A Virginia judge has signed off on a prosecutor's request to withdraw charges against five more people in connection with the 2023 death of Irvo Otieno, a young man who was pinned to the floor for ...

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. -- Three people facing second-degree murder charges in the death of Irvo Otieno have had their charges downgraded. Wavie Jones, Kaiyell Sanders and Brandon Rodgers are now ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A pre-trial hearing was held Wednesday in the case of Irvo Otieno, who died at Central State Hospital on March 6, 2023, amid a mental health crisis. The hearing focused on the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Second-degree murder charges against two sheriff’s deputies and a hospital worker have been reduced to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Virginia man who was pinned to ...

The mother of a Virginia man who died after being pinned to the floor by sheriff’s deputies and medical staff members for more than 10 minutes as he was being admitted to a psychiatric hospital last ...

No trials are likely for the remaining two defendants involved in Irvo Otieno’s death — news that Otieno’s mother, Caroline Ouko, said was relayed to her on Friday afternoon. Ouko said Dinwiddie ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The death of Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old man whose death in March 2023 while in custody at a state mental hospital, led to legislation passing at the General Assembly that could make a ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Ahead of pretrial hearings for five defendants charged with second-degree murder in the death of Irvo Otieno, Black Lives Matter RVA announced plans to protest outside the Dinwiddie ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- This week marked one year since the death of Irvo Otieno. The 28-year-old Henrico man died while in custody at a state mental hospital on March 6, 2023. Otieno's family and community ...

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) – Jurors were picked, opening statements were made and Dinwiddie prosecutors started to lay out their argument on the first day of the first criminal trial in the death of ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — One year ago today, 28-year-old Irvo Otieno was killed while in the custody of Henrico sheriff’s deputies and hospital staff in Dinwiddie County. Deputies took Otieno to ...