamic Center of Richmond to park in the private driveway that runs to her home.

She said she is one of the family heirs to the driveway.

“It was set aside exclusively for my dad and his heirs,” Wright said.

The part of the private driveway Vohra is laying claim to sits between two pieces of property he purchased that sit next to the Islamic Center. But Wright said the driveway is separate from his property.

“We have literally never been offered restitution, compensation for our rights. They are just supposed to be taken from us,” Wright said.

But, Vohra said he does own that part of the driveway, and he filed the lawsuit to “claim the property” and stop Wright from harassing him and other Muslims.

Yet, Wright said Vohra is the one doing the harassing.

She said members of the Islamic Center often block the driveway which prevents her and the other families that live along the road from getting to and from their homes.

“We’re very concerned about the fact that we would have issues with getting in and out safely,” Wright said.

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. -- Investigators said 26-year-old Caroline Wortham of Glen Allen was riding her bike just before 11 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Mountain Road and Farrington Road when she was struck from behind by a Buick sedan and killed.

Carrie is being remembered by loved ones as someone who was passionate about life and made a lasting impact in the world.

“We were just so shocked, it’s hard to imagine this vibrant beautiful being dead,” said Nadene Brunk, a close friend of the Northam family.

Brunk said she is still waiting for someone to wake her from this nightmare.

“I got a knock on my bedroom door that her sister was trying to contact me -- immediately all of these thoughts go through your head about family,” Brunk said. “And you know, at 11:30 at night you know it’s something bad… and it was.”

Carrie Wortham

Brunk was devastated to learn her close friend was killed riding her bike after she was struck from behind by a car on Route 33.

“Carrie was like a daughter to me, so it’s hard,” she said. “I’m just really, really grateful that I was able to know her at all.”

Brunk spoke to WTVR CBS 6 from Haiti Sunday. She said Wortham was passionate about the impoverished nation and at just 26 years old had already spent years working to fight maternal and infant mortality there. In fact, she was on the board of the Midwives for Haiti.

“She just in her short life made a huge difference to many, many people,” Brunk said.

Nadene Brunk

Impact Makers, a Richmond company Wortham was a consultant for, released the following statement late Sunday.

Carrie Wortham (SOURCE: Impact Makers)

“Carrie was a tremendous person and wonderful employee who made a difference with our clients and our community partners.  Our company is devastated by this news and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family,” Impact Makers’ President Carl Miller said in a statement.

Wortham  graduated from Virginia Military Institute and attended high school at St. Catherine's.

People who live along Route 33 said they see a lot of bicyclists using the road but say it is too dangerous and that the road has little shoulder.

“You’re either on the white line or in the ditch,” Ewbank said. “That`s just a long straight away and once cars start coming down that straightaway they are flying.”

Flowers on the side of the road lie in remembrance of someone who loved the outdoors and someone who loved life.

The driver, who was not injured, stayed at the scene.

Officials are consulting the Hanover Commonwealth Attorney’s Office to determine what charges will be filed against the driver, who stayed at the scene and was not injured.

Stay with WTVR.com for continuing coverage of this important local story. 

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A Richmond man is facing charges after he led Henrico police on a pursuit early Sunday morning.

Investigators tell CBS 6 News an officer pulled over James Tyrone Smith on I-64 at the Dickens Street Exit around 2 a.m. Sunday.

Police say Smith did stop but then hit the gas and took off, setting off the pursuit.

According to police Smith led officers down Staples Mill Road onto Monument Avenue violating traffic signals.

The suspect then stopped his car into the median at the intersection of Monument and North Belmont got out and ran away on foot.

Police captured him a short time later.

The 26-year-old is now facing reckless driving and drug charges.

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. -- A bicycle wheel and flowers line the Hanover county intersection where 26-year-old bicyclist Carrie Wortham was killed after being struck by a car Saturday.

Wortham was struck from behind by a Buick sedan near the intersection of Mountain Road and Farrington Road.

The VMI graduate and humanitarian, who served in Haiti, had just moved into her mother's Glen Allen home, that she never returned to Saturday.

"Carrie had been missing since early in the morning. She didn't have her ID or cell phone," said, Wortham family friend, Steve Boyce.

Her family grew concerned Saturday night and contacted the Sheriff's office when they learned she had been killed.

"What the family would want people to know is that because of Carrie's faith, and because of their faith, they have assurance that they know where Carrie is today," said, Boyce.

Caroline Wortham

"You are our angel here on earth and are now an angel in heaven at heaven's gate," said Wortham's preschool teacher, Debby Horan.

Horan wrote Carrie a card that she brought to the site of the crash. Horan remembers her preschool standout student who she said loved people and giving back.

Wortham's preschool teacher, Debby Horan

"Your vivaciousness for life and wanting to help others now stands out in my memory of you," said, Horan.

Bicyclists Lauren Swisher and her father Jim, pedaled 18 miles to hang a bike wheel in honor of a life lost and a lesson they hope can be learned.

I want people to remember to be careful and to remember cyclists are people," said, Lauren Swisher.

Wortham was training for a marathon and had big plans for the future that included joining the Marines.

"It's definitely hard for us on earth who will miss her, but it's very reassuring to us to know we will see her again," said Boyce.

"We all love you and you will forever live in our heart and our memories," said Horan.

Wortham will be remembered at a memorial service Friday at 6 p.m. at Commonwealth Chapel's south side location.

Investigators are working with the Commonwealth's Attorney to determine whether charges will be brought against the driver.  Speed and alcohol were not factors in the crash.​

RICHMOND, Va. -- Bright yellow buses will be hit the roads of the Commonwealth early Tuesday morning and Chesterfield County drivers are being warned to watch out, be careful and be safe.

There are 12,000 bus stops in Chesterfield County, 75 percent of the county's students, or 45,000 ride the bus to and from school.

The problem is some drivers are impatient,  don't pay attention, or fail to slow down around school buses. That's why school leaders are pushing to get the word out that safety is the number one priority.

Some residents already know the issue well. "I drive down Centralia Road on my way to work everyday," said Rebecca Crump. "I see cars that do fly by the bus with the stop sign out and they don't stop."

That's a problem Janet Morgan knows first hand, "our son was getting off the bus and a car came right on through, the red lights were on and the flag was out, they still just ran through."

In Henrico County, School leaders are letting parents and students know the two year process of reviewing and revising the "Code of Conduct" is over and new rules apply starting Tuesday.

One focus is on support being made available for students in any grade to help prevent problems. In the area of discipline, punishment for some violations, like fighting, in years past saw a mandatory 10 day suspension.

That has changed to a range of six to 10 days now.

That allows more discretion by school administrators who can now take age and past history into consideration for the punishment.

Another change is cellphones are now allowed to be used during non classroom time, in the past there was an all out ban.

Richmond City Schools on Tuesday are taking a zero tolerance policy when it comes to students health and immunizations.

All students new to Richmond Public Schools have to have a record of which shots they've gotten. If they are pre-k to 5th grade, they will also need proof of a comprehensive physical within the last 12 months.

Once they hit 6th grade, they are required to have booster shots for diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus.

Billy Cashwell has two grandchildren in Richmond Schools and thinks zero tolerance for immunizations is the only way to go.

"I believe that you should have your child immunized, there's a lot of things going on out there that you know your child can catch, if they're not immunized, it could be really bad on them," said Cashwell.

The school system is also introducing Care-Dox, an online program allowing parents to post and store critical medical information like allergies and prescription medications their student may have.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A truck struck a man pushing his bicycle across Staples Mill Road in Henrico. The man was rushed to VCU Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

The incident, happened at about 9 p.m. near Hilliard Road, closed travel lanes for a period of time.

Police have not discussed possible charges in this incident as the investigation remained on-going.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A man found shot near the intersection of Delmont Street and Laburnum Avenue has died, according to Henrico Police. The man, in his 20's, was found before 10 p.m. Monday.

Investigators planned to release the man's name once his family had been notified of his death.

Police have not yet released details about a suspect in the shooting. Anyone with information was asked to call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Police identified the teenager shot and killed Monday night on Delmont Street in Henrico as Joseph B. Hicks, Jr., 19, of Trafton Street. Hicks was taken to VCU Medical Center where he died from a gunshot wound, police said.

Police found Hicks Monday at about 9:30 p.m. when officers responded to Delmont Street, near Crawford Street.

“The motive is unknown, and detectives are continuing their investigation,” Henrico Police spokesman Lt. Chris Eley said.

Anyone with information was asked to call Henrico Police at 804-501-5000 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.