Profile for Joe Macenka

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  Deal reached on charges against Capitol protesters

  Lawyers have crafted a path to clean legal records for 30 women's rights activists arrested at the state Capitol in a March 3 protest.

  05/26/2012 12:00 AM
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  Judge approves agreement in state Capitol protest cases

  Deal could produce clean records for 30 women's rights activists arrested March 3.

  05/25/2012 4:51 PM
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  Coaching exercise — leading by example

  It was 6:12 a.m. Friday when the sun first appeared atop the tree line at the eastern end of Richmond's Bryan Park.

  05/18/2012 10:06 PM

• Unregistered runner sues Richmond Mud Run organizers after being partially paralyzed

  A man who ran the Filthy 5K Mud Run in 2010 and wound up partially paralyzed when he landed awkwardly in a man-made mud pit near the finish line on Brown's Island along the Richmond riverfront has sued the race organizers for $30 million.

  05/17/2012 12:00 AM
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  Hit-and-run driver sought in S. Richmond motorcycle crash

  One motorcyclist died Monday at VCU Medical Center and a second was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

  05/08/2012 11:23 AM
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  Grand jury to get case of 3 teens charged in Hanover drug-related slaying

  Xavia S. Highsmith, 18; Da'Von T. Byars, 19; and Kevin M. Drayton Jr., 18, face first-degree murder charges in the Jan. 21 death of Brett A. Wells and at a home near Mechanicsville.

  04/28/2012 12:00 AM
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  Charges in Atlee student's death sent to grand jury

  Judge certifies accusations after testimony about slaying that allegedly took place after three went to 16-year-old's home to rob him of marijuana.

  04/27/2012 11:34 AM

• Puppy at center of slaying case

  Puppy in double-homicide probe 'about the sweetest little dog you could imagine'

  04/21/2012 12:00 AM
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  11 Manchester Middle students slightly injured in I-64 wreck

  Chain collision in slow-moving traffic involved tractor-trailer, school bus, GRTC van and private vehicle.

  04/02/2012 11:27 AM
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  Trial date set for Capitol protesters

  A trial date has been set for the 30 women's rights activists arrested at the state Capitol in a March 3 protest against a bill requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion.

  03/31/2012 12:00 AM
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  3 die, 3 injured in crash that closes U.S. 60 in Powhatan

  Three people were killed and three injured Monday in a head-on crash on U.S. 60 in Powhatan County that created a swath of destruction several hundred yards long and closed a narrow stretch of the road for much of the day.

  03/27/2012 12:00 AM
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  UPDATE: U.S. 60 in Powhatan reopens after fatal early-morning collision

  Truck hauling sludge on a narrow section of U.S. 60 crossed the center line and hit another rig carrying logs; a total of five vehicles were involved.

  03/26/2012 10:33 PM

• Police seek driver who struck, injured 6-year-old boy in Richmond

  Police were searching Friday for a driver who left the scene after striking and seriously injuring a 6-year-old boy who was playing with friends at a South Richmond mobile home park.

  03/24/2012 12:00 AM
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  2 VCU students face possible prison time in graffiti case

  Two Virginia Commonwealth University students face possible prison time if convicted in a graffiti case that began when a Richmond police captain saw two young people vandalizing buildings in the Scott's Addition neighborhood.

  03/16/2012 12:00 AM
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  Kellie Wells, James River High's Olympic hopeful, comes home

  In a year that likely will represent her best shot at becoming an Olympic hurdler, Kellie Wells came home Friday to Chesterfield County, where she has already overcome plenty of hurdles.

  03/10/2012 12:00 AM
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  UPDATE: 2 dead, 1 wounded in area workplace shootings

  Two employees committed shootings at their places of work in unrelated incidents Wednesday in central Virginia.

  02/23/2012 8:27 AM
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  1 VCU student killed, 2 others injured in downtown Richmond crash

  Richmond police say one of their officers witnessed a crash at a downtown intersection that left one Virginia Commonwealth University student dead, two others injured and a man in custody on drunken-driving and related charges.

  02/23/2012 12:00 AM
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  Judge rules for city in $31.65 million Shockoe Bottom flooding suit

  A Richmond judge has killed a lawsuit seeking $31.65 million for 19 businesses in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood that claimed flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston was the fault of the city's inept operation of its sewers and negligent maintenance over decades.

  02/04/2012 12:00 AM

• TRAFFIC UPDATE: I-95 cleared in Richmond after 3 wrecks

  Interstate 95 was slowed in both directions by three crashes in Richmond this morning.

  02/03/2012 9:36 AM
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  Passers-by help police catch robbery suspect

  Passers-by chased a suspect after a downtown robbery and helped police in the apprehension and arrest of the man charged in the incident.

  01/28/2012 12:00 AM