Crime/Justice
Guilty plea: Comer goes directly to jail
Published on Apr 13th, 2010
36 comments A remorseful Mike Comer, unaccompanied by family members, pleads guilty to five counts. NELSONCOUNTYLIFE.COM/ALBEMARLE POLICE Michael D. Comer, the former treasurer of the Glenmore Community...
Landmark list: Minor atop California taxpayer delinquencies
Published on Apr 13th, 2010
11 comments Minor, Danielson, and the Landmark. PHOTOS BY JAY KUHLMANN, HAWES SPENCER Halsey Minor, the CNet-founding millionaire whose Midas touch has been tarnished by a series of setbacks including the...
H'burg erupts as riot teams disperse mayhem
Published on Apr 11th, 2010
41 comments The city of Harrisonburg looked like a 1970-era Kent State Saturday night as the sights, sounds, and lung-choking aura of tear-gas grenades were unleashed on unruly young people. On April 10, law...
Harrington, Seccuro help UVA 'take back the night'
Published on Apr 10th, 2010
29 comments [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="262" caption="Dan Harrington"][/caption] The father of murdered college student Morgan Harrington paid a visit to an annual rally against sexual violence...
Farewell song: Friends, family mourn WNRN DJ
Published on Apr 9th, 2010
20 comments Tim Davis, seen here in a scene from a video showcasing his video skills at WNRN, died at UVA hospital. PHOTOS: FLICKR/AZZ and VIDEO STILL FROM ANDREW FINEIN ON VIMEO. Friends and family of slain...
'Family man': Parkway shooting suspect's family, boss express shock
Published on Apr 8th, 2010
29 comments Ralph Leon Jackson, 56, was arrested for the sunset shooting of Christina S. Floyd and Timothy P. Davis at Rock Point Overlook. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER; INSET: AUGUSTA A day after 56-year-old Ralph...
Ralph Leon Jackson arrested in Parkway shooting
Published on Apr 7th, 2010
73 comments Ralph Leon Jackson, 56, was arrested today at his residence for the shooting of Christina S. Floyd and Timothy P. Davis at Rock Point Overlook. AUGUSTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE A Valley man is in...
Parkway terror: Radio personality in critical condition after shooting
Published on Apr 6th, 2010
39 comments The friends had stopped for views from Rock Point Overlook. FLICKR/AZZ. INSET: FACEBOOK PHOTO AND FLICKR/STINKY GRINCH-GREG GUTIERREZ What was supposed to be an idyllic sunset excursion turned to...
JADEd Strom: Embattled cop blogger arrested again
Published on Apr 2nd, 2010
73 comments Elisha Strom is accused of following unnamed JADE officers. I HEARTE JADE LOGO, MUGSHOT ALBEMARLE CHARLOTTESVILLE REGIONAL JAIL The woman who spent a month in jail for publishing an undercover...
Colonial Parkway murder case getting new scrutiny
Published on Apr 2nd, 2010
4 comments As the Morgan Harrington murder, the Shenandoah National Park slayings, and "Route 29 Stalker" cases remain unsolved, authorities are taking a new look at the most terrific serial killings in...
Gas party? FBI investigates cut line at Perriello home
Published on Mar 24th, 2010
155 comments Update 3/28/10: Now the DP is reporting that Rep. Perriello’s brother received a threatening letter in the mail the same day the tube on his gas grill was cut. Update 3/26/10 2:53pm: The DP’s Brian...
Uncivil discourse: Protesters disrupt Yoo at Miller Center
Published on Mar 19th, 2010
54 comments John Yoo was in Charlottesville to explain the torture memos– and talk about his new book. PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE The Miller Center of Public Affairs has a long tradition of luring...
New twist: Germans press for Soering release
Published on Mar 19th, 2010
2 comments Rex Bowman of the Roanoke Times has the story of the German embassy's quest to bring home Jens Soering, the UVA Echols Scholar convicted of double murder in 1990.
Brawl overblown? Teen disputes Fashion Square claims
Published on Mar 19th, 2010
41 comments A February sunset over Fashion Square. FILE PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Two of the bolder allegations in the recent brawl-at-the-mall that temporarily shut down Charlottesville Fashion Square were that...
Western Albemarle teen out on bond
Published on Mar 18th, 2010
2 comments Patrick Crider, 18, the former Western Albemarle High student who was arrested January 14 for allegedly threatening on Facebook to kill four other Western students, was released on a $5,000 bond...
'Shattered bones,' Harringtons say Morgan's killer is 'violent, sadistic'
Published on Mar 17th, 2010
107 comments "Someone knows something," says Dan Harrington, pictured here with wife Gil on March 17 in front of John Paul Jones Arena. "They need to come forward." PHOTO BY COURTENEY STUART Her parents...
Unenforcable: Unshoveled sidewalk cases thrown out
Published on Mar 16th, 2010
11 comments Unshoveled sidewalks like this one on Water Street were common this winter. PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE Even though snow blocked sidewalks all over town for weeks following major snowstorms in what was a...
If they took CTS to the brawl, how'd they return?
Published on Mar 8th, 2010
99 comments A CTS bus downtown. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Perhaps the most fascinating part of the whole brawl-at-the-mall that caused Charlottesville Fashion Square to shut down for an hour on Friday night, March...
Body found: And signs point to missing Wahoo executive
Published on Mar 8th, 2010
8 comments A prominent Houston energy company leader and graduate of the University of Virginia has gone missing in New Orleans. Fifty-four-year-old Douglas Schantz disappeared mere hours after presenting a...
Officers punished: including one who shot Eppard
Published on Mar 5th, 2010
214 comments A 19-year veteran, Hopwood monitors Anchorage Farm January 26, the day Morgan Harrington's body was found. PHOTO BY COURTENEY STUART One of the Albemarle County Police officers who shot Colby W....
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