It was rough, to say the least. (update 2/1/2015). Yes, not all of the non-fatal incidents make the big media. About Us Neighborhood policing and the allocation of resources to trouble areas is working. (PDF). The number would peak at 160 in 1994 and earn the city the unwanted distinction of being the U.S. murder capital in 1997 (on a per capita basis), when 140 people were killed. Yes and no, McEachin says. Great research, and great job, John. Unfortunately the RPDs online system doesnt break out Aggravated Assaults from Assaults and I dont have the desire to dig for it. Subscribe Curious about and fascinated by Richmonds shockingly violent semi-recent history, I thought to look and see where all of this killing was taking place. We saw a couple of evictions and then the house condemned. The sad truth is that if you are middle or upper class, you have almost no chance of being a victim of violent crime. WebStories on Richmond murder made both Americas Most Wanted and got notice in December 5 piece in USA Today. BLOODGOOD. If youre interested in seeing what isnt always reported, the RPD puts out a daily report in Noteworthy Incidents that includes a number of non-fatal stabbings/shootings that dont get a mention on tv, the newspaper, or even here (though I do get it on the CHPN twitter). WebFeb. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Put in historical perspective, Richmond is having another spike in homicides similar to the smaller ones in the early 1940s and the 1970s, but nothing like the 1990s. For reported, I assumed that he was referring to the media, not the police. White homicides often got more in-depth treatment in the news than the usual few paragraphs for black victims. It would be interesting to compare the street crime to the white collar crime going on at the time- Joel Harris-style corruption for example. RICHMOND, Va. -- An investigation is underway after a man's body was found in the woods line at Pine Camp on Richmond's North Side Saturday afternoon. Weve gone 38 days without a homicide as of today, which ties the streak from February 2010 AND the streak from November 2009. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Zoo Miami in Florida confirmed a Malayan tapir briefly escaped from its enclosure Tuesday before being safely contained about an hour later. Joseph Brown, who also was in court, declined comment. When she died, Thomas had just graduated from high school. I moved here to Church Hill in 1992. on target for 182 killings by the end of December, setting check points at hot spots across the city, list of incidents from 1994 in comparison to, http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4969/clipboard01le.jpg, http://cwaynetaylor.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/crime-assaults/, Here is a graphic of the worst 10 in 2009, http://wtvr.com/2012/05/24/holmberg-25-years-after-the-deadliest-invasion-since-the-civil-war/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briley_Brothers, Neighborhood Driving Zoo opens this spring, Drug activity on 25th revealed to be long-game covert opp, City releases new traffic control measures, List of streets that might be named after Confederates. the number of homicides per 100,000 population) from 1999 to 2018. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A Michigan woman said a Powerball ticket found forgotten in the pocket of her husband's coat turned out to be a $1 million winner. Three years after Caroline Cookes murder, Richmond police detective Jan McTernan found the killer through a fingerprint on a car of spray starch inside found inside Mrs. Cookes home in the citys sedate Museum District. In my opinion, Richmond has a history of overlooking white collar crime and its possible relationship to the street crime. There's no question Richmond is seeing a vicious spike in homicides during the past year and a half. Lafayette POYNER. Richardson the morning after the murder. Amazing! Thanks as usual for great reporting. To add one more macabre item to this horrible year in April, 1994 Timothy Spencer, aka the Southside Strangler for his murderous rampage on the Southside in 1987, was put to death. Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Hopefully thats something hyper-local media can change. Not to say theyre less important but, as a reader, I wouldnt care if a woman stabbed another if they were acquainted. Shes up for parole and the parole board is processing the automatic request. She had the ability to act perfectly normal. I really would like to know more info on the murder of Harold David Robertson Jr. Google News Archives: Fulton Hill Hustlers, * Clintons health care attempt SMITH, Christopher Bryan People who are from Richmond and its suburbs cant shake off these 10-20 year old images, reported above. RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Police are investigating following a car crash and a shooting that left 1 person dead. This was a great rendition of a small portion of how is was back then, the article did not seem negative to me but honest. Where we now have months with no killings, a Times-Dispatch article that year thought a 10-day span without a homicide was noteworthy. They *could* just do Richmond but that would just perpetuate the stereotype of not being able to get 10 feet into the city without being robbed and shot. Postal Service stopped mail delivery to Whitcomb Court until ordered back on the rounds by a Federal judge. Medical and technological advances are also keeping more people alive, she adds. He said ''it was the only way out that would quiet everything down and keep my parents from having to go through so much.''. At the end of 2008 going into 2009, the run of 56 spanning November 9, 2008, to January 4, 2009, is the 2nd longest period. Turns out that you have to go back to 1951-1961 to find years with per capita numbers as low as 2008 (which is still better than most years from the 1930s and 1940s, interestingly). Prosecutors alleged they operated a cocaine ring in Richmond and Virginia's eastern Henrico County. Ive heard a few things credited Project Exile, sector-based policing, better community involvement, and a national trend towards a decrease in violence. Gregory had unsuccessfully challenged in a previous hearing the legitimacy of Brown's confession, saying Brown may not have been aware of his right to remain silent when he spoke to police. 0. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. But one day in 20 more years, for sure Monique will have served her time and will get out. Im thinking assaults and other crimes are much higher here also. * North vs Robb vs Coleman for Senate Great article though I wonder what exactly would make the author remark that they would not be surprised to see a body drop on Venable? There were anomalies a fatal stabbing in a the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant on Grace Street, the murders of 2 elderly women in retirement homes, a body found in the canal by Tredegar Street but overwhelmingly the stories from 1994 are those of young black men found dead or dying on streets like Idlewood Avenue, Hull Street, and Afton Avenue. No one was killed in Richmond in June 2010. Looking back, it was a The vast majority of the victims that year were young black men, and they were shot to death. My assumption is that the number of fatal shootings as a percentage of over-all shootings is a somewhat stable percentage that less homicides indicate that less people are, in fact, getting shot. Even had a bullet shot through our living room window but never found the slug. A fourth defendant, Sandra Reavis, was not charged with murder but was convicted of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. As the number of killings in the East End has dropped, the rate has dropped in some areas and killing has started to disappear from others. I was actually warned by the police to be careful because these guys monitor the police channel and know who is calling the police! Many, many criminals have simply aged to the point that they are no longer the great threat that they were. The government charged that Johnson, Tipton and Roane directed the loosely knit Newtowne gang, which peddled huge quantities of cocaine -- people call it 'cook 'em up' on the streets -- in Richmond and eastern Henrico County. to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Serial world record breaker David Rush reclaimed a Guinness World Records title when he threw and caught a fire sword 135 times in 1 minute. By 1942, there were 43. Nobody that lived here at the time is still here, except me. Look at Portugal for an example. With recent years showing the lowest body counts since 1961, the citys population back up over 200,000, and VCU having greatly expanded, it is difficult to imagine that mid-1990s Richmond was ever real. Im not sure how to really parse this. * Susan Smith drowning her boys, blaming it on a black car-jacker I get that, but in lieu of hard numbers, Im looking at the homicide rate as a proxy for the amount of general violence in the city. Then he shot her, turned her body over, shot her at least five more times, and set her body afire. Our aggravated assaults which comprise shootings, stabbings and an assault where the skin is brokenare down 7 percent. John, This was a great idea for several reasons. Catch a clue! You have great ammunition for the school year nowgreat summer project! Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Dictionary.com is adding 313 new terms and 130 new definitions to keep up with the ever-changing modern lexicon. I was thinking of the Virginia is for lovers commercials and trips to Virginia Beach when I decided to go to school in VA. But it appears no one thinks 40 years in solitary confinement is going to help or reform one of the most disturbed young women this city has ever seen. WebThe man who called himself Lawrence Vanner was arrested in September 2002, after police found Jun dead and buried under a pile of kitty litter in the basement of her East Great job! Drug Decriminalization works. The same stabbing in Oregon Hill or shooting up by Fairfield that doesnt make the news would be played differently were it to go down in Carytown. ''He said no, he had never had sex with her.''. http://wtvr.com/2012/05/24/holmberg-25-years-after-the-deadliest-invasion-since-the-civil-war/. On October 14, 1994, 20-year-old Christopher Goins went to the Gilpin Court apartment of 14-year-old Tamika Jones, who was seven months pregnant with Goins child, and killed Tamikas parents, her 9-year-old sister, Nicole, her 4-year-old brother, David, and her 3-year-old brother, Robert. Weve definitely come a along way, despite the setbacks, but we are only about half way there. Spend a day in the ER at MCV and then you tell me honestly how you feel. Prosecutors and defense lawyers were bound by gag order from Judge James Spencer not to discuss the case. Here is a graphic of the worst 10 in 2009. It would be interesting to find out what percentage of shooting and stabbing victims wind up at MCV. Even the locator map of murders back then looked remarkably similar to the ones of today - the same festering pockets of concentrated poverty that continue today. The prosecutor, the defense attorney, Moniques mom and others wanted her locked up in a mental hospital instead of prison. The search for Goins and Richmond made an appearance on Americas Most Wanted and a $15,000 reward was offered for his arrest. Ukrainian drone crashes 60 miles from Moscow, prompting Putin military order, Couples consider third and fourth partners in 'Seeking Brother Husband' coming soon to TLC. It brought back a lot of cringes, but relief that those days are hopefully gone for good. WebWith a crime rate of 34 per one thousand residents, Richmond has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns 3. She had been sexually assaulted with a broomstick so violently, she suffered internal damage to some of her organs. WebSeptember 22, 1993: 1: Virginia, USA : Herman Charles BARNES: June 27, 1985: 2: Virginia, USA : Gregory Warren BEAVER. The Richmond Police Department has said that they can get the data, but that it will cost between $2,500-$3,000 to pull together the pre-1998 information (as it not held electronically). asked the first line of a newspaper report in February of 1941. I just re-read my post, and I think the point I wanted to make is in regard to the comments about black on black crime. The Richmond Police were able to provide a chart showing the killings per month covering the years 1980-2004. Not sure if they were flown in from other areas though. But Mrs. Cookes daughter and one of her neighbors fear that theres not enough oversight and control in the mental health system for someone as dangerous as Monique Anderson. Horgas was pondering this question the next day when he came across a teletype alert from Richmond that made his hands shake. This article is an exhample of why CHPN was awarded the best community blog award this year. She has also burned her maternal uncle's Bible and set his bed on fire.". III, Charles Stanard This happened more than once. a lot of violence. Jake Are you saying that the RPD is not reporting murders? Miller, 40, now faces up to life in prison for the murders of the elderly couple found bludgeoned and slashed to death April 9, 1993, at their farm in Richmond. But business was good, and thats why the drug trade and its attendent violence flourished here in Richmond. During the sentencing, Duling reviewed Anderson's extensive record and glanced at a picture of the murder scene before the body of Caroline Cooke was removed, the T-D reported at the time. as a member of the infamous Poison Clan Posse i saw first hand some of the violence that took place back then and i can confirm what you guys are saying. In the past 366 months, only 3 have passed without a killing, and all 3 have come in the last 8 months. That years spike in killings did not arrive suddenly. I am very thankful that I did not wander into harms way. both my kids were born in Richmond. Police attributed the violence to the prevalence of crack cocaine. In the 2 1/2 years since, weve had just 1. Movies and the hype of gangsta rap did help each. I really felt sorry for him. At one point during the year, the bodies were dropping fast enough to put the city on target for 182 killings by the end of December. 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