Dive-rescue team responds to man in two feet of water in a creek. #
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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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Key fact, which the Regress buried at the end:
1. The dive-rescue team is as good a choice as any for this job.
2. Just shows the DP knows how to deliver a punch line.
The victim should pay the bill for having the dive-rescue team respond. He should have also been charged with drunk and disorderly.
Yes, perhaps mandatory sentences for Otis the town drunk, how about fifteen years? Life without parole? Would that keep your perceptions in perfect order for you? Get real, get a sense of humor, we have a lot more important issues than the dive rescue people having to get off their duffs and practice in a creek with a live dummy for an afternoon.
colfer: There is no humor to be found for a drunk running around town and falling in the creek. He needs to be held accountable for his actions. There is no free pass, just because he was drunk. He was tying up emergency services. Including police officers and paramedics. If they were needed elsewhere, they could have been delayed in saving someone’s life. So, don’t pretend that he did nothing wrong.