At 5-foot-5, Ari Dimas was an unlikely soccer star when he arrived at the University of Virginia in 2008. Four years later, the Chesapeake native has made a name for himself on and off the field, carving out a niche as the nice guy on campus.

NORFOLK A Maryland man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with the purchase of real estate on the Eastern Shore. Christopher G. DeBlauw, 44, of Millersville, Md. faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced in August, a news release from the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia said.

CHESAPEAKE The embroidery on some of the jerseys wasn't crisp, the private investigator testified. And some of them were missing serial numbers. And there were the prices: 50 to 75 percent off.

By Sarah Bruyn Jones ROANOKE A medical transport helicopter had a close call with three military jets Thursday night in Rockbridge County, just north of Lexington. A pilot and three crew members were on board the Carilion Clinic craft. They were returning after dropping off a patient at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, according to Carilion spokesman Eric Earnhart.

HAMPTON A man wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred in March was extradited from Georgia and charged. Darren Maurice Johnson, 45, of Hampton was charged with murder, abduction and carjacking, a Hampton police news release said.

NEWPORT NEWS A man was stabbed at the Warwick Restaurant after a verbal altercation escalated.

VIRGINIA BEACH Cassie Thurston lounged on Chic's Beach, sipping an energy drink Friday afternoon and keeping a close watch on her 4-year-old daughter, Cassidy, playing nearby, not far from a scattering of orange and white cigarette butts abandoned in the sand. "She's always picking them up," Thurston said of the butts. "She's a little girl. She doesn't know."

At 8 a.m., the Virginia Department of Transportation was reporting the following traffic issues: Berkley Bridge The westbound lanes will be closed from 5:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday for maintenance work. Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Two left westbound lanes are blocked by a disabled vehicle on the Hampton River bridge. Traffic was backed up past Bay Avenue in Norfolk.

MIDLOTHIAN Virginia State Police and the families of fallen troopers will gather in suburban Richmond to remember those who died in the line of duty. The memorial scheduled today will pay special recognition to Trooper Adam M. Bowen. He died in June 2011 while responding to a call to assist with a criminal investigation in King George County.

By Michael Biesecker  DURHAM, N.C.  Jurors were set to begin deliberating the fate of John Edwards on Friday, weighing nearly four weeks of testimony and evidence from the former presidential candidate's corruption trial.