Daley Craig, the Albemarle County resident that initially proposed the creation of a police review board, has simply gone ahead and created it. One would imagine that such a group needs to be formed by the County with extensive citizen input. Craig is apparently not put off by this, as he’s gathered a dozen people together for the group. He intends to go a step beyond what Chief John Miller and Supervisor David Bowerman have planned, by making use of a special grand jury to permit the board to launch full-blown investigations into police. It is unclear where Craig and his board will go from here to make things official. The story is in today’s Progress.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
Monthly Archive for October, 2001
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Judge Downer has dismissed charges against four people ticketed for “excessive honking” in their support of living wage protesters on West Main Street in July. The judge based his ruling on police officer’s selective enforcement of the law. The defendants, all women, were responding to protesters’ “honk for a living wage sign.” The full story is in today’s Progress.
A suspect in last month’s robbery of the First Union Bank has been arrested. 42-year-old Richard Hawes, of New Castle, has been charged with robbing the bank as well as knocking over the same bank in Blacksburg twice in a single week. He was arrested Tuesday night at a Roanoke Hotel with cash and crack cocaine, and is described by police as “the primary suspect.” Reed Williams has the story in today’s Progress.
The Charlottesville School Board has endorsed the use of Internet censorware to prevent students from viewing websites considered “harmful to minors.” They’ve done so in order to comply with a law that passed in Virginia in March that requires filters to be placed on computers in schools. WINA has the story about “inter-net filters.”
This was one of those stories that made me want to start cvillenews.com in the first place. In January, Russell Payne was arrested for biting his bail bondsman in an attempt to avoid capture. Payne, who has Hepatitis C, will spend eighteen months in prison for the biting of Bill Shannon. Judge Peatross ordered man to seek treatment for his substance abuse problem. The story is from WINA.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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