what the …?
A whole bunch of police cars and what seemed to be a chase plane just went through somewhere nearby. Can anyone shed some light on what happened?
Archive for April 2005
directory now includes schools
The directory now includes schools. As always, please contact us to suggest listings that might be missing.
Custodian charged with molestation
A custodian for George Mason Elementary School has been arrested in the alleged sexual molestation of a teenager, police said. Both school and law-enforcement officials said there is no evidence that any illegal activities involved children at the school.
officially spring
It is officially spring — the ice-cream man has been making his rounds, playing his special song (mp3).
beware stolen tools and supplies
The Richmond Police report an increased number of thefts from construction and rehabilitation sites across the area. This can take the form of theft from the location or breaking into houses undergoing construction or renovation. The thieves then sell the tools or supplies.
encouraging city police to live here
Chris Hilbert, Third District Councilman, has put together a plan to offer incentives to get police officers to move into the city, with the goal to cut crime and boost some of Richmond’s struggling neighborhoods. The plan would target neighborhoods with nagging crime problems and low to middle-income residents.
more on McQuinn’s house
Yesterday, the RTD ran a longish article ‘McQuinn cited over her house’ and today has a short follow-up ‘McQuinn due in court today’.
more info about the School Board move
As reported in the RTD, the planned move to the old Armstrong by the city School Board has ruffled a few feathers. This mostly has to do with the finances of the move.
renovation or public nuisance?
Councilwoman Delores McQuinn’s house has been deemed a public nuisance by Richmond property inspectors. McQuinn says, “This is a piece of property that’s being renovated, not a blighted property.”
Shooting on 32nd Street
nbc12.com is reporting an overnight shooting on the 600 block of North 32nd Street. Very few details are provided.
Armstrong Principal Carl Vaughan
The Richmond Voice has an interview with Armstrong High School Principal Carl Vaughan
Police search for driver of several hit and run accidents
Richmond police are asking for help this evening in tracking down the driver behind a series of hit and run accidents. Neighbors of North 37th and North 38th streets say they saw a woman driving recklessly around 9pm Sunday night. The unidentified woman allegedly smashed into a number of parked vehicles as well as one [...]
Man playing with a gun shoots self
A 25-year-old man allegedly playing with a gun shot himself in the head last night 3400 block of East Marshall Street at about 10:30 p.m., police said. The victim was transported to VCU Medical Center, where details on his condition were not immediately available. [ from the RTD ]
Church Hill Oral History Collection
This isn’t new, but is worth mentioning. The Church Hill Oral History Collection consists of transcripts of 35 oral history interviews conducted in 1982 as part of a project to document the history of Richmond’s historic Church Hill neighborhood.
