Tag Archives: Crime

Eyewitness struggles to recall Blacknell at scene of carjacking in Richmond case

One witness didn’t show, two were several hours late, and the most pivotal one had a foggy memory. On the fifth day of testimony in...

Police searching for suspect, motive in killing of Richmond college student

A curbside memorial marks the spot where Edwin Martinez was fatally shot earlier this week, but who is responsible and why it happened remain unknown....

Officer describes chase, shooting in case against alleged killer of area rapper

Wallace Jensen and his partner Kristian Palma were in the dark, guns drawn. The Richmond police officers had moments earlier sprinted down Cutting Boulevard, hopped...

Richmond man accused of ’09 crime spree set to face trial

Joe Blacknell III, age 20, is accused of a slew of crimes committed in the spring and summer of 2009, including the murder of Marcus...

Public safety leaders seek peace – among themselves

City Manager Bill Lindsay said late Wednesday he’ll order an investigation into who leaked information to the press and a councilmember about a non-criminal Sheriff’s...

Man wounded in officer-involved shooting near Hilltop Mall

Richmond police shot a 22-year-old man at a hotel near Hilltop Mall after 911 reports that a man with a gun was involved in a...

Marquis Hamilton: Recollections of a life lost

Marquis Hamilton was a 20-year-old father of two. On Nov. 25, he became the fifth young adult homicide victim in the tiny neighborhood of North...

North Richmond mourns Marquis Hamilton

Mourners and clergy remembered Hamilton, 20, as a fun-loving prankster who snatched the bed covers off his seven brothers and five sisters and borrowed friends’...

Mourning lives lost in Richmond, 2011

Friday’s ceremony to remember the victims of homicide in Richmond has become an annual exercise, as McLaughlin uses her monthly meet-the-mayor meetings every December as...

North Richmond man slain, city police on alert

Marquis Hamilton was smiling when he coaxed a store cashier into giving him a cigarette before wandering back to the street corner a few ticks...

North Richmond drive-by shooting kills one, ends peaceful streak

A drive-by shooting on Monday night in the unincorporated part of North Richmond broke an 80-day spell without gun murders in the city of Richmond...