Albemarle County police officer and firearms instructor David Wallace was unloading his service pistol yesterday morning when the gun discharged, firing a 40-caliber round into his right leg. The experienced shooter and member of the county tactical team was given first aid until a rescue squad took him to the UVa Medical Center, where he was reported to be in good condition. Reed Williams has the story in today’s Progress.
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Today is Bike to Work Day, WINA reports. Charlottesville Transit Services is providing free rides to anybody with a bike to put on the buses’ bike racks. It’s CTS’ hope that they can promote the bike/ride approach to commuting in order to cut down on automobile usage. Did you bike or walk to work? Have you? Would you?
Twenty-five-year-old Samantha Morris has been arrested for child neglect after a social worker discovered that her five-year-old and two-year-old sons had been left alone to wander through a trailer park, covered in filth. The social worker had gone to the trailer park to check on the five-year-old because he’d been missing school. Morris has been released on bond, and the children have been returned to her custody. Reed Williams has the story in today’s Progress.
At 11pm on Saturday night, a 1,200 pound black angus bull escaped the Charlottesville Livestock Market, and managed to escape pursuers, disappearing into Belmont around 5am. Around 1pm on Sunday, the bull turned up 5 miles north of the stockyard. Four officers attempted to contain the bull, but it became enraged, and charged them. Said Sgt. Michael Farruggio, “I’ve never seen the officers move that fast.” In mid-afternoon, a Belmont resident managed to produce a tranquilizer gun, and the animal was shot and hauled into a trailer. “It was fun,” Farruggio concluded. “It’s been at least 10 years since I’ve chased a bull.” Reed Williams had the story in Tuesday’s Progress.
In the spring of 2002, there was an annoying string of bomb threats at UVa, a dozen in total. Particularly given the sense of security that resulted from September 11th, each was taken seriously, with major buildings and surrounding buildings having to be cleared out until they could all be throughly examined. When it didn’t happen at all in the ’02-’03 school year, the hope was that it was probably a student making the calls that had since graduated. But then, last Tuesday, came a call, and Ruffner Hall had to be cleared out. Nearly a week later, nobody has been caught. With a bomb threat protocol in place and a telephone system that makes tracing calls easier, one might think that it would be easy to nab the offender, but apparently not. Kate Andrews has the story in today’s Progress.
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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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