Help send Richmond’s children to summer camp

Submitted by Iva Petrosino, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011, 3:40pm

On Thursday, May 12, you can help send a Richmond child to summer camp, as well as hear some of your favorite music, by contributing to the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ annual Send-a-Kid-to-Camp Radiothon.

Residents are asked to call (804) 521-8400 any time between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on May 12 to make a donation to the Send-a-Kid-to-Camp Campaign, and for any donation of $20 or more, the caller can have their favorite song played on KISS 105.7/ 99.3 FM or 92.1 FM. In addition, anyone who makes a donation for the full summer camp fee of $225 will receive two free tickets to the June 4th Stone Soul Music and Food Festival on Brown's Island.

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Daily Crime Report

Submitted by Iva Petrosino, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011, 2:20pm

The following information is provided by Richmond Police.

DISCLAIMER: The following incidents are preliminary in nature and are subject to change after investigation. Please note that the entries listed below do not cover every incident from overnight. The listings are subject to the judgment of staff officers’ sense of what is noteworthy.

4th Precinct
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
5/10/11 11:30 p.m.
300 block of North Adams Street
A male reported he was hit with a beer bottle by an unknown male.

1st Precinct
BURGLARY
5/10/11 10:30 a.m. – 1:19 p.m.
2300 block of Rosetta Street
Two digital cameras, a 24-inch TV, a laptop computer and money were stolen from a residence.

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Richmond to test flood walls soon

Submitted by NBC12 News Staff

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011, 1:22pm

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -- In June, the City of Richmond will once again test its flood walls. It's an annual test, but one that comes on the heels of the massive flooding going on right now along the Mississippi River.

Casting his reel off the Mayo Bridge today, Richmond native Randolph Shelton remembers what it was like when these flood walls were not here.

"It was water everywhere, everywhere. It was pretty crazy back then," says Shelton.

He's talking about back then, before the flood walls were installed in the mid 90s. "There were guys in fishing boats trying to help people."

Now those same pictures are playing out in the south, as the Mississippi River overspills its banks and overtakes cities, casinos, anything in it's path.

Here in Richmond, the city says the flood walls are doing their job. In June, that will be put to the test during an annual inspection.

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Appeals court in Richmond hears healthcare reform arguments

Submitted by NBC12 News Staff

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011, 7:25pm

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Richmond again took center stage in the debate over national health care reform.

Virginia, led by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, already won a ruling in U.S. District Court in Richmond that the "individual mandate"' requiring people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. But the United States appealed that decision Tuesday, creating quite a scene both inside the courtroom and out.

It was a sidewalk news conference. A gathering big enough that one driver blamed it for creating a distraction, and this car crash on Main Street. Those standing nearby in support of healthcare reform took notice.

"Health is a very funny thing. One day you can be in the best of health, and then suddenly you can be lying in a hospital bed," said UVA student Larry Kim, who spoke in favor of healthcare reform.

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Hathcock agrees to community service

Submitted by NBC12 News Staff

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011, 5:27pm

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – A resolution tonight in a sexual harassment case at Richmond City Hall. The top aide to the city council president has agreed to perform community service for his charges of misdemeanor sexual battery and assault against another council aide.

He's the liaison to the City Council President Kathy Graziano. 64-year-old David Hathcock now has community service duty ahead of him.

"My hope is that with these 100 hours, that he is actually taking the time to think about what he has done," said Jennifer Walle.

Jennifer Walle is the former aide to Councilman Bruce Tyler. She says Hathcock grabbed her-- pulled her onto a chair and tried to kiss her in city hall, last year.

"It was very difficult to go into work day after day. It was like, not only had David done this to me, but the fact that Kathy had allowed everything to continue," she said.

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Daily Crime Report

Submitted by Iva Petrosino, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011, 2:39pm

The following information is provided by Richmond Police.

1st Precinct
ROBBERY (COMMERCIAL)
5/9/11 8:51 p.m.
1802 E. Main St.
An employee reported the Shockoe Market was robbed by an unknown male.

1st Precinct
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
5/9/11 8:12 p.m.
1500 block of North 24th Street
A male reported he was shot by a known male. The victim’s injury is not life threatening.

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Police hear from Union Hill residents fed up with crime

Submitted by NBC12 News Staff

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011, 8:50am

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Richmond Police made house calls to a neighborhood that's so fed up with crime, that it turned to Twitter for help.

Richmond's top brass went door-to-door in Union Hill, the same community where people just started tweeting crime tips to police.

The deputy chief says they do get the tweets and they are aware of the @UnionHillRVA Twitter feed. But this night was a way for officers to talk with people one on one.

For one woman, it was a chance for her to tell them what happens right outside her front door. Ruby Carr would like more police on her street corner, instead of what's normally there.

"As soon as you leave, they're bold enough to come back," said Carr.

She said drug dealers push all hours of the day.

"I tell them I'm going to call police," said Carr.

Jennie Kronenthal said the same thing happens on her street.

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