Officer Robert Jacobs Charged with DUI

NORFOLK

A Norfolk police officer who was relieved of duty after being charged with obstruction of justice was charged with driving under the influence in Hampton just days later.

Robert Antwan Jacobs, 28, was one of three officers who was arrested this month. Three days later, at 2:10 a.m. Dec. 6, he was pulled over by a state trooper on Interstate 64 at the Hampton Creek Bridge, said state police spokeswoman Sgt. Michelle Cotten.

Jacobs had been "weaving out of his traffic lane" and showing signs of impairment, she said.

There was a "strong odor of alcohol," and he failed a DUI test, Cotten said.

On Dec. 3, Norfolk Police Chief Bruce Marquis announced that Jacobs had been charged with misdemeanor obstruction of justice and relieved of duty. He was assigned to the Second Patrol Division and had been with the department for three years.

In addition, Gregory W. Dudley, 24, of Rugby Street in Virginia Beach, was charged with felony procuring another to give false testimony and misdemeanor making a false report to police. Dudley resigned from the police department on Oct. 31. He was assigned to the First Patrol Division and had been with the department for two years.

And Andrew T. Wenzel, 29, of Captain Carter Drive in Chesapeake, was charged with two counts of felony perjury and one count of misdemeanor making a false report to police. Wenzel, who was also relieved of duty, had been assigned to the Second Patrol Division and had been with the Norfolk Police Department for three years.

The cases are said to be unrelated and occurred while the three were on street duty.