Tag Archives: homicide

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

By: Robert Rogers | January 25, 2012 – 12:40 pm

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

By: Robert Rogers | January 24, 2012 – 10:18 pm

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....

Witness describes near-fatal gunshot wounds in Richmond, can’t identify attacker

By: Robert Rogers | January 24, 2012 – 1:08 pm

Two witnesses took the stand Monday to talk about being the victims of violent crimes, but neither implicated the man prosecutors say was the perpetrator....

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

By: Robert Rogers | January 22, 2012 – 12:39 pm

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...

Trial begins in killing of area rapper, Richmond crime spree of ’09

By: Robert Rogers and Meghan Walsh | January 17, 2012 – 10:46 pm

Opening statements were delivered Tuesday in the trial of a Richmond man accused of commiting a 2009 crime spree that left four people wounded and...

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

By: Robert Rogers | January 6, 2012 – 2:11 pm

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...

Richmond 2011: The year in review

By: Robert Rogers | December 31, 2011 – 4:14 pm

2011 was quite a year, to borrow a favorite phrase from longtime resident Sims Thompson, in “our fair city.” I know that’s vague, but it’s...

Marquis Hamilton: Recollections of a life lost

By: Robert Rogers | December 11, 2011 – 7:00 am

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

By: Robert Rogers | December 8, 2011 – 12:00 pm

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’...

North Richmond man slain, city police on alert

By: Robert Rogers | November 29, 2011 – 12:37 pm

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...

Woman found dead in Richmond restaurant

By: Byron Wilkes | September 21, 2011 – 10:18 am

A 30-year-old woman was found dead in a local restaurant Tuesday night in what police are investigating as a homicide. Officers responding to a 7:30...