Smoky Scare/Afternoon Excitement

All is well now, but earlier, shortly after 2pm this afternoon, “a bit of a smoke scare” beckoned fire and police to 200 block S. Cherry Street.

Also, about 2:45 pm, police were in pursuit of a person on Idlewood in the Randolph neighborhood on foot and by car. Or as the kids described it “the man was dippin’ the police.”

Recent Crimes

From CommunityCrimeMap.com:

SIMPLE ASSAULT, DOMESTIC
6XX S PINE ST
May 13, 2018 at 4:30 am
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#201805130335 DESTRUCTION PROPERTY/PRIVATE PROPERTY
2XX S LAUREL ST
May 13, 2018 at 3:00 am
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WEAPON LAW VIOLATIONS
1XX S BELVIDERE ST
May 12, 2018 at 3:21 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

#201805120383 DRUNKENNESS
6XX IDLEWOOD AVE
May 12, 2018 at 1:28 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

Recent Crimes

From CommunityCrimeMap.com:

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
3XX S LAUREL ST
Apr 17, 2018 at 11:00 pm
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THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
7XX OREGON HILL PKWY
Apr 16, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

SIMPLE ASSAULT
X BELLE ISLE
Apr 16, 2018 at 5:00 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

Abusing The New Idlewood Roundabout

From a neighbor:

About 5:20 pm yesterday, right as VCU closed, I saw a line of cars across the newly seeded park property, making their own street from parking on Grayland to exiting onto Idlewood by the roundabout. They had moved the barriers and destroyed the beautiful newly fixed up sod. They were even using the turnaround area for parking! So tired of the neighborhood getting crapped on by VCU commuters/free parkers. More substantial barriers should go up this week and the long term plan is to place big rocks there as a barrier to block them from entering. I so wish we could have closed Grayland. Since this is park property, maybe we should name it and figure a use for it…