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Sector 413 November Newsletter

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From Lt. Baltz:

Hello. I hope everyone had a nice October and a quiet Halloween. I know there were a lot of activities taking place over the weekend. First Fridays will be this Friday night, plan to come out and support the businesses that participate in this.
It is unfortunate but we had a homicide in Sector 413 that occurred on October 29 at 3rd and Broad Streets at four o’clock in the afternoon.
There were 10 robberies in Sector 413 last month. Two of these were to Commercial businesses.
There was 1 aggravated assault in Sector 413; the suspect was arrested.
Here is a breakdown on the crimes reported:
VIOLENT CRIME:
Homicide-
300 E. Broad Street, 4:00 pm, Javis Turner was stabbed by Desean Trent on 10/29/09. Trent was arrested. Motive-Argument
2 Commercial Robberies-
10/14/09, 212 E. Grace Street, 2:00pm, the modern Coin was robbed by two unknown b-m’s. Both had handguns.
10/18/09, 520 W. Broad Street, 5:30 pm, Rite Aid was robbed by unknown male with a handgun.
8 Robberies-
10/09/09, 1230 am, 700 W. Franklin Street, Anthony Brown, 18 and Nicholas Smith, 18 were robbed by two unknown b-m’s armed with hand guns.
10/21/09, 0245 a.m., 501 W. Broad Street, Thomas Higgins, 19 and Michael Mann, 18, were robbed outside of New York Fried Chicken by two unknown males armed with handguns.
10/21/09, 0230 a.m. 813 W. Grace Street. Jairo Montengno, 20 was robbed by 2 suspects armed with handguns. Brandon Anderson, 22 and Bryant Harris, 26 were arrested that night.
10/23/09, 0245 am, 300 N. Madison, Buster Perkins, 26 was robbed by an unknown male armed with a handgun.
10/23/09, 1205 a.m., 400 N. Madison, William Bendye, 32 and Rasheeda Johnson, 30 were robbed by 2 unknown males armed with handguns.
10/24/09, 0144 am, 600 E. Main Street, the parking attendant, Diruk Wordofa, 44 was sprayed with mace and robbed by two unknown males.
10/31/09, 5:00pm, 200 E. Broad Street, Anthony Higgins, 19 was robbed by David Evans by force. Officer Nicholas Castrinos observed the incident taking place and after a short foot pursuit was able to apprehend the suspect. EXCELLENT JOB OFFICER CASTRINOS!
1 Aggravated Assault-
320 W. Grace Street, 10/30/09, Vanessa Mitchell, 21 was assaulted by her roommate, Sarah Rodriguez, 21. Rodriguez was arrested.
PROPERTY CRIMES
There were 49 thefts from motor vehicles during the month of October. The majority happened in the Monroe Ward and City Center neighborhoods. I have requested some additional officer’s to patrol in these areas especially when we have activities taking place at the coliseum, the National theatre and Center Stage. On a positive note, Patrol officers did make 6 arrests involving individuals breaking into vehicles. This occurred in the last week of October so we anticipate a decrease in this type of crime.
Graffiti seems to be appearing everywhere throughout our Sector. I cannot think of a neighborhood that has not been “tagged”. These individuals do not think about the damage they are causing to the businesses when they paint on walls and vehicles. They are very hard to catch but maybe if we all work together we could catch one or two. Call us if you see anything suspicious taking place.
If you are aware of crime or would like to give information call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000. Please continue to report suspicious persons or activities to the police as soon as possible. The non emergency number is 646-5100.
Sector 413 Officer Thomas Neale was awarded the 4th Precinct Officer of the Month. Congratulations Officer Neale! Officer Neale apprehended a theft from a motor vehicle suspect after he observed the individual outside of a car. After a short foot pursuit the subject was apprehended and the stolen property was returned to the owner.
During the month of October, Sector 413 officers answered 1880 radio calls and conducted 155 field interviews. These numbers reflect only Sector 413; it does not include the rest of the Precinct. That is a lot of radio calls!
I want to thank the officers, detectives and community for their continued support in making Sector 413 a better place to live and work.

Sincerely,
Lt. Yvonne Baltz- Fourth Precinct – Sector 413 – (o) 646-4239
yvonnebaltz@richmondgov.com

Can You Afford College?

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From press release:

TheCollegePlace-Richmond Upcoming Workshop:

Understanding and Applying for Financial Aid: Figuring out how to search for
financial assistance for college can be a complicated and stressful process.
This workshop will help students and parents navigate the world of financial
aid. This topic will cover areas such as understanding financial aid terms,
the difference between scholarships/grants/loans and work-study, FAFSA and
more.

Target audience: 12th grade student/parents.

Event Details: Mary & Frances Youth Center (on the campus of VCU next to the
Cary Street Gym) at W. Cary and S. Linden.

Date: Saturday, November 7th (10:00a ? 11:15a) — Registration Deadline:
November 5, 2009

Register: Visit
http://www.ecmcfoundation.org/thecollegeplace/register_form.html to
register. You must register in order to participate. Space is limited.

This workshop is free.

For more information, please email Gabriela Mira at gmira@ecmc.org or call
827.0551.

Veggie Potluck/Documentary This Thursday

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From announcement:

Last Chance this year for dinner and a documentary night!
Veggie Dinner and a documentary will start again in late winter, early spring of 2010.

Bring your veggies to share (6pm) and come see short segments of Ken Burns “The National Parks” (7pm) Thurs. Nov 5, 2009.

Bring photos and experiences of your trips to National Parks to display!

If you have your own videos/cds/dvds of your trips to National Parks and know how to show them, bring them!

Please let us know if you’re coming to the William Byrd Community House at 224 South Cherry Street by RSVP carolion1@yahoo.com or 783-6316 to John or Caroline

Don’t forget your plates and utensils!

Appreciation for successful OHNA party/social

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I would like to express my appreciation to neighbors the
Hargers (Shawn, Misty, and their relatives), Kyle Meyer, and Roxanne
Schwartz, who were the primary organizers for the Oregon Hill
Neighborhood Association party/social we had this past Tuesday night.
They prepared a great spread. We also had some wonderful donations
from area businesses, including 821 Bakery Cafe, Mojo’s, Pescados Seafood ,
Ukrop’s, Chick-fil-A (guys, please let me know if I am missing anyone). Of
course the William Byrd Community House and Robert Bolling deserve
thanks as well for hosting. And, last but not least, all the Oregon
Hill residents who attended. Some of you won some nice door prizes as
well. Overall, a very successful evening, despite the rain.

‘Dog Rowe’ 1900

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From the October 28, 1900 copy of the Richmond Times Dispatch :

Mr. Charles E. Barfoot had David Rowe arrested for stealing his orange-and-white hound pup.
The Great Dispenser knows much of human nature, and dreads a dog case.
The parties live on Oregon Hill, and Mr. Rowe declared he hadn’t been there long, and never had any trouble in his life until he went there. Since he lived on Oregon Hill he had slept on trouble, and had trouble for breakfast, lunch, and supper- trouble at every turn- and now he was accused of stealing his own dog.

ANIMATED SECTION

Mr. Rowe declared if anybody’s life was too stale and too slow, all he had to do was move to Oregon Hill, where animation lays around in chunks.
The Great Lawgiver declared before he opened up the case that there was no telling what a man wouldn’t do for a dog- especialy if it was in hunting season.
He enquired first about the license- always the license first. There was no license on the dog. The warrant had not been paid for, because Mr. Barfoot did not have the ready cash.
“Then in the name of General Jackson and the James river, how did you buy a dog with no money,” bawled the Great Dispenser.
Mr. Barfoot modestly declared that he had borrowed the money from a friend to buy the dog.
Mr. Rowe swore the dog was his, and that he was not orange and white at all, but a white hound, with black spots and tan ears, that he had bought from a nigger for a pistol, and that he took the dog from Mr. Barfoot’s yard, in the presence of his wife, when he had a door over the dog, and sawed wood piled over the door to keep him from getting out.
The Great Lawgiver declared that unless Mr. Barfoot could disprove Rowe’s statements, he was out 75 cents and a dog, and the nigger in a pistol and the money, and that a warrant in detinue was the proper caper in the case.

Editor’s note: I left the term “n-word” in this account as that what was printed in the record and what was commonly used in that time period. Certainly, I recognize that today that term is considered a racist epithet and I do not mean any offense with this historical post.