Category Archives: crime

Abusing The New Idlewood Roundabout

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From a neighbor:

About 5:20 pm yesterday, right as VCU closed, I saw a line of cars across the newly seeded park property, making their own street from parking on Grayland to exiting onto Idlewood by the roundabout. They had moved the barriers and destroyed the beautiful newly fixed up sod. They were even using the turnaround area for parking! So tired of the neighborhood getting crapped on by VCU commuters/free parkers. More substantial barriers should go up this week and the long term plan is to place big rocks there as a barrier to block them from entering. I so wish we could have closed Grayland. Since this is park property, maybe we should name it and figure a use for it…

T. Tyler Potterfield Bridge Lights Vandalized

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From the Times Dispatch article:

Richmond police said Monday that they need help solving a felony vandalism case in which more than 90 lights were damaged on the T. Tyler Potterfield Bridge.

The popular walkway is open 24 hours, and the path is lit by LED light bars.

T.Tyler Potterfield was a City employee who lived on Cherry Street in Oregon Hill. As a planner and avid historian, he loved this historic neighborhood and river views.

Property Destruction/Motor Vehicle Theft

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From CommunityCrimeMap.com:

DESTRUCTION PROPERTY/PRIVATE PROPERTY
5XX S PINE ST
Feb 28, 2018 at 11:00 pm
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DESTRUCTION PROPERTY/PRIVATE PROPERTY
5XX TREDEGAR ST
Feb 28, 2018 at 1:00 pm
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MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
4XX S LAUREL ST
Feb 28, 2018 at 6:30 am
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Issues With Grayland

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While many neighbors are enjoying the new roundabout, some are also monitoring problems that stem from Grayland Avenue being partly open for parking. The people who are still using Grayland have abused the privilege by leaving litter and dangerously driving over part of the closed, roundabout section. The City’s Department of Public Works put up some black plastic fencing to try to discourage the misbehavior, but now people are just driving around it. Some neighbors are saying they predicted this and are re-iterating their calls for this section of Grayland Avenue’s street to be removed and fully closed as soon as possible.

Crime Report

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From CommunityCrimeMap.com:

THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
1XX S LAUREL ST
Feb 7, 2018 at 9:28 am
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HIT AND RUN
6XX W CARY ST
Feb 6, 2018 at 3:27 pm
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HIT AND RUN
2XX S LINDEN ST
Feb 5, 2018 at 7:00 pm
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Burglary On N. Pine

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Technically, N.Pine is north of the neighborhood, but relaying this information anyway.

From CommunityCrimeMap.com:

BURGLARY/B and E/RESIDENTIAL
1XX N PINE ST
Dec 1, 2017 at 1:15 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

On a related note, on Sunday a Laurel Street neighbor watched a guy with a package walk into an unlocked house across the street. He walked back out quickly and went back in the direction he came from toward Idlewood St. The owner of the home popped up and yelled after him “Did you need help with something” and he said he yelled back he got the wrong address but he kept moving. The owner then told us that he seemed startled by her dogs when he came in and she thinks thats why he left so quickly.

She was advised to report the incident to the police.