President Announces Plan to Renew and Expand America’s Infrastructure

Today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President Barack Obama will announce a comprehensive infrastructure plan to expand and renew our nation’s roads, railways and runways.
This proposal is among a set of targeted initiatives that the President will outline in Cleveland on Wednesday to support our economic recovery and ensure long-term sustainable growth.
This plan [...]

Superintendent of Virginia State Police to Throw Out First Pitch at Richmond Squirrels Game

VSP Superintendent to Throw Out First Pitch at Richmond Squirrels Game Tonightby Virginia State Police on Friday, September 3, 2010 at 9:50am AAA “Back to School Night at the Diamond” for 2010, is tonight, September 3rd, as the Richmond Flying Squirrels take on the Bowie Baysox. Colonel Steve Flaherty, Superintendent of the Virginia State Police, [...]

Petersburg Marijuana Distribution Case Sends Jamaican National Away for Twenty Years

Dane Clark, a.k.a. “Oral Merchant,” 44, a Jamaican National, was sentenced today for his role in a large-scale marijuana distribution organization operating out of Petersburg, Va.  United States District Judge Henry E. Hudson sentenced Clark to 240 months’ imprisonment each on his convictions for Conspiracy to [...]

Fugitive and Firearms Initiative in Richmond

The Richmond Police Department’s annual Fugitive and Firearms Initiative with the Virginia State Police resulted in 108 outstanding warrants served on individuals and took 75 illegal guns off the streets of Richmond between May 22 and Aug. 28.
Mayor Dwight C. Jones commended Richmond Police and its FFI partners for another [...]

Montrose Ave. Shooters Arrested

Richmond Police officers have arrested two men wanted in connection with the shooting of three people last weekend on Montrose Avenue.
Charles Lee Mayo, 22, and Xavia Rayquinn Mayo, 20, of the 3000 block of Montrose Avenue, were picked up without incident.
Photo: Xavia Mayo
Both men have been charged with three counts [...]

Police Arrest One in Montrose Avenue Shooting, Search for Second Suspect

Richmond Police have arrested Xavia Rayquinn Mayo, 20, of the 3000 block of Montrose Avenue, in connection with last night’s shooting on Montrose Avenue.
Officers spotted and arrested Mayo in the 2900 block of Chamberlayne Avenue just after 8:30 p.m. Investigators want to thank the community for their assistance with this [...]

Traffic Stop Leads to Major Drug Bust in Richmond

On Thursday, Aug. 19, Special Investigations detectives conducted a traffic stop on a known drug target, James A. Thomas, in the 3900 block of Hull Street.
As they approached Thomas’ car, detectives saw narcotics in plain view. After arresting him, they found the below items inside the vehicle:

*one stolen handgun;
*one ounce of marijuana;
*75 Ecstasy pills;
*30 Oxycodone [...]

Richmond Police Seek SunTrust Bank Robbery Suspect

Richmond Police need the public’s help in identifying the man pictured at right who robbed the SunTrust Bank at 1101 Azalea Avenue Thursday afternoon.
At approximately 3:15 p.m. today, a man walked into the bank and slipped the teller a note demanding money. He did not display a weapon, and was last seen walking west on [...]

ABC Announces Recipients of Community Coalition Grants

RICHMOND – In an effort to prevent underage drinking and access to alcohol, the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) recently awarded seven Community Coalition Grants totaling $56,350 for alcohol education and enforcement initiatives throughout the commonwealth.
Funded by a federal grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the grants were [...]

Victim Helps Richmond Police Make Arrests

Two armed robbers may have thought they’d gotten away with their crimes early Sunday morning, but it would be the victims who would have the last word.
Just before 3 a.m. Sunday, two men robbed three citizens at gunpoint on East Franklin Street. Minutes later, one of the robbers called a victim and demanded more money.
With [...]

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