Police Division

June 17, 2022 Press Release

On June 16, 2022 at 12:22 a.m., Norfolk Police were called to the 100 block of East Omaha Avenue for a suspicious person.  It was reported that there was a male subject in the alley with a mask over his face and that this male had been looking in a businesses’ window.  As the officers arrived, they saw the male standing next to the business.  The male started to walk away from where the officer was coming from and then began to run.  Officers followed him and continually yelled for him to stop. He damaged several yard fences as he fled from the officers.  A Madison County Deputy arrived on scene to help and located the subject.  He was detained and identified as a 17 year old.  During this contact, officers could smell alcohol coming from him and in a search of him, officers recovered a tobacco vaping device.  He was questioned about his intentions about robbing, or stealing from, the business and about where he had been drinking or obtained the alcohol.  It was further learned that the juvenile was just recently released from custody on a court bond a few days earlier. He was arrested for obstructing a police officer, minor in consumption of alcohol, criminal mischief, and being under 21 and in possession of a tobacco/electronic vaping device.  After being medically cleared at the hospital, he was transported to the Madison Juvenile Detention Center.