Creighton archive
October 7, 2009
Man shot in leg in Creighton
The RTD has info on a non-fatal shooting last night in the 3300 block of Bunche Place in Creighton Court:
The victim, 29, told police that he and a friend were walking in the neighborhood when they saw two other men come out of an apartment and walk toward them. At that point, the victim, said, one shot was heard.
August 23, 2009
Public housing in Richmond
RRHA’s public housing communities provide housing for more than 10,000 people in 11 family public housing developments and eight elderly housing buildings throughout the city.
March 14, 2009
Richmond gets millions for public housing renovation
The RRHA will use $10.8 million in stimulus funds to renovate public housing in Gilpin, Creighton, Whitcomb, Mosby, and Fulton. The scheduled work includes installation of more efficient windows and kitchen and bathroom renovations, and should begin in the next 120 days. [via]
January 24, 2009
Stevenson gets 15 years in killing of 1-year-old
Garnell Stevenson was sentenced to 30 years in prison with 15 suspended for the killing of 1-year-old Javon Deleo last summer in Creighton.
September 30, 2008
There is Hope and the Shirley Coleman Creighton Court Scholarship Fund
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School teacher and author Loretta Watson appeared yesterday on Virginia This Morning speaking about her book of poetry There is Hope and the Shirley Coleman Creighton Court Scholarship Fund.
July 30, 2008
football coaches wanted
Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is looking for volunteers to coach the 2008 Football Season at Creighton Court Community Center. Coaching positions are open for Peewees, Midgets and Juniors football teams. The fall football season will run Aug.4-Nov.30. Contact Deborah Day at (804)646-4511 for more info.
July 24, 2008
Henrico man picked up for suspicious infant death
Richmond Police have arrested Henrico County resident Garnell Stevenson, 24, in the death of a one-year-old child at around 1PM today in the 2200 block of Creighton Road. Officially, the cause of death has not been identified, but police are investigating the death as “suspicious”. It has been alleged that he killed the infant “for taken a shit on his self”. [via]
June 15, 2008
Loretta Watson’s There Is Hope
Following up on her 2007 novel My Mamma, My Teacha, Loretta Watson has reprinted There Is Hope, her 1996 book of poetry. For every copy sold, one dollar goes toward the Shirley Coleman – Loretta Watson Creighton Court Scholarship Fund and will help a child from Creighton Court pay for a portion of his/her college expenses.
December 31, 2007
2007 East End homicides
According to the RPD’s Crime Incident Information site, there were 16 homicides in the 1st Precinct in 2007. This is down from 30 homicides in 2006 and 32 homicides in 2005.
August 26, 2007
drive-by in Creighton
Around 3:30PM yesterday, two men that were not residents of the Creighton complex were shot to death in a drive-by shooting in the 2000 block of Creighton Road. [via]
April 24, 2007
Vacant Richmond and vacant next door
The folks at Pharrout and neighborhood resident Daniel (aka Farrell IT), building on an idea by Jon at River City Rapids, have put together Vacant Richmond, a new way to find out about and comment on the vacant housing around the neighborhood and the city.
December 6, 2006
Average annual incomes in housing authority projects
“Average annual incomes in housing authority projects such as Gilpin, Whitcomb and Creighton courts are between $8,000 and $10,000, according to the latest RRHA statistics. In the comparably affluent Mosby Court, average incomes are above $11,000.” [via]
July 28, 2006
Toddler dies in apartment fire
A 21-month-old toddler, Kamau Oliver II, died yesterday morning in an apartment fire (apparently started by his 4 and 6 year-old brothers playing with a cigarette lighter) in the 2000 block of Creighton Road. [via]
April 26, 2006
local arrest in Spotsylvania County abduction
Jerrod L. Shepperson was arrested yesterday in the 3100 block of Nine Mile Road in the Creighton Court public housing complex, charged with robbery, abduction and possession of heroin. [via]
April 6, 2006
official Sector 113 and neighborhood YTD crime stats
Following last week’s Sector 111 stats, here are year-to-date crime stats Sector 113 and the individual neighborhoods — and they are looking good…
November 18, 2005
City Edition on public housing
The November 14 edition of the print-only City Edition has a long article by Paul Spicer on the current discussion on the future of public housing in Richmond.
October 24, 2005
Flowers planted and partnership announced at Creighton
Mums, pansies, juniper and rose bushes were planted at Creighton Court on Saturday. The flowers represent a new partnership between Creighton Court residents, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital.
October 12, 2005
wrapping’em up
Calvin Morgan yesterday pled guilty to the murder of Billy Graham back in May. Also yesterday, Brian O. Smith, a resident of the 2200 block of Fairmount Avenue and one of two defendants in the Jan. 23 shooting death of a man in Creighton Court, was convicted of second-degree murder.
July 2, 2005
popular transvestite is Richmond’s 52nd homicide of the year
April Marie Walker, a 45-year-old transvestite who lived in the 2000 block North 29th Street, was found shot this morning in the doorway of his apartment in the Creighton Court public housing.
