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CRIME & SAFETY
Man found dead with gunshot wound in vehicle in Richmond, police investigating as homicide
A man was found dead with a gunshot wound in a vehicle along Midlothian Turnpike in the early hours on Thursday, prompting a homicide investigation by the Richmond Police Department.
Richmond drug trafficker sentenced to more than 15 years in prison
A Richmond man was sentenced this week to 15 years and eight months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. According to court documents, on Sept. 27, 2022, an individual acting under the direction of...
Richmond Police Department searching for suspect in burglary-related incidents
Detectives believe that the suspect who burglarized the local business located on North Lombardy Street is the same suspect who attempted to burglarize the business on Chamberlayne Parkway.
Armed robbery at Virginia 7-Eleven leads to guilty plea from Richmond man
A Richmond man pleaded guilty Thursday for an armed robbery that occurred after his debit card was declined for insufficient funds. Darryl Nathaniel Cole, 59, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 26. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison. According to...
The latest on the men accused in Dogwood Dell thwarted shooting plot
New records indicate Richmond police did not have any evidence that Dogwood Dell was the target of a thwarted mass shooting plot in 2022, nor did they find a gun belonging to one of the men charged with possessing one, WTVR's Tyler Layne reports.Why it matters: Police publicly accused two men with an alleged planned shooting they were never charged with. One has likely been deported and another is serving 16 months in jail on federal charges stemming from his arrest in connection with a plot it seems never happened.Catch up quick: On July 6, 2022, then-Richmond Police Chief Gerald...
3 Virginia cities among nation’s highest rates of gun thefts from vehicles, report finds
A new report by the anti-gun violence nonprofit Everytown details the sharp spike in guns being stolen from vehicles across the United States over the last decade and found that three Virginia cities were in the top 10 for guns being stolen from vehicles in 2022. Using FBI data from 337 cities across 44 states, Everytown found that gun thefts from vehicles rose from an estimated 21 thefts per ...
FOIA Friday: Possible pipeline flaws, Richmond mass shooting plot investigation
One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While the Virginia Freedom of Information Act presumes all government business is by default public and requires officials to justify why exceptions should be made, too many Virginia leaders in […] The post FOIA Friday: Possible pipeline flaws, Richmond mass shooting plot investigation appeared first on Virginia Mercury.
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