Albemarle Creates Police Review Board

The Albemarle County Supervisors have established a citizens’ advisory panel to oversee the county police. The three-member panel will be appointed early next year, and will have input on police policies. They will be able to review police car videotapes, but they will not have access to confidential or internal investigation data. This all started in August, when county resident Daley Craig got upset with the police, and demanded the creation of a citizen review board. A few weeks later, County Police Chief John Miller endorsed the idea, and submitted a proposal to the county that it be created. Late in September, County Supervisor David Bowerman endorsed the idea, and it just passed yesterday. The County is actively seeking applicants, so interested parties would do well to contact them soon. WINA has the story.

Craig Winn on WINA

Craig Winn, the man whom we can thank for Value America, will be appearing on WINA tomorrow morning during their 9-10am show. He (apparently) written a book about Value America, a tome that is certain to be of interest to many of us.

Escaped Convict Remains at Large

Still no sign of 24-year-old Oscar Junior McCauley IV (that’s not a mistake: it’s really his name), who escaped from Nelson Sheriff’s deputies on Friday morning. Despite the SWAT team, helicopter, and tremendous manpower combing the Monticello Ave. / Route 20 area of town, he somehow got away. His gun and some ammunition have been found on Monticello Road, WINA reports, but there has been no other sign of him.

Convict on the Loose

cvillenews.com reader Diane tells us something interesting: “I just got a taped call from the cville police saying an armed prisoner is

loose in ‘my’ area. It seemed to be real but I’m not finding any breaking news on any websites.”
If anybody knows anything more, please post about it. 1:24pm Update: WINA reports that he escaped from Nelson sheriff’s deputies this morning, is 5’10”, with dark blonde hair, blue eyes, tatoos on his neck and arms, and is known to be dangerous, having taken hostages before.

Judge Sides With Greene Sheriff

Greene County Sheriff Willie Morris, who declared in October that he’s no longer willing to write tickets to motorists lacking a county sticker, has won his day in court. The Greene County Board of Supervisors took him to court to try and force him to write the tickets, but a judge has ruled that Sheriff Morris is right: he does not have an obligation to serve as a tax collector for the county. WINA has a brief story.

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