Richmond Crime

UPDATE: Officer describes beaten, bruised lacrosse player

Times-Dispatch - 2 hours 27 min ago

During prosecution questioning, officer said Yeardley Love was not breathing when he found her and he attempted to revive her.

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21-year-old gets 8 years-plus for Shockoe Bottom slaying

Times-Dispatch - 4 hours 55 min ago

Crime had prompted renewed debate among business owners and city officials about how best to keep the nightclub district safe.

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UPDATE: Henrico calls death of 2-month-old boy suspicious

Times-Dispatch - 6 hours 4 min ago

Police are investigating the death of a 2-month-old boy who was found at home in Highland Springs early today.

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Former Virginia Tech QB DeShazo arrested in prostitution sting

Times-Dispatch - 6 hours 12 min ago

Newport News Police arrested Maurice DeShazo, and 14 other men

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Officer describes beaten, bruised lacrosse player

Times-Dispatch - 6 hours 20 min ago

During prosecution questioning, officer said Yeardley Love was not breathing when he found her and he attempted to revive her.

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Assault on St. James

Carver and Jackson Ward News - 7 hours 58 min ago
A man was assaulted and robbed near the Black History Museum and there were two thefts on Marshall Street, one from an unlocked car, in today’s Daily Crime Report. ROBBERY 2/8/12 7:10 p.m. 500 block of St. James Street A male reported he was assaulted and robbed by two unknown males THEFT FROM BUILDING 2/7/12 [...]
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Rash of car break-ins including a stolen gun

Hills & Heights - 8 hours 33 min ago
There were 14 thefts from cars yesterday. A large number of the items stolen were left in plain view. Below are the ones I spotted in our area in the daily police report: What happens if you leave valuables in plain view in your car? If you said the car is broken into you win [...]
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Feb. 8 – Feb. 9, 2012

Richmond Police - 10 hours 17 min ago
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Suspicious vehicle fire behind the former Julian’s

Fan of the Fan - 10 hours 22 min ago

@kenmartinsafety: Suspicious vehicle fire behind the former Julian’s. 2 nights ago. Next day the vehicle was further vandalized.

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Richmond judge certifies felony neglect charge against father whose son, 3, was shot

Times-Dispatch - 17 hours 36 min ago

A child-neglect case against a Richmond man whose 3-year-old son was shot in the defendant's home will move forward to a grand jury.

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Prosecutors in Huguely murder trial present violent portrait

Times-Dispatch - 17 hours 36 min ago

A former University of Virginia lacrosse player and the ex-girlfriend he is accused of killing traded allegations of infidelity and angry emails in the months before her death, with one of his messages saying "I should have killed you," prosecutors said Wednesday.

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UPDATE: Man sought in 2 South Richmond holdups

Times-Dispatch - February 8, 2012 - 4:05pm

Richmond police are looking for a man suspected in the robbery of a McDonald's and a 7-Eleven in South Side Tuesday night and early today.

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Man pleads guilty to role in untaxed cigarette ring

Times-Dispatch - February 8, 2012 - 3:06pm

A member of a ring that allegedly traded millions of dollars in cash, cocaine, heroin, automobiles and other goods for untaxed cigarettes pleaded guilty in federal court in Richmond today.

 

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Grafitti Suspect Photos Released

Carver and Jackson Ward News - February 8, 2012 - 11:15am
Richmond Police and Capitol Police investigators need the public’s help to find and identify the people in the attached photos who were involved in several graffiti incidents recently. During the late night hours on Friday, Jan. 27, and morning on Saturday, Jan. 28, two males were seen spray painting the words “Five” and “Five-O” on [...]
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Zero Incidents – Two Days Running

Carver and Jackson Ward News - February 8, 2012 - 9:36am
There have been no Greater Jackson Ward incidents listed in the Daily Crime Report for two days in a row.  For all these reports the following disclaimer, included on every report, should be kept in mind. DISCLAIMER: The following incidents are preliminary in nature and are subject to change after investigation.  Please note that the entries [...]
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More video of the “five-o” tagger

Fan of the Fan - February 8, 2012 - 7:50am


More video (released yesterday by the Richmond Police Department) of the tagger believed to be responsible for the recent rash of “five-o” graffiti around the Fan and downtown.

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Feb. 7 – Feb. 8, 2012

Richmond Police - February 8, 2012 - 7:30am
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UPDATE: Opening arguments expected today in Huguely case

Times-Dispatch - February 8, 2012 - 7:02am

In light of the trial’s already slow pace, lawyers discussed the possibility of having to extend the trial an additional day.

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UPDATED DAY 3: Strategic opening statements, emotional first witnesses

Times-Dispatch - February 8, 2012 - 7:00am

This afternoon a series of prosecution witnesses testified in the George Huguely murder trial in Charlottesville Circuit Court.

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Robber turned away at 1 Richmond business strikes at another

Times-Dispatch - February 8, 2012 - 6:54am

Police were searching today for a man they said failed to rob one South Richmond business before succeeding at another.

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