Grand jury indicts Ryan Frederick on capital murder charge

This case should never have come to trial, however I'm sure there is some type of cover up going on there in Chesapeake. The DA has to help to protect the blue law/blue shield in Chesapeake. Then again most cops do think they are above the law.

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CHESAPEAKE

Ryan Frederick was indicted on a charge of capital murder today in the death of a Chesapeake detective during a drug raid earlier this year.

He also was indicted on charges of use of a firearm and manufacturing marijuana.

Frederick, 28, is accused of killing Detective Jarrod Shivers, 34, on Jan. 17 while police were executing a drug search warrant at Frederick’s home in the 900 block of Redstart Ave. in Portlock. Police said two shots were fired from inside Frederick’s home through the front door as officers used a battering ram on the front door.

One shot hit Shivers as he stood on the front steps of the home.

Shivers’ job during the raid was to protect the “breacher” by covering any doors or windows, police have testified.

Police said they had two separate entry teams when they went to Frederick’s home at 8:30 p.m. One team was to enter the home while the other was to simultaneously enter a detached garage.

A confidential informant told police Frederick was growing marijuana in his garage. Police, however, found only enough marijuana to initially charge Frederick with simple possession.

Frederick, in a jail interview, said he fired at what he feared were intruders.

James Broccoletti, Frederick’s attorney, argued during a preliminary hearing that the prosecution could not show that his client’s actions were deliberate and premeditated, as is required to prove first-degree murder. At most, he argued, the case is one of involuntary manslaughter.

On Tuesday he said the capital indictment came because the grand jurors heard only from the prosecution. He said it could be January 2009 until a trial date is set for the case.