Convict Escapes Prison

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 22, 2001 in Law and Justice. 14 Comments

An unnamed convict has escaped from the jail on Avon Street Extended. This has been confirmed by Eure Communications (WWWV, WINA, WQMZ, etc.) The escapee is bearded and wearing blue; no further information is available at this time. If you happen to see him, do not approach or follow him, just call 911. 11:05pm: Details below.

NBC 29 offered some details leading off their 11pm broadcast. The escapee’s last name is "Eaves," though I’m not sure of the spelling or his first name. He is 5’9″ tall and 140 lbs, and is serving multiple life sentences for rape and apparently other nasty things. There are 100 officers searching for him tonight. He’s likely still shackled and wearing prison blues. After running across the street from the jail, he ran into a field, and police dogs tracked him as far as the pond behind the Dickinson Building at PVCC. There have been multiple sightings in the downtown area, and a few folks have contacted us to let us know that helicopters have been over an area ranging from the downtown area to PVCC. It is thought that he may have escaped in a silver 1997 Honda, with the license plate YVX-5818.

Muslims say Cupcake’s being Discriminated Against

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 22, 2001 in Politics. 26 Comments

harry writes: Both the Daily Progress and NBC 29 carried stories recently involving Muslims rising to the defense of “Cupcake”, the Downtown Mall street vendor. What neither news source was able to provide was exactly what sort of discrimination was being alleged.

Jefferson Theater Raises Prices

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 22, 2001 in Politics. 7 Comments

krues8dr writes: I just received this week’s Jefferson Theater movie listings, and at the top of the email was the following notice:

“Important notice: after nine and a half years of offering movies at two

bucks, the Jefferson is raising its price this Friday to $2.99. For those

who just can’t imagine paying more than the old price, please visit the

Jefferson on ‘Two-dollar Tuesdays.'”

Whoa. It never occurred to me that it would ever cost anything but $2. I hope they intend to keep a lot of pennies on hand.

Littlepage New Athletic Director

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 22, 2001 in UVa. Closed

Craig Littlepage, UVa’s interim athletic director since June, has been named the new director for the athletics program. He is the first African-American to hold the position at the university. The 50-year-old has worked with their athletics department for 11 years. See UVa’s press release for more information.

Progress Offers Whole Nordenson Story

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 22, 2001 in Law and Justice. 33 Comments

Reed Williams and Jake Mooney’s front page story in today’s Daily Progress offers the most complete story of the four-day Nordenson saga that has been made available so far. Suspect Craig Nordenson visited the coal tower with police this afternoon explaining what had happened. Though some details remain murky (such as where he hid Monday night, and the motive for the murders), a number of mysteries have been cleared up. Nordenson is charged with breaking and entering, grand larceny, three counts of attempted robbery, possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony and two counts of capital murder. He is being held in the local jail, A bond hearing is scheduled for the morning.

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