November 08, 2009
Police search for bank robbery suspect
Chesterfield County police are looking for a man who is suspected in yesterday’s robbery of a SunTrust bank at 13001 Hull Street Road. The suspect...
Norwood praised as patient, sincere as Richmond police chief
Bryan T. Norwood entered an awkward political environment when he started as Richmond’s police chief just over a year ago. Norwood, the former police...
Muhammad execution nears, some victims’ families move on
For three weeks in 2002, John Allen Muhammad led a two-man sniper team that struck on his orders, claimed 10 lives and deliberately terrorized Virginia,...
November 07, 2009
Law-enforcement officers recognized for valor
Police officers and firefighters from around the Richmond region were recognized yesterday for their selfless acts of bravery. They risked their lives...
Richmond day-care driver convicted in child’s death
A driver for a Richmond day-care center faces 15 years in prison after being convicted in the death of a 13-month-old boy who was left in a van used by...
Crime log for Nov. 4
Following is a summary of some burglary reports made to police recently in Richmond and in Chesterfield and Henrico counties. RICHMOND POLICE 1600 block...
November 06, 2009
Day care’s van driver convicted in child’s death
A Richmond day-care center’s driver was convicted today on two felony charges related to his role in the death of a child who was inadvertently left...
Teen pulled from James, then charged
Cold teen pulled from James River after police pursuit A 17-year-old boy was pulled from the James River in Chesterfield County yesterday morning after...
November 05, 2009
Missing N.Y. 14-year-old girl found unharmed in Richmond
A 14-year-old girl reported missing more than a week ago by authorities in New York was found early today in the company of a man at a hotel in Richmond....
Three charged in robberies in Fan, VCU area
Richmond police have several suspects in one set of robberies in the Fan District and neighborhoods around Virginia Commonwealth University, with three...
Attorney general says sniper showed no mental illness
The Virginia attorney general’s office said yesterday that there is no evidence John Allen Muhammad’s lawyers had reason to think he was mentally...
Sentencing delayed for police impersonator in Henrico
Moving testimony from teachers, family and friends—and an assist from the prosecution—may have kept a police impersonator found guilty of attempted...
Mechanicsville doctor gets year in prescription, tax case
Mechanicsville doctor Torino R. “Tee” Jennings was sentenced to a year and one day in prison yesterday for writing tens of thousands of prescriptions...
November 04, 2009
Hanover doctor sentenced to federal prison
Mechanicsville doctor Torino R. Jennings was sentenced to a year and one day in prison today for writing for writing tens of thousands of prescriptions...
Police impersonator case on hold
Henrico County’s chief prosecutor agreed this morning to reconsider a case against a man found guilty in August of impersonating a police officer...
Details surface on murder weapons in Farmville slayings
A ball-peen hammer and a wood-splitting maul were used to bludgeon four people found dead inside a Longwood University professor’s home in September,...
Indictments reveal details in Farmville slayings
Authorities believe two weapons—a ball-peen hammer and a wood-splitting maul—were used to bludgeon four people to death inside a Longwood University...
Suspect in 4 N.C. slayings arrested at motel in Henry
A man suspected of fatally shooting four men in the parking lot of a North Carolina television shop was arrested early Monday in Virginia, police said....
Prince William teens’ death believed to be suicide
Prince William County police say two Forest Park High School students who died in Triangle on Monday night agreed to commit suicide. Bob Patrick found...
Petition backs Hanover teen charged in ax attack
A 16-year-old Hanover County student who is charged with attacking a fellow student with an ax is getting support from an online petition. Friends of Omar...
Henrico man arrested in connection with bank robbery
A Henrico County man is facing a Dec. 8 court appearance after his arrest on a bank robbery charge last week. A search warrant indicates that Henrico police...
November 03, 2009
North Richmond shooting probed; 4 were wounded
Richmond police say they are still investigating the circumstances of a North Richmond shooting that left four people wounded just after midnight Saturday,...
Ex-deacon gets 33 years for Chesterfield rape
A young woman who was raped at gunpoint last year by a local church official benevolently forgave her attacker yesterday shortly before he was sentenced...
North Richmond shooting probed; 4 were wounded
Richmond police say they are still investigating the circumstances of a North Richmond shooting that left four people wounded just after midnight Sunday,...
November 02, 2009
Dale City girls report rape after trick-or-treating
DALE CITY—Two teenage girls reported being abducted and raped after trick-or-treating Saturday. About 9:10 p.m., police were called to investigate...
November 01, 2009
Four shot, wounded in North Richmond
Richmond police say this morning that four people were shot just after midnight in North Richmond, and at least one victim has life-threatening injuries. ...
UPDATE: State Police identify man in fatal crash on Chippenham Parkway
A motorcyclist was killed after he wrecked on the Chippenham Parkway while being pursued by Virginia State Police, authorities said early today.
Richmond police investigate shooting in Whitcomb Court
Richmond police are investigating a shooting last night in the Whitcomb Court public housing complex.
Victim’s father witnesses aftermath of second crime
Michael Anthony Brewton stepped off the bus last night within a block from where his son was fatally stabbed two days before, only to stumble onto the...
Man shot, wounded in Whitcomb Court
Richmond police are investigating a shooting last night in the Whitcomb Court public-housing complex. A man in his 20s was walking in the 2300 block of...
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