Camblos said he didn’t prosecute the woman who killed the Deane family in a car wreck because it was an accident, so how come he’s charging a truck driver with involuntary manslaughter for doing precisely the same thing? #
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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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The first had ties to UVA. The other was just a working guy. Different rules and standards for the privileged.
I’m no fan of J. Camblos, but if I recall correctly the factor for not charging the UVA student was b/c of a “mutant bee” that was in the floor board of the car. The truck driver was going too fast according to the news accounts I have read. I don’t recall if the student was speeding.
I expect the driver of the truck could have found a mutant pissant in his cab if he had been aware of the legal precedent set by the discovery of the “mutant bee”. I keep a carcass of a mutant wasp in my car against the possibility of need.
A picture of the “mutant bee” appeared in last week’s Hook. It was about the size of a firefly.