From a neighbor….
tonite about 10:30PM RPD in what seems to be pursuit of a small truck
going south (wrong way) on S Cherry street. Truck loses control and
hits tree in 200 block S Cherry and driver gets out and runs. Police
swarm all over the place with many cruisers, briefly closing 200
block S Cherry. Not sure if suspect apprehended.This is just what appeared to have occurred and not official police
record.
broken car glass in front of William Byrd Community House
From the Times Dispatch (this follows coverage for his arrest in October):
Richmond City Councilman E. Martin Jewell pleaded no contest yesterday to driving under the influence in October and apologized to his constituents and the community.
“I made a mistake. I should not have driven after drinking,” the 5th District council member said outside Richmond’s John Marshall Courts Building.
Substitute Judge Randy Rowlett fined Jewell $500, with $250 suspended, and imposed a 90-day jail sentence with the time suspended for three years. Jewell’s driver license also was suspended for 12 months, but he will be allowed to drive to and from work, including City Council functions. Jewell is owner of Total Home Care, a residential cleaning service.
In addition, Jewell was referred to the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, an anti-drunken-driving school that will last at least 10 weeks. Attorney Craig Cooley, who represented Jewell, said the punishment was standard for a first-time offender such as Jewell.
Richmond police pulled over and arrested the councilman about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 24 near Byrd Park. Cooley said Jewell’s blood-alcohol reading was 0.11 percent. In Virginia, a motorist is presumed to be legally intoxicated with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher. Cooley noted that Jewell’s level was below the 0.15 percent that would trigger mandatory jail time.
The state’s maximum punishment for first-offense DUI, a Class 1 misdemeanor, is one year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
There have been a few reports of petty thefts from yards and porches in the neighborhood.
One neighbor reported that someone cut a electric cord to steal a reindeer Christmas decoration from front yard, while another has had a rocking chair stolen right off front porch.
From the Times-Dispatch edition of November 21, 1903:
Rock Battle Was In Police Court
Alfred King’s Case Continued.
Pat Griffin’s Hearing Goes Over.Justice John had a big bunch of young Americans before him yesterday morning. The youngsters were up for engaging in a rock battle on Gamble’s Hill against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth, especially that in the neighborhood of Gamble’s Hill forninst Oregon Hill. The line of battle extended across Second Street at its foot, and rocks fairly filled the air, the people said.
In the battle a little fellow, names Holmes Hix, of No. 210 Third Street, was hit on the head and badly hurt. Everything pointed to A.G. King as the one who threw the stone that hit Hix.
Because the injured boy was unable to appear the case was continued to the 28th. Eleven other boys were each fined $2.50 for throwing rocks and being disorderly.King is also charged with being a deserter from the navy. This charge was also continued to the 28th.
Historic postcard of Gambles Hill Park (from VCU collection):
I am a little late getting this posted, and for that I apologize. Personally, I am very excited and thankful for this successful action by Richmond’s finest. Oh behalf of the neighborhood, thanks to the Richmond Police Department!
From the press release:
Trio Charged With Fan/Carver Neighborhood Robberies
Nov. 5, 2009
Thanks to the hard work and covert actions by several Richmond Police officers, three people who robbed multiple citizens around the Fan and Carver neighborhoods are off the streets and being held without bond.“We are pleased to bring closure to these robbery cases and we will continue to use a variety of deployment strategies to both deter and arrest those individuals that commit robberies,” Chief Bryan T. Norwood said.
Jayquan L. Perry, 19, of the 500 block of Patrick Avenue, has been charged with:
five counts of robbery, five counts of abduction and 10 counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the Sept. 9 robbery at 10 S. Brunswick St.;
a Sept. 11 armed robbery at 100 S. Cherry St.;
four counts of robbery, one count of attempted robbery and five counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the Sept. 13 armed robbery at 700 Norton St.Brian A. Walker, 18, of the 3800 block of Pinewood Glen Lane, has been charged with:
five counts of robbery, five counts of abduction, 10 counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon in the Aug. 27 robbery at 1 S. Vine St.;
two counts of robbery, two counts of abduction, four counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon in the Aug. 25 robbery at 2400 W. Main St.;
a Aug. 29 armed robbery in the 800 block of Cumberland Street;
four counts of robbery, one count of attempted robbery and five counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the Sept. 13 armed robbery at 700 Norton St.Dennis J. Loney, 23, of Glen Allen, has been charged with:
the Sept. 11 armed robbery at 100 S. Cherry St.
the Sept. 19 armed robbery in the 800 block of Cumberland Street.This investigation is still ongoing and additional indictments are still being sought in conjunction with our partners at the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.
From Lt. Baltz:
Hello. I hope everyone had a nice October and a quiet Halloween. I know there were a lot of activities taking place over the weekend. First Fridays will be this Friday night, plan to come out and support the businesses that participate in this.
It is unfortunate but we had a homicide in Sector 413 that occurred on October 29 at 3rd and Broad Streets at four o’clock in the afternoon.
There were 10 robberies in Sector 413 last month. Two of these were to Commercial businesses.
There was 1 aggravated assault in Sector 413; the suspect was arrested.
Here is a breakdown on the crimes reported:
VIOLENT CRIME:
Homicide-
300 E. Broad Street, 4:00 pm, Javis Turner was stabbed by Desean Trent on 10/29/09. Trent was arrested. Motive-Argument
2 Commercial Robberies-
10/14/09, 212 E. Grace Street, 2:00pm, the modern Coin was robbed by two unknown b-m’s. Both had handguns.
10/18/09, 520 W. Broad Street, 5:30 pm, Rite Aid was robbed by unknown male with a handgun.
8 Robberies-
10/09/09, 1230 am, 700 W. Franklin Street, Anthony Brown, 18 and Nicholas Smith, 18 were robbed by two unknown b-m’s armed with hand guns.
10/21/09, 0245 a.m., 501 W. Broad Street, Thomas Higgins, 19 and Michael Mann, 18, were robbed outside of New York Fried Chicken by two unknown males armed with handguns.
10/21/09, 0230 a.m. 813 W. Grace Street. Jairo Montengno, 20 was robbed by 2 suspects armed with handguns. Brandon Anderson, 22 and Bryant Harris, 26 were arrested that night.
10/23/09, 0245 am, 300 N. Madison, Buster Perkins, 26 was robbed by an unknown male armed with a handgun.
10/23/09, 1205 a.m., 400 N. Madison, William Bendye, 32 and Rasheeda Johnson, 30 were robbed by 2 unknown males armed with handguns.
10/24/09, 0144 am, 600 E. Main Street, the parking attendant, Diruk Wordofa, 44 was sprayed with mace and robbed by two unknown males.
10/31/09, 5:00pm, 200 E. Broad Street, Anthony Higgins, 19 was robbed by David Evans by force. Officer Nicholas Castrinos observed the incident taking place and after a short foot pursuit was able to apprehend the suspect. EXCELLENT JOB OFFICER CASTRINOS!
1 Aggravated Assault-
320 W. Grace Street, 10/30/09, Vanessa Mitchell, 21 was assaulted by her roommate, Sarah Rodriguez, 21. Rodriguez was arrested.
PROPERTY CRIMES
There were 49 thefts from motor vehicles during the month of October. The majority happened in the Monroe Ward and City Center neighborhoods. I have requested some additional officer’s to patrol in these areas especially when we have activities taking place at the coliseum, the National theatre and Center Stage. On a positive note, Patrol officers did make 6 arrests involving individuals breaking into vehicles. This occurred in the last week of October so we anticipate a decrease in this type of crime.
Graffiti seems to be appearing everywhere throughout our Sector. I cannot think of a neighborhood that has not been “tagged”. These individuals do not think about the damage they are causing to the businesses when they paint on walls and vehicles. They are very hard to catch but maybe if we all work together we could catch one or two. Call us if you see anything suspicious taking place.
If you are aware of crime or would like to give information call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000. Please continue to report suspicious persons or activities to the police as soon as possible. The non emergency number is 646-5100.
Sector 413 Officer Thomas Neale was awarded the 4th Precinct Officer of the Month. Congratulations Officer Neale! Officer Neale apprehended a theft from a motor vehicle suspect after he observed the individual outside of a car. After a short foot pursuit the subject was apprehended and the stolen property was returned to the owner.
During the month of October, Sector 413 officers answered 1880 radio calls and conducted 155 field interviews. These numbers reflect only Sector 413; it does not include the rest of the Precinct. That is a lot of radio calls!
I want to thank the officers, detectives and community for their continued support in making Sector 413 a better place to live and work.
Sincerely,
Lt. Yvonne Baltz- Fourth Precinct – Sector 413 – (o) 646-4239
yvonnebaltz@richmondgov.com
It’s ironic that Richmond’s Downtown (which has seen over a billion dollars in investment), still lacks its own neighborhood blog. Oh, there is the River District News, which covers a sort of a contrived, loose neighborhood, and that includes parts of downtown.
In the meantime, OregonHill.net will continue to sometimes take up the slack. Here is another Richmond Police Department press release:
E-mail Advisory 10/21/09
Richmond Police Department
Modern Coin Robbers SoughtRichmond Police need the public’s help in identifying the two males in the attached video.
Both men are wanted for the armed robbery of Modern Coin Company at 212 E. Grace St. at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
The first suspect is described as a black male, medium complexion, 5’7, stocky build, and was last seen wearing a dark ski mask and light-colored gloves.
The second suspect is described as a black male, medium complexion, 6’0, skinny build and was last seen wearing light-colored gloves, blue jeans and black and white sneakers.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.
Here is video as posted by WTVR:
From the October 17, 1902 edition of the Richmond Dispatch :
Prisioners in City Jail Seeking Continuences Rather Than Face The Present Composition
The present jury in th Hustings Court is one after the heart of Judge Witt and Commonwealth’s Attorney Richardson. It has gotten such a reputation for giving good long penitentiary terms that all of the prisioners confined in the city jail awaiting trial are seeking to have their cases postponed a month rather than to face it. The prisioners evidently are of the opinion that it would be better to wait another month and save possibly a year or two on Oregon Hill than to be tried during this term of court.
The reference to Oregon Hill is because the state penitentiary used to be here, casting a particular pallor over the whole area. Here is an old picture of it:
At least part of the wall still exists as part of Ethyl Corporation/Afton Chemical’s complex on Belvidere.
From Richmond Police:
ROBBERY
10/09/09 12:30 a.m.
700 block of W. Franklin St.
Two males reported they were robbed by two unknown males with a gun.
The Times Dispatch account has a little more information.
Two young men told Richmond police they were sitting on a wall in the 700 block of West Franklin Street, opposite the north side of Monroe Park, when they were confronted at 12:30 a.m. by two unknown males who first asked for a light. One of the suspects then pulled a handgun and demanded money.
The two victims surrendered their wallets and cell phones, and the suspects ran.
This continues a rash of robberies that have been plaguing the whole area.
