Monday, November 16th at Kroger in Carytown Y101 is holding a Show Us Your Cans food drive and will hold a donation challenge between Police Officers and Firefighters, where we will see which of these forces can bring out the most food. Plus anyone can drop off food on behalf of either department, thus voting for their favorite. Donations will benefit the Central Virginia Foodbank. Monday is the Police vs. Fire challenge but Y101’s food drive will be taking place from the 16th through the 20th to collect cans for those that need help.

From  Lieutenant John A. O’Kleasky, Jr. of the Third Precinct – Sector 312

Sean McMillan

On 09/07/09, Officers stopped Sean McMillan, W/M, age 30, in the 1800 block of W 42nd St @ 5:20am. McMillan was carrying two bags, which contained numerous electronic devices (I-Pod, GPS, Camcorders, Cell Phones, etc.). Officers determined that these items had been stolen from two UNLOCKED vehicles parked in the 1600 block of W. 42nd St. and 4500 block of Devonshire Rd. McMillan was arrested on three felony charges and taken to jail. Officers Trishonda McClain-Gill and Corwyn Booker did an outstanding job of spotting this individual, finding the stolen electronics and determining who the victim’s were.

Please continue to speak with your neighbors and ensure that people are #1. Locking their Vehicles and #2. Stop leaving items out for people to steal. This type of irresponsible action brings criminals into your neighborhood, and makes everyone more vulnerable, please work together and look out for each other if you see items left out. Times are tough, please do not make your neighborhoods so inviting for thieves!

RichmondPolice: Look for Richmond Police tonight in the Westover/Jahnke Road areas for a community walk thru starting at 7 p.m. #rva

Richmond Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood and his Command Staff will walk through and visit with residents and business owners in the Westover area this evening.

The walk-through will start at 7 p.m. today at Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary School, 5601 Jahnke Road. Parking is available at the school.

Leaders from the Richmond Police Department will knock on doors and speak to residents and business owners in the neighborhood about police presence and any crime concerns they may have. The walk-throughs help foster relationships between the Department and the community.

Richmond Police have released the following statement:

The Richmond Police Department has in custody one of the suspects believed responsible for a shooting that occurred on the 100 block of East 33rd Street last week.

Roosevelt Byrd, 20, of the 00 block of East 31st Street surrendered to police without incident. Byrd has been charged with two counts of abduction, two counts of use of a firearm and one count of use of a firearm while a convicted felon.

Original post here.

Police are seeking suspects Roosevelt Byrd and Khadim Taylor in the shooting on 100 block of East 33rd Street.

Byrd, 20, of the 1st block of East 31st Street, is a black male, five feet nine inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. Taylor, 22, of the 100 block of West Blake Lane, is a black male, six feet tall and weighing 160 pounds.

Anyone with information on Byrd’s or Taylor’s whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.  Pictures of suspects on next page.

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Lt. Scott Booth has published the Community Report for Sector 312 and it had mostly good news. There was a 0% increase in violent crime, 19% reduction in property crime and overall crime dropped 17%. There was an increase in aggravated domestic assaults climbing from 0 to 4 and residential burglary climbed from 11 to 18.

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According to today’s T-D, a domestic warrant and a brief standoff led to Richmond SWAT entering that apartment building on W. 47th in the middle of the night.

RPD Sector Lieutenants will meet with the community Saturday to hear and address specific community concerns. Area meetings are as follows:

• Sector 211 (Reedy Creek, Swansboro) will meet at 10 a.m. at 3600 McRand St.
• Sector 311 (Willow Oaks, Stratford Hills, Stony Point, Huguenot, Southampton) will meet at 3 p.m. at Third Precinct.
• Sector 312 (Jahnke, Cedarhurst, Forest View, Westover Hills, Woodland Heights, Forest Hill, Northrop)will meet at 9 a.m. at the Elizabeth Redd Elementary School, 5601 Jahnke Rd.

Edit: date corrected.