Times-Dispatch

UPDATE: Officer describes beaten, bruised lacrosse player

2 hours 20 min ago

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

Categories: Richmond Crime

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

4 hours 48 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

5 hours 57 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

6 hours 5 min ago

Newport News Police arrested Maurice DeShazo, and 14 other men

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Officer describes beaten, bruised lacrosse player

6 hours 13 min ago

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

Categories: Richmond Crime

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

17 hours 29 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

17 hours 29 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

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

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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UPDATE: Opening arguments expected today in Huguely case

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

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

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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Boy, 7, won't face charges in fatal Petersburg fire

February 8, 2012 - 12:00am

Petersburg's top prosecutor said Tuesday that she does not plan to prosecute a young boy believed to have started the fire that killed his 2-year-old sister.

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More details, alleged shooter of Hanover teenager emerge in documents

February 8, 2012 - 12:00am

New documents focusing on the killing of a Hanover teen last month identify the alleged shooter and indicate the victim had set up a drug sale hours before.

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Mother convicted of killing infant by accidentally smothering with pillows

February 8, 2012 - 12:00am
A Chesterfield County mother was convicted Monday of inadvertently killing her infant daughter last year by placing numerous pillows and a blanket over the baby's head to muffle her incessant crying.
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Huguely jury pool set as attorneys brace for longer-than-expected trial

February 7, 2012 - 9:29pm

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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Potential jurors give interesting answers to questions about domestic violence

February 7, 2012 - 8:49pm

“In a case where it’s undisputed that a man hurt a woman, would you have any difficulty remaining objective about whether that harm caused the woman’s death?”

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Mother convicted in baby's death in Chesterfield

February 7, 2012 - 11:40am

Police said numerous pillows and a blanket had been placed over the baby’s head to muffle the 5-month-old's crying.

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Police release photos of Richmond graffiti vandals

February 7, 2012 - 9:58am

Police today released photographs they hope will help them find the people responsible for several recent graffiti incidents in Richmond.

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Richmond store robbery investigated for links to other crimes

February 7, 2012 - 6:40am

Police are investigating the armed robbery of a South Richmond women's clothing store to see if it may be linked to other robberies in the city and neighboring Chesterfield County.

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