Albemarle County Police Chief John Miller supports the idea of a citizen review board, an idea put recently forth by disgrunted local Daley Craig. Miller will submit a formal proposal to the county, supporting the creation of a board that will be able to review police actions, but not have access to internal investigations. Kent Willis (director of the Virginia ACLU) told the Progress that “no citizen review board will be able to effective do its job without access to internal investigations.” When asked by the Progress if any Albemarle officers should be off the streets, Miller replied that he’d “better leave that one alone.”
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An 86-year-old man in Waynesboro wired $100,000 to a Canadian bank account after being told that he had to provide it in order to claim a $1,000,000 prize. The Better Business Bureau has issued an alert about US/Canadian sweepstakes scams, as this is apparently an ongoing problem. The story is from WINA.
This year’s US News and World Report college ranking puts UVa as the 21st best college in the country. It’s also ranked as the #2 public college, losing last year’s #1 position to Berkeley.
The Progress has a great article today about runaway livestock up 29, near Fashion Square. An anonymous user tells us it’s “about two escaped cows and the fate they met. To quote one of the interviewees from the story, ‘Cows ain’t dumb. Cows are smart.'” Take two irritated cows, several hours, heavy traffic, a tranquilizer gun, some police, and what do you get? Apparently, about 1,050 pounds of beef.
There’s a new community news and discussion site in town: CrozetVirginia.com. Operated by Crozet website developer Jim Starkweather, the two-week-old site is just getting started, and in need of a few good users. If you live in Crozet, or are just interested in the goings-on of our neighbor, be sure to spend some time on the site. You’ll also notice that we’ve added CrozetVirginia.com’s headlines to the left hand side of the page so that y’all can tell at a glance what new stories they’ve got up. Welcome, neighbor!
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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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