Police are searching for a suspect in a carjacking and a robbery that took place this afternoon. Around 1:30, a black male at MailBoxes Etc. on 29 North threatened a women with a knife before making off with her car. He’s described as 6′ tall, 200-250lbs and having a light moustache and beard. The car is a pewter-colored 2000 Cherolet Blazer with the plate “RIPPLFX.” 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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Scary stuff — being in broad daylight and at a busy place with lots of potential witnesses and with only a difficult, traffic-clogged getaway route. Strikes me as being an impulse crime (drug-crazed?), or one having been committed by someone in a hurry to flee the scene from another crime.
It would be hard to blame the victim is she didn’t now go out and get a CCW permit to protect herself (screw the “property”), given that the perp wanted to bring her along to a second crime scene where god knows what would have been done to her. She was smart to refuse this.