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Suspect drops child, flees with pants on fire
Daily Press ^ | May 6, 2009 | Mike Holtzclaw

Posted on 05/06/2009 4:40:03 AM PDT by fredhead

HAMPTON - A Hampton man could face charges this morning after an apparent hostage situation involving a 2-year-old girl led to a house fire that spread to the suspect's pants.

Jeremiah Valil, 38, fled a structure fire on Peachtree Lane around 2:45 a.m., ending an apparent domestic situation in which he was holding a 2-year-old girl hostage at knifepoint.

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Valil fled the house when his pants caught fire. She said he ran down Cedar and King streets before officers apprehended him. Loughran said Valil dropped the 2-year-old during the pursuit, but the 2-year-old was not injured.

Valil was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with third-degree burns.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: childendangerment; virginia
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To: a fool in paradise

Thanks. The HTML looks OK, must be blocked at the other end.


21 posted on 05/06/2009 8:43:45 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 107 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: fredhead
Men should never wear hotpants.
22 posted on 05/06/2009 8:48:47 AM PDT by BJClinton (One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro; null and void; JoeProBono; fredhead
Oh, the pain!


23 posted on 05/06/2009 10:23:01 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Communism + Hezbollah + Al Qaeda + Obama + StoneAge = CHAOS)
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To: Lady Jag; fredhead

24 posted on 05/06/2009 10:37:00 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono; fredhead
Beware of bears in the wood!


25 posted on 05/06/2009 10:44:07 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Communism + Hezbollah + Al Qaeda + Obama + StoneAge = CHAOS)
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To: Lady Jag

Baked ham for supper?


26 posted on 05/06/2009 10:58:22 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Israel is built on rock. Arabia is built on sand.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Not if it's Ritchie Cunningham.


27 posted on 05/06/2009 11:58:09 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Communism + Hezbollah + Al Qaeda + Obama + StoneAge = CHAOS)
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To: null and void

That should be spelled, “P-I-E-C-E.”


28 posted on 05/06/2009 5:23:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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To: Lady Jag

Lighting farts, was he? He musta laid a good one!


29 posted on 05/06/2009 5:25:25 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
He's a pro. Retired Navy.


30 posted on 05/06/2009 5:46:06 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Communism + Hezbollah + Al Qaeda + Obama + StoneAge = CHAOS)
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