ABC’s 13 News Now reported that on Oct. 15, an armed robbery in Virginia Beach was committed by 21-year-old Timothy Lane of New Jersey. The previous day, Lane had committed a shooting in the neighboring county of Chesapeake. Police reported that the gun still in the suspects’ possession helped to connect the suspect to the two related crimes. The charges brought against the suspect included daytime armed burglary, armed robbery, two counts of firearm in commission of a felony, wearing a mask and felony destruction of property, police said. Police stated that the charges brought on to Lane came from a previous home invasion that same day, in the 700 block of Brook Meadow Court.
During Lane’s initial arrest after the armed robbery, police stated that the gun that he was found with was sent to NIBIN (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms’ National Integrated Ballistic Information Network). As for the Chesapeake shooting, Lane was charged with shooting at an occupied dwelling, vandalism over $1,000, conspiracy to commit vandalism, possession of an auto sear, possession of a stolen firearm, carrying a loaded firearm with extended magazines, reckless handling of a firearm and willful discharge of a firearm in a public space.
“Technology is a force multiplier for our department, as it is for other departments in our region and across the country,” Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Heudigate said. “We’re thankful to have our own NIBIN equipment that allows us to share this information with our regional law enforcement partners to keep Hampton Roads safe.”
