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          <title>Bond set for Richmond woman in death of 2&#45;year&#45;old son</title>
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A Richmond Circuit Court judge today set bond at $40,000 for a woman charged in the death of her 2-year-old son, who appeared malnourished. Judge Clarence N. Jenkins Jr. also set Nov. 18 for the start of a two-day jury trial for Ashley C. Williams on charges of felony murder and child neglect. A grand jury on Monday indicted Williams, 24, for the death of D&#8217;Sean Williams, and she was arrested later in the day.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: Security guard slain in Chesterfield died from blow to head</title>
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An unarmed, on-duty security guard found dead today in an apartment complex near Chippenham Parkway and Ironbridge Road was killed by a blow to the head, the state medical examimer said this afternoon.

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          <title>State probing day&#45;care center after toddler&#8217;s death</title>
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Virginia social-services regulators are conducting an investigation that could cost a Richmond child day-care center its license to operate after the death of a 13-month-old boy in one of its vans.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ex&#45;VCU police chief&#8217;s trial delayed</title>
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The sexual-solicitation trial for former Virginia Commonwealth University Police Chief Willie Fuller was postponed yesterday, with authorities setting a September hearing to assess his ongoing medical difficulties. Chesterfield Circuit Judge Michael C. Allen granted a defense motion to continue Fuller&#8217;s trial, scheduled for yesterday, because of the ex-chief&#8217;s hospitalization for a diabetes-related health problem. Defense attorney Arnold Henderson told the court that Fuller has been in the hospital since June 8.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Whitcomb Court community center fire investigated</title>
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Richmond authorities are investigating a fire that damaged a community center in the city&#8217;s East End last night. The fire was reported shortly after 10 p.m. at the community center for the Whitcomb Court public-housing project in the 2300 block of Carmine Street. Damage was minor and there were no injuries, but authorities said the cause of the fire remains under investigation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:54:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Stray bullet killed Richmond woman</title>
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A 22-year-old Richmond woman died after she was struck by a stray bullet from a gunfight between two men outside a nightclub last weekend in Brunswick County, authorities confirmed yesterday. Shannon E. Henley was pronounced dead at Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center in Emporia not long after the 3 a.m. shooting Sunday at Meljos at U.S. 58 and Reedy Creek Road, said Brunswick sheriff&#8217;s Maj. Kent C. Washburn.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:01:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>1&#45;year&#45;old was in van at least 4 hours</title>
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A 13-month-old boy who died of heat exposure Monday had been left inside a day-care center van for at least four hours, authorities said yesterday. Investigators believe Keishawn L. Whitfield, 23, picked up Andrew Joseph Johnson at his home about 7:15 a.m. but thought he had dropped the child off at the Yellow Brick Road Day Care &amp; Learning Center, where he dropped off other children.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:01:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>1&#45;year&#45;old was in van at least 4 hours</title>
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A 13-month-old boy who died of heat exposure Monday had been left inside a day-care center van for at least four hours, authorities said yesterday. Investigators believe Keishawn L. Whitfield, 23, picked up Andrew Joseph Johnson at his home about 7:15 a.m. but thought he had dropped off the child at the Yellow Brick Road Day Care &amp; Learning Center, where he dropped off other children.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Mother indicted in her 2&#45;year&#45;old&#8217;s death</title>
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The mother of a 2-year-old boy who died in May with signs of being malnourished was arraigned yesterday in Richmond Circuit Court on charges of child neglect and felony murder, authorities said. Ashley C. Williams, 24, was indicted Monday on the two charges in the death of her son, D&#8217;Sean Williams, and arrested that night. On May 30, authorities responded to a medical emergency call at the home occupied by Ashley Williams and her son in the 1900 block of Newman Road in the Fulton area. Attempts to revive the child were unsuccessful, authorities said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Plan for anonymous juries would make Virginia a rarity</title>
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If adopted, a proposal to keep the names of jurors confidential, at least from the public, in all criminal trials apparently would make Virginia unique in the country. It is not clear if a defendant in Virginia ever has harmed a juror. That possibility is one of the concerns behind a law the General Assembly passed last year. That law permits judges to keep jurors&#8217; identifying information secret from all but the lawyers in a case&#8212;even from the defendant&#8212;when a judge finds good cause there is a &#8220;likelihood&#8221; of bribery, tampering, or physical injury or harassment to jurors.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Crime log for July 8</title>
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Following is a summary of some burglary reports made to police recently in Chesterfield and Henrico counties. CHESTERFIELD POLICE 21000 block of Second Avenue, between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. July 7, someone stole consumable goods and electronics. 6800 block of Welch Drive, between 2:30 and 11:50 p.m. July 6, someone stole jewelry and electronics.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Mother indicted in death of Richmond 2&#45;year&#45;old</title>
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The mother of a 2-year-old who died in May with signs of being malnourished has been indicted on charges of child neglect  and murder, the Richmond commonwealth&#8217;s attorney&#8217;s office said.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:15:51 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Toddler left in day&#45;care van died from heat exposure</title>
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Judge sets bond at $20,000 for Keishawn L. Whitfield, an employee of the Yellow Brick Road Day Care &amp; Learning Center in North Richmond, charged with felony child neglect.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:22 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Trial delay sought for ex&#45;VCU police chief</title>
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Former Virginia Commonwealth University Police Chief Willie Fuller remains hospitalized in very serious condition, his attorney says, and will be unable to stand trial tomorrow on charges that he sexually solicited an underage girl online. Defense attorney Arnold Henderson said he will ask a Chesterfield County judge to postpone Fuller&#8217;s trial, which was set in May after Fuller&#8217;s indictment on charges of attempting to take indecent liberties with a minor and using a computer to solicit sex from a juvenile.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chesterfield man faces bribery trial</title>
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A Chesterfield County man was indicted yesterday on charges that he tried to bribe a witness to lie in court on his behalf in a case involving the hit-and-run death of a 15-year-old girl. A Richmond grand jury indicted Bryan Christopher Shull, 36, of Lake Hills Road on charges of bribery, attempted procurement of perjury, and obstruction of justice, according to Managing Deputy Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Tracy Thorne-Begland.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Police arrest woman in Henrico robbery</title>
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Henrico County police arrested a Highland Springs woman Sunday in the armed robbery of a Patterson Avenue convenience store. Fulgencio Maria Freeman, 41, was taken into custody near Interstate 64 and Nine Mile Road shortly after the 7:20 p.m. robbery at The Market Place 13 in the 8900 block of Patterson Avenue Sunday. Freeman, of the 500 block of Mullens Lane in Highland Springs, was charged with possession of a firearm in commission of a felony, felony abduction and armed robbery. She was being held without bond yesterday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmonder indicted in death of car break&#45;in suspect</title>
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A Richmond man was indicted yesterday on a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a man he suspected was breaking into his girlfriend&#8217;s car in the city&#8217;s Church Hill neighborhood. A grand jury indicted Eric G. Driver, 25, of the 500 block of North 22nd Street in the shooting death of Jamall Holman, 24, on April 22. The grand jury issued indictments against Driver yesterday on charges of second-degree murder and felonious use of a firearm in the shooting of Holman, who lived in the 1700 block of Forest Glen Road in Henrico County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Central Va. likely to record more homicides this year than in 2008</title>
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Central Virginia is on pace to record more homicides this year than last, a trend largely driven by more killings in Richmond, suburban Henrico County and Petersburg. Forty-eight slayings occurred during the first six months of this year in the 24 localities that make up the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area, compared with 42 during the same period last year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:01:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Sketches released of suspects in rape near VCU</title>
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Richmond police last night released composite sketches of two possible suspects in the assault and rape of a woman last month in a parking deck in the Virginia Commonwealth University area. The woman was attacked about 1:45 a.m. on June 21 in the 1300 block of West Broad Street between North Lombardy and North Harrison streets, police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:01:49 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Condemned man opts for electric chair</title>
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Paul Warner Powell has chosen to die in the electric chair if he is executed as scheduled July 14 for the 1999 slaying of a 16-year-old girl. Condemned inmates in Virginia have been given a choice between electrocution and lethal injection since Jan. 1, 1995. Since then, 75 killers have been executed by injection and four have been electrocuted.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:01:20 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Person of interest in Shockoe Bottom beating turns himself in</title>
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A man surrendered to Richmond police after they named him a person of interest in the beating and robbery of a 76-year-old woman in a grocery store parking lot. Lynell Alexander Jr., 22, turned himself in at police headquarters Monday, spokeswoman Karla E. Peters said yesterday. Alexander was being held on outstanding warrants charging him with driving on a suspended license and felony eluding, but he has not been charged in last week&#8217;s beating and robbery, Peters said. The investigation of that matter is continuing, she said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Man convicted in boy&#8217;s shooting death</title>
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Henrico County authorities believe the shooting death of a 2-year-old boy in January was an accident and that convictions in the case yesterday will end prosecutions in the matter. There was no physical evidence of who shot Kristofer L. Jefferson in an eastern Henrico home filled with children and with a long history of violent conduct.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Man beaten at homeless camp in South Richmond</title>
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A man was beaten in the head with a hammer and gravely wounded in an attack at a homeless camp in South Richmond. Richmond police Capt. Paul Kiniry said the 49-year-old victim was taken to VCU Medical Center after Tuesday&#8217;s 11:37 p.m. attack, and he underwent a surgery that lasted well into yesterday morning. &#8220;He&#8217;s got really severe head injuries,&#8220; Kiniry said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Man wanted in beating of 76&#45;year&#45;old woman surrenders</title>
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A man surrendered to Richmond police after they named him as a person of interest in the beating and robbery of a 76-year-old woman in a grocery store parking lot. Lynell Alexander Jr., 22, turned himself in at police headquarters Monday, department spokeswoman Karla E. Peters said today. Alexander was being held on outstanding warrants charging him with driving on a suspended license and felony eluding, but he has not been charged with last week&#8217;s beating and robbery, Peters said. The investigation of that matter, she said, is continuing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:26:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Water back on at Richmond jail</title>
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The water is back on at the Richmond City Jail after extensive repairs following the rupture of pipes to two housing units several days ago.
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          <title>UPDATE: Hammer attack leaves Richmond man gravely wounded</title>
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A man was beaten in the head and gravely wounded in an attack at a homeless camp in South Richmond late last night. Richmond police Capt. Paul Kiniry said the 49-year-old victim was taken to VCU Medical Center after the 11:37 p.m. attack, and he underwent a lengthy surgery. &#8220;He&#8217;s got really severe head injuries,&#8220; Kiniry said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:18:51 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Robbers with gun, Taser hit in Richmond</title>
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A robber with a gun and another with a Taser robbed two people at a Monument Avenue apartment last night and then tried to break into another apartment, police said. About 6:25 p.m., the two armed men approached a man and woman at an apartment building in the 3400 block of Monument Avenue, said Richmond police Capt. Scott Booth. The robbers tried to tie up the man, but they stopped when he resisted, Booth said. They made off with a purse, cash and credit cards. Neither victim was injured.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fake hate mail to Chesterfield church nets conviction</title>
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A federal jury yesterday convicted a Haitian immigrant of mail fraud and lying to a federal investigator in a campaign of fake hate mail that victimized his church. Frantz Cadet, 48, is facing a maximum of 185 years in prison when sentenced Sept. 29, by Chief U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer. He was convicted yesterday on nine counts of mail fraud and of lying to FBI Special Agent Judy A. Sykes.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bribery attempt alleged in Richmond hit&#45;and&#45;run case</title>
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Richmond authorities will seek an indictment Monday against a man who they say tried to bribe someone to lie in court on his behalf in a case involving a hit-and-run crash that killed a 15-year-old girl. Prosecutors will ask a grand jury to indict Bryan Christopher Shull, 36, of Lake Hills Road in Chesterfield County on charges of bribing a witness, attempted procurement of perjury and obstruction of justice, according to Managing Deputy Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Tracy Thorne-Begland.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Crime log for July 1</title>
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Following is a summary of some burglary reports made to police recently in Richmond and in Chesterfield and Henrico counties. RICHMOND POLICE 5500 block of Linwood Avenue, between 1:10 and 1:24 a.m. June 25, someone stole an Xbox game system. 6300 block of Elkhardt Lane, between 6:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. June 24, someone stole a Wii game system and a computer monitor.           ]]></description>
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PETERSBURG&#8212;Police say three North Carolina men used a .22-caliber gun, a 4-foot metal pole and rocks to smash the windows of more than 40 parked vehicles in an early-morning vandalism rampage. No one was injured in the incident, which began early yesterday and ended with police arresting the men about 45 minutes later. Police said the men smashed the windows of 47 vehicles parked on 10 streets in the city&#8217;s Walnut Hill neighborhood.           ]]></description>
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Police say three men ran out of bullets after shooting the windows of two parked cars in an overnight vandalism spree, so they smashed the windows of more than 40 other vehicles with rocks and other objects.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:58:11 EDT</pubDate>
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Two women romantically involved with a Haitian political refugee testified yesterday that they addressed some bogus hate mail for him. Frantz Cadet, 48, is accused of targeting himself with more than 100 fake hate letters to gain money and other assistance from the Southside Nazarene Church in Chesterfield County, where he worked. His trial began yesterday in federal court for mail fraud and lying to a federal agent.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:01:29 EDT</pubDate>
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Richmond police yesterday announced the arrest of seven people in eight robberies or attempted robberies this month. Arrested were:   Kevin Wade Koch, 45, whose address was unavailable, was charged in an attempted robbery in the first block of North Plum Street on June 15.   Corey Lee Davis, 21, of the 3200 block of Chamberlayne Avenue, was charged in a June 12 robbery in the 2000 block of Lakeview Avenue.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:01:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Former Henrico construction firm employee pleads guilty to embezzlement</title>
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Like a lot of longtime employees at Waco Inc., a 400employee Henrico County construction firm, Sandra Lee Denis was considered beyond reproach. &#8220;She was a 22-year employee. Long-term like a lot of people here. We&#8217;re like family,&#8220; said secretary-treasurer Jim Foege. The company operates throughout the mid-Atlantic states. Denis, 51, was in charge of accounts payable and kept tabs on about 50 employees who use company credit cards.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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When a Richmond convenience store clerk was shot six times during a robbery two weeks ago, city police converged on the scene to hunt for the gunman. Three days later, with suspects still not in custody, police posted two fuzzy surveillance photos on Twitter. &#8220;Got info?&#8220; the caption read under color images of two potential suspects. &#8220;Call 514-TIPS.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:01:05 EDT</pubDate>
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Richmond police respond to burglary, robberies When Richmond police responded to a burglary call Saturday at 9:39 p.m., people fled the back of a house in the 1600 block of Monteiro Avenue, leading to a foot pursuit. &#8220;Shots were fired . . . but nobody can say they were fired at the police,&#8220; said Richmond police Lt. Cynthia Riley.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>About 1031 Exchanges</title>
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They are called 1031 exchanges after the section of the Internal Revenue Service code that allows them.  There is no federal oversight, certification or regulation of 1031 exchange companies. A handful of states have laws regarding them, but not Virginia.  Here&#8217;s how a 1031 exchange works: The owner sells the investment property. The seller has 45 days after the sale to identify up to three potential new properties to buy with the money from the property sale. The investor must buy one or more of the identified properties by the 180th day after closing of the old property in order to qualify. The investor must buy a property that is equal or greater in value than what was sold.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:44 EDT</pubDate>
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After days of testimony and deliberations, jurors in the Tahliek Taliaferro death case said they eventually came to see the tragic shootings as a sudden flare-up of reckless conduct that grew from a long-standing feud between Taliaferro and Joey Parrish. The entire incident might never have occurred had it not been for a series of coincidental events, jurors said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:22 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Philanthropists lost $1.9 million to Okun scam</title>
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Every Tuesday and Thursday, a rough but orderly line forms in a parking lot on Auburn Avenue, three doors from the birthplace of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. At 11:30 a.m., several hundred people start shuffling off the asphalt into a former school cafeteria. Most are chipper at the prospect of a good meal, some are wary and a few appear hungry for more than food.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:09 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A look inside the Taliaferro jury</title>
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Media coverage and outrage over controversial verdicts in the shooting death of popular Powhatan High School student Tahliek Taliaferro may have influenced jurors while they deliberated the sentence of one of the men they convicted in the case. Four jurors independently confirmed to the Richmond Times-Dispatch in recent interviews that as many as three jurors viewed or read media accounts during the sentencing phase of the trial. They said those jurors told the group they were fearful of the repercussions that might ensue from a light sentence for shooter Ethan Parrish because it could further inflame the community and possibly endanger jurors.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:07 EDT</pubDate>
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Former Miami businessman Edward Hugh Okun is facing 400 years in prison when his two-day sentencing hearing starts Aug. 4. Okun, 58, was convicted in March of 23 charges in a $126 million scam that victimized hundreds across the country. The scam was run through Okun&#8217;s now-defunct, Richmond-based businesses, Investment Properties of America and The 1031 Tax Group. It has not been disclosed why Okun moved his Indianapolis businesses to Richmond in 2005.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Former Miami businessman Edward Hugh Okun is facing 400 years in prison when his two-day sentencing hearing starts Aug. 4. Okun, 58, was convicted in March of 23 charges in a $126 million scam that victimized hundreds of people across the country. The scam was run through Okun&#8217;s now-defunct, Richmond-based businesses, Investment Properties of America and The 1031 Tax Group. It has not been disclosed why Okun moved his Indianapolis businesses to Richmond in 2005.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:01:28 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>OKUN SERIES: Victim of scam wants to see the law changed</title>
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SILVER SPRING, Md. An important part of Bonnie Schloss&#8217; life centers on sailing a modest, 30-foot boat she keeps in Annapolis. The semiretired video editor enjoys the companionship of other sailors. And, she said, &#8220;there&#8217;s something about sailing. You just go out there and there&#8217;s a nice breeze, it&#8217;s quiet and I love the water. There&#8217;s nothing like the water, any kind of water.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:01:15 EDT</pubDate>
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More relatives of victims in a triple murder committed by one of the Briley brothers and accomplice Duncan Eric Meekins are opposing parole for Meekins. Shurrane Webb, whose sister Judy Diane Barton was killed along with her boyfriend, Harvey W. Wilkerson, and their 5-year-old son in Richmond on Oct. 19, 1979, contacted the Virginia Parole Board this week. Webb said she is writing a letter to the board opposing Meekins&#8217; parole, which is under consideration.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:01:04 EDT</pubDate>
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Richmond police were searching today for a suspect in yesterday afternoon&#8217;s beating and robbery of a 76-year-old woman in the parking lot of a Shockoe Bottom grocery store. Capt. Scott Booth said the woman was treated at VCU Medical Center for a head laceration after yesterday&#8217;s 3:10 p.m. attack in the front lot of the Market at Tobacco Row.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:16:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Henrico County police have arrested a 15-year-old girl and are seeking two other people in the beating of a 14-year-old girl near Wilder Middle School that was taped and shown on the Internet. Lt. Doug Perry said the 15-year-old, whose identity was not released because of her age, was charged with assault and battery. Police are seeking two other people, believed to be adults, who were not seen on the videotape but were heard coaxing the 15-year-old.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:26:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Miami businessman Edward Hugh Okun is facing 400 years in prison when his two-day sentencing hearing starts on Aug. 4. Okun, 58, was convicted in March of 23 charges in a $126 million scam that victimized hundreds of people across the country. Some of his victims are expected to testify during the sentencing hearing. The scam was run through Okun&#8217;s now-defunct, Richmond-based businesses, Investment Properties of America and The 1031 Tax Group. It has not been disclosed why Okun moved his Indianapolis businesses to Richmond in 2005.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:01:52 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>OKUN SERIES: Swindled and angry, two find balm befriending other victims</title>
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Marriage made in fraud: Watch scenes from the lavish wedding of Edward Hugh Okun and Simone Bolani, financed by a $126 million scam. Read the story of a couple defrauded when their nest egg of $854,000 is stolen.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:01:43 EDT</pubDate>
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Two Richmond police officers were patrolling Jefferson Davis Highway on foot late Wednesday night when a resident alerted them to a suspicious car in the area of Yorktown Avenue. Acting on the tip, officers stopped the car, seized drugs and guns and arrested four people, police Cmdr. Steve Drew told nearly 100 people at a community forum last night at the Satellite Restaurant on Jefferson Davis in South Richmond.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A Chesterfield County judge was asked yesterday to set aside guilty verdicts against the former high school principal at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center, who was convicted in April of having a months-long sexual relationship with an underage female inmate. Defense attorney Susan Parrish is seeking to have some of Claude Andrew Harris&#8217; four convictions tossed out because Parrish said the victim indicated at trial that at least some of the sexual activity occurred after she turned 18 and was of legal age.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Two women were arrested after a fight in North Richmond left one with injuries from a frying pan and another with a small stab wound from a steak knife. Richmond police Capt. Scott Booth said both women were treated at VCU Medical Center for minor injuries and released after Tuesday&#8217;s altercation, which occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in the 2900 block of Griffin Avenue.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The state medical examiner&#8217;s office is unable to determine a cause of death for the human remains unearthed in April from a shallow grave in Amelia County, a spokesman said yesterday. Advanced decomposition has forced the medical examiner&#8217;s office to rule the cause of death as undetermined for the skeletal remains believed to be those of Clent Chavers, according to Steve Murman, a spokesman for the office.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A substitute judge convicted Joanna I. Hassell of shoplifting yesterday and suspended a 30-day sentence. Substitute General District Judge Steven H. Helvin rejected efforts by Hassell&#8217;s lawyer to acknowledge she took the clothing but to delay consideration of the case to a future date. Henrico Deputy Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Michael Huberman said the move was designed to eventually have the charge dismissed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Daughter of Va. Supreme Court chief justice convicted of shoplifting</title>
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A substitute judge convicted Joanna I. Hassell of shoplifting today and suspended a 30-day sentence. Substitute General District Judge Steven H. Helvin rejected efforts by Hassell&#8217;s lawyer to acknowledge she took the clothing but to delay consideration of the case to a future date. Henrico Deputy Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Michael Huberman said the move was designed to eventually have the charge dismissed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:50:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Fight features frying pan vs. steak knife; 2 arrested</title>
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Two women were arrested after a fight in North Richmond left one with injuries from a frying pan and another with a small stab wound from a steak knife. Richmond police Capt. Scott Booth said both women were treated at VCU Medical Center for minor injuries and released after yesterday&#8217;s altercation, which occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in the 2900 block of Griffin Avenue.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:32:49 EDT</pubDate>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE&#8212;An Afton man who shot at cars on Interstate 64 in March 2008 is expected to serve 15 years in prison for the crimes. Albemarle County Circuit Judge Cheryl Higgins sentenced Slade Allen Woodson yesterday to 150 years, suspending 135 of them, on 14 charges. Woodson, 20, previously admitted to firing a .22 Ruger rifle at houses, utility equipment, deer and vehicles on I-64 the night of March 26, and into the morning of March 27.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Man wounded in South Side shooting</title>
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Richmond police are investigating a shooting early yesterday in the Broad Rock area of South Richmond. A male was taken to VCU Medical Center after the shooting to be treated for injuries that Capt. Harvey Powers said were not life-threatening. Powers said the shooting occurred just before 1 a.m. in the 3300 block of Woodys Lane, just west of Thomas C. Boushall Middle School.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Richmond police are investigating a shooting early today in the Broad Rock area of South Richmond. A male was taken to VCU Medical Center after the shooting to be treated for injuries that Capt. Harvey Powers said were not life-threatening. Powers said the shooting occurred just before 1 a.m. in the 3300 block of Woodys Lane, just west of Thomas C. Boushall Middle School.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:06:02 EDT</pubDate>
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A Henrico County man was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for sexually soliciting online a police detective posing as a 13-year-old. Julian Martin, 54, pleaded guilty in March in Louisa County Circuit Court to electronic solicitation of a minor on June 26. According to evidence, Martin initiated a conversation online with a female Louisa sheriff&#8217;s investigator who he believed was a 13-year-old girl. After talking about providing the teen beer and wine, the conversation turned sexual, said Chief Deputy Commonwealths Attorney Russell E. &#8220;Rusty&#8221; McGuire.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>March protests acquittal, dropped charges in slaying</title>
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A March for Justice rally from Colonial Heights to Petersburg drew more than 100 people amid criticism of an acquittal and dropped charges in the shooting death of a popular businessman three years ago.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:45 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Curbing prostitution a constant battle for Richmond&#45;area police</title>
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Policing the world&#8217;s oldest profession seems a never-ending battle in the Richmond area. The hookers and the men who seek their services often change, but Richmond-area police say the supply and demand never abates, leaving police departments to constantly grapple with how to curb prostitution. Chesterfield County police recently announced the arrest of more than a dozen men during a two-day undercover prostitution operation along Jefferson Davis Highway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:42 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Targeting of johns or prostitutes varies among jurisdictions</title>
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Nationally, more than 59,000 people were arrested for prostitution, solicitation and other forms of commercial vice in 2007, according to the most recent statistics reported by the FBI in its annual Crime in the United States report. More than two-thirds of those arrested, or more than 40,000, were women. But the main target of vice operations varies widely among jurisdictions in Virginia, according to Atchuthan &#8220;Sris&#8221; Sriskandarajah, a Northern Virginia attorney who operates law offices in Richmond and other parts of the state. The firm, Sris P.C., has offices in four states and offers defense of people accused of prostitution and solicitation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Law-enforcement officials are blaming drugs and the economy for a spike in homicides this year in Richmond. City police have recorded 27 slayings this year, just five shy of the 32 homicides for all of 2008. Last year&#8217;s total was the lowest the city had seen in decades. Robberies of individuals and larcenies also are outpacing last year&#8217;s numbers, leading to a 6 percent increase in overall major crime this year that follows five consecutive annual decreases in major crime.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:01:15 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Billionaire ordered held in fraud case</title>
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Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford made his first and last appearance in federal court in Richmond yesterday, requesting a detention hearing in Houston where he was indicted Thursday. Facing 21 charges that could net him life in prison in an alleged $7 billion fraud, the tall, neatly groomed Stanford appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck. Stanford, 59, wore leg shackles but no tie or belt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:57 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Disputanta man is a suspect in several robberies</title>
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Police believe Larry Donnell Starks, 26, of Disputanta is involved in at least four robberies. Chesterfield County police have arrested a Disputanta man who authorities say is a suspect in several other recent holdups in the Richmond region. Larry Donnell Starks, 26, has been charged in Thursday night&#8217;s holdup of the Nash Mart in the 1700 block of East Hundred Road, near an exit for Interstate 295.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:05 EDT</pubDate>
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A man was being held yesterday on a malicious wounding charge for allegedly beating someone repeatedly with a meat-tenderizing hammer at a South Richmond home. Napoleon Hargrove, 20, was arrested after Thursday&#8217;s 7:30 p.m. attack at the victim&#8217;s house in the 100 block of West 33rd Street. Richmond police Capt. Paul Kiniry said the victim, 53, was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment of injuries that were extensive but not life-threatening.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Hazing charges against eight current and former Virginia State University students will be dismissed if they help prepare and attend on-campus educational programs on hazing and fraternity pledging, Petersburg&#8217;s chief prosecutor says. The six current and two former VSU students were charged in a January hazing incident that left a Phi Beta Sigma pledge with an open leg wound and a MRSA infection.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Chesterfield County police this morning were not releasing any information on the latest in a series of convenience-store armed robberies in the county. Chesterfield police did not respond to repeated attempts for information this morning, but a law-enforcement source not affiliated with the county said the robbery occurred late last night at the Nash Mart in the 1700 block of East Hundred Road. The store was also the site of another robbery Tuesday night, one of three in that area in a span of less than four hours.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:48:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: South Richmond man beaten with meat tenderizer</title>
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A man was beaten repeatedly with a meat-tenderizing hammer last night at his South Richmond home. Richmond police Capt. Paul Kiniry said the victim, 53, was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment of injuries that were extensive but not life-threatening. Napoleon Hargrove, 20, was being held this morning on a charge of malicious wounding for the attack, which occurred about 7:30 p.m. at a house in the 100 block of West 33rd Street.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:48:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Former Henrico police investigator is charged in Oregon bank robbery</title>
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A former Henrico County police investigator convicted of stealing marijuana from the department&#8217;s evidence room is in trouble again, this time for allegedly robbing a bank in Oregon. Charles Michael Harpster, a 30-year Henrico police employee, and his wife, Tammi Lee Ann Truschke, were being held yesterday in the Deschutes County Jail in Oregon on charges of robbery and conspiracy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:07 EDT</pubDate>
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A Richmond man will serve 21 years in prison for fatally shooting another man last year in a backyard in South Richmond. Rashawn Lamont Brown, 28, entered an Alford plea yesterday to second-degree murder of Doral Lorenzo Pate, 37, on June 21, 2008. By entering an Alford plea, Brown does not admit guilt but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Police focusing on robberies at convenience stores, fast&#45;food restaurants</title>
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Police are pooling their information and developing what they describe as good leads as the number of violent robberies of small businesses grows across the Richmond region. Investigators from Richmond, where many of the robberies have occurred, have met repeatedly in recent days with their counterparts in suburban police departments to compare notes. The information-sharing sessions, as well as tips from residents, have enabled investigators to make progress in solving the cases, said Richmond police Cmdr. Steve Drew, who oversees operations in South Richmond, where the two most violent robberies have taken place.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Petersburg slaying victim&#8217;s family concerned as prosecution efforts falter</title>
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The family of slain Petersburg businessman Robert L. Braswell Jr. was optimistic last fall when police announced the arrests of four people in the trusted shopkeeper&#8217;s 2006 robbery and shooting. But the closure they hoped for slipped away this week when a prosecutor advised that his case was too weak to proceed. Murder charges were withdrawn Wednesday against one of the suspects, and identical charges are to be withdrawn today against the second suspected gunman.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Woman is cleared of Henrico charges</title>
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A person of interest in the brutal New Year&#8217;s Eve slaying of a Henrico County woman last year was released from jail yesterday. Kayla C. Armstrong, 25, wrapped herself in her mother&#8217;s arms and smiled as well-wishers walked her from the Henrico jail yesterday evening, two hours after a judge found her not guilty of multiple charges linked to an attack on Keiona Cecilia Tiree Braxton.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Community vigil tonight for robbery victims</title>
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The South Richmond community is banding together this evening for a vigil to pray for the victims of a string of robberies at small businesses. Police, residents and businesses are expected to be represented at the vigil, which begins at 7 p.m. in front of the Come and Go Food Market in the 2400 block of Jefferson Davis Highway. Ashraf M. Alatiyat, a co-owner of the store, was shot to death last Tuesday night during a robbery.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:04:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Suspect description released in Jeff Davis robbery</title>
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No injuries were reported this morning in an armed robbery at a fast-food restaurant along Jefferson Davis Highway in South Richmond. Richmond police Capt. Dave Martin said a lone gunman fired one shot into the air while robbing two employees who had just walked out of a Wendy&#8217;s in the 4500 block of Jefferson Davis Highway. The employees had just locked up the restaurant and were walking to their cars when the robber, a male, came around the corner of the building and confronted them at 2:14 a.m., Martin said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:18:23 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Prince George police think one person likely robbed three convenience stores</title>
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Prince George County police think one man likely committed three recent robberies of convenience stores there and in Chesterfield County. &#8220;It&#8217;s a very strong possibility,&#8220; Prince George police Lt. Brian Kei said yesterday. The man in all three robberies matched the same description: He wore a black mask over his face, a hooded gray sweatshirt and black pants. He showed a handgun, silver with a brown grip, in both Prince George robberies, but the man did not display a gun in the Chesterfield case.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:01:48 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Prosecutors make parole pitch for Brileys accomplice</title>
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The two prosecutors who won convictions of the Briley brothers spoke on behalf of the killers&#8217; accomplice yesterday in a closed meeting with a member of the Virginia Parole Board. Robert J. Rice, now a criminal defense attorney, and Warren Von Schuch, still a Richmond-area prosecutor, talked with Rudolph C. McCollum Jr., a former Richmond mayor who sits on the parole board, for about 30 minutes at the board&#8217;s offices in Richmond.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Juveniles crash stolen car in East End</title>
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No injuries were reported early today when three juveniles crashed a stolen car into a fire hydrant in Richmond&#8217;s East End. Police said the incident ended when the stolen Cadillac crashed at 1 a.m. in the 3900 block of Crestview Road, just south of Onslow Minnis Middle School. The three were charged with curfew violation and the driver was also charged with eluding police and driving without a license.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: Police identify 2 arrested for Hanover bank robbery</title>
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Authorities this morning released the identities of two people arrested and charged with yesterday afternoon&#8217;s robbery of a Wachovia bank branch in Hanover County. The two were charged with the 1:30 p.m. robbery of the Wachovia at 7085 Mechanicsville Turnpike.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:54:17 EDT</pubDate>
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Louisa County authorities have charged Mark Lewis Franck, 21, with causing his girlfriend to have a miscarriage by assaulting her June 10 at their home in the Mineral area of the county. Franck is charged with assault and battery of a household member and murder of a fetus, authorities said. His 19-year-old girlfriend, who was eight weeks pregnant, had a miscarriage after she was punched in the stomach and face during an argument, authorities said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:46:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Investigators are taking a closer look at the death of a third person with ties to Ulisa Mary Chavers. Authorities said they are examining the death of Eleanor K. Bowles, the mother of Chavers&#8217; boyfriend.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:25 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond man surrenders in Westover Hills Blvd. homicide</title>
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The man wanted by Richmond police in connection with a homicide Friday on Westover Hills Boulevard has turned himself in. Devin Davon Edmonds, 28, of the 2400 block of Columbia Street surrendered to Richmond police yesterday. Police said he will be charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the shooting death of Paul J. Brown, 32, who was found dead about 5:30 p.m. Friday at 10 Westover Hills Blvd.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. appeals court won&#8217;t rehear obscenity case</title>
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A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider the obscenity convictions of a Richmond man who discussed his fantasies about child sexual conduct in e-mails. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Dwight Whorley&#8217;s rehearing in a 10-1 decision Monday. The dissenter, Judge Roger Gregory, said the e-mails contained no pictures. He said the Supreme Court has never come close to denying First Amendment protections for private fantasies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Papers: Suspect seen near death site</title>
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A Powhatan County man accused of fatally stabbing and beating two Cumberland County residents was seen near the scene of the slayings out of breath, sweating and stained with blood about the time of the killings, court documents say. Authorities also say Tyrone Tyree Roads, charged with capital murder in the deaths of Ricky Thurston and Barry Shaver, was treated in Powhatan for a laceration to his hand sometime after the slayings.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A New Kent County resident who is on the state&#8217;s sex-offender registry faces a court hearing next month for a sex-offense charge in Henrico County. Police say Richard Scott Campbell, 41, snapped unauthorized pictures June 9 at a Wal-Mart in the 7900 block of Brook Road in Henrico. Police say he used his cell phone to snap pictures up a woman&#8217;s skirt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Police seek three males in Carver carjacking</title>
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Richmond police were searching for three males in a carjacking yesterday that injured a man in the Carver neighborhood. Police said the victim was assaulted by three males and then struck by his silver 2002 Chevrolet Impala four-door sedan as the robbers drove away in the car. The victim was treated for injuries that police said were not life-threatening.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond man turns himself in after Westover Hills Blvd. homicide</title>
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The man wanted by Richmond police in connection with a homicide Friday on Westover Hills Boulevard has turned himself in. Devin Davon Edmonds, 28, of the 2400 block of Columbia Street, surrendered to Richmond police today. Police said he will be charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the shooting death of Paul J. Brown, 32, who was dead about 5:30 p.m. Friday at 10 Westover Hills Blvd.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:12:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond police investigate shooting</title>
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Authorities are looking for three men in a shooting this afternoon in Richmond. Officers were summoned shortly before 4 p.m. to the 1700 block of West Moore Street, just north of West Leigh Street and west of North Lombardy Street. The victim, described only as a male, arrived at VCU Medical Center with at least one gunshot to his lower body, said police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh. The injury was not considered life-threatening.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:38:04 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATE: 3 sought in Richmond carjacking</title>
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Richmond police were searching for three males today in a carjacking that injured a man in the Carver neighborhood. Police said the victim was assaulted by three males and then struck by his 2002 silver Chevrolet Impala 4-door sedan as the robbers drove away in the car. The victim was treated for injuries that police said were not life-threatening.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:32:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>No injuries in Chesterfield convenience store robbery</title>
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No injuries were reported in the armed robbery of a Chesterfield County convenience story last night. Police said the masked robber pointed a gun at a clerk and pulled the trigger, but the gun either misfired or was not loaded. The robbery was reported at 9:20 p.m. at a Citgo convenience store in the 2700 block of East Hundred Road.           ]]></description>
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A person was assaulted and run over in a carjacking early today in Richmond&#8217;s Carver neighborhood. The extent of the victim&#8217;s injuries was not immediately clear. Police were searching for two males who stole a 2002 silver Chevrolet Impala 4-door sedan. The crime occurred at 1:16 a.m. in the 800 block of Catherine Street, about two blocks north of Virginia Commonwealth University&#8217;s fine arts center.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:44:21 EDT</pubDate>
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A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider the obscenity convictions of a Richmond man who discussed his fantasies about child sexual conduct in e-mails. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Dwight Whorley&#8217;s rehearing in a 10-1 decision yesterday. The dissenter, Judge Roger Gregory, said the e-mails contained no pictures. He said the Supreme Court has never come close to denying First Amendment protections for private fantasies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:48:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Richmond police are seeking a 28-year-old Richmond man in Saturday&#8217;s fatal shooting of an Autoplus employee on Westover Hills Boulevard. Police said a warrant has been obtained charging Devin Davon Edmonds of the 2400 block of Columbia Street with conspiracy to commit murder in the slaying of Paul J. Brown, 32, who was found shot in a side lot next to Autoplus at 10 Westover Hills Blvd. Police were called to the business about 5:30 p.m.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:01:39 EDT</pubDate>
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Richmond Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood says &#8220;it&#8217;s a fair assessment&#8221; that the same men are responsible for some of the crimes that have left residents and merchants in fear.           ]]></description>
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A relative of three people killed by the Briley brothers gang has asked the Virginia Parole Board not to release the brothers&#8217; accomplice when board members begin voting next week. &#8220;I have not healed, nor will I heal, nor will I forgive,&#8220; said Robert Jones of Southlake, Texas, adding that he will travel to Richmond if that&#8217;s what it takes to make himself heard.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:01:36 EDT</pubDate>
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A Powhatan County man has been charged with capital murder in the deaths of a man and a woman found slain Saturday evening in the yard of a Cartersville-area home. Tyrone Tyree Roads, 21, was arrested without incident in Richmond in the slayings of Ricky Thurston and Barry Shaver, a woman, both of Cumberland, Sheriff Darrell Hodges announced yesterday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Attempted&#45;abduction suspect denied bond in Henrico</title>
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A Henrico County judge yesterday ordered William Scott Baker held without bond and set a hearing on an attempted-abduction charge for September. William Scott Baker, who appeared disoriented and apologetic during a brief video appearance from the Henrico jail, was arrested Saturday night after police said he tried to abduct a 4-year-old girl from a parking lot in the 4000 block of Cox Road. The girl&#8217;s family and passers-by detained Baker until police arrived, authorities said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Crime log for June 10</title>
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Following is a summary of some burglary reports made to police recently in Richmond and in Chesterfield and Henrico counties. RICHMOND POLICE 5200 block of Snead Road, between 2:30 p.m. June 6 and 4:30 p.m. June 7, someone stole jewelry and money. 2300 block of Royall Avenue, between 12:40 and 4:25 p.m. June 6, someone stole electronics.           ]]></description>
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