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Nov 28, 2008 84 vehicles detained in sobriety checkpoint Contributed Report Eighty-four vehicles of 1,078 passing through a sobriety checkpoint were detained by Hanover County Sheriff’s Office deputies Wednesday night. All of the vehicles were checked. Sep 12, 2008 BREAKING NEWS: Bottle bombs found at Lee Davis, Hanover high schools Contributed Report Two separate incidents involving small plastic bottles used to create bottle bomb devices were investigated last week by the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office and the Hanover County Fire Marshal’s Office. According to Sgt. Chris Whitley of the Sheriff’s Office, the devices were set off at Mechanicsville area high schools while each school hosted a football game Thursday night. He said the devices are intended to create a loud noise. “Fortunately, no one was hurt or in immediate danger during either of these incidents,” Whitley… Read more...  Checkpoints target DUIs By Melody Kinser mkinser@mechlocal.com Swaying in a mild breeze, the 378 small flags served as a reminder of the lives lost to drunk driving last year in Virginia. They were placed near a podium where Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was joined by state officials and law enforcement officers in kicking off Checkpoint Strikeforce at the Hanover Wayside Park Thursday afternoon. The governor was direct in his opening statement: “I want to make it incredibly painful for people who drive drunk.” Nodding to the flags, he said, “378 died last year because of DUI offenses and 7,130 were… Read more... Aug 20, 2008 15 year old charged with malicious wounding Contributed Report news@mechlocal.com A 15-year-old from Caroline County has been charged with malicious wounding following an Aug. 17 incident. According to a Friday press release from the Ashland Police Department, the male was being held at a juvenile detention center. The shooting took place just after midnight at a residence in the 300 block of New Street in Ashland. When police officers arrived, several individuals were seen leaving the area. They found an adult male with gunshot wounds to the back and the leg. He was transported to VCU Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. … Read more...Aug 20, 2008 Suspected bank robber apprehended by police Contributed Report A joint effort between the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office and the Henrico Division of Police led to the immediate capture of a suspect in a local bank robbery. Also arrested in a nearby vehicle was Victoria N. O’Bier of the 4800 block of Castlewood Road in Richmond. She was charged with accessory to each of these… Read more... Jul 22, 2008 Man gets 8 years for rape By Reed Williams Media General News Service A Hanover County recommended an eight-year prison sentence for Timothy Hargett, 29, of Henrico City on a charge of rape. The jury found him guilty on the rape charge after about four hours of deliberation on July 16, but acquitted him of five other felony charges. The case stemmed from a Dec. 2 sexual assault of a 25-year-old woman in a car in Mechanicsville. At Carrillo’s home, according to testimony, a bottle of liquor was passed around and some of the visitors smoked marijuana in a bedroom at the house. The victim and Carrillo testified… Read more...  Another neighborhood watch is created By Ken Odor kodor@mechlocal.com The folks at Scot’s Landing, a new neighborhood off Georgetown Road, celebrated the founding of their new Neighborhood Watch program recently. It was the 125th such program in Hanover, said Scott Spradlin of the Hanover Sheriff’s Office. Thirteen were started last year, and four have been established so far in 2008. “I think it’s an absolute necessity,” said Heather Taylor, Neighborhood Watch Coordinator at their kickoff event June 12. “The neighborhood is filling up with young children.” Heather and her… Read more...   34 handguns stolen from Hanover store By Ken Odor kodor@mechlocal.com Two men broke into Green Top Sporting Goods store last night and stole 34 handguns, said the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office today. Sheriff’s deputies responded within three minutes to a 12:30 a.m. alarm, said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Chris Whitley, but the suspects had escaped after smashing locked glass display cases at the front of the store and taking semi-automatic handguns in .357, .380, .4O, .44, .45 and .50 caliber. “They appear to have targeted the more expensive handguns,” said Whitley. The suspects gained… Read more...  Learning the hazards of teenage drinking By Amy Condra acondra@mechlocal.com In 2007, throughout Hanover County, over a hundred thousand gallons of alcohol were consumed. No harm there, right? After all, the cocktail hour is a time-honored tradition, a way to loosen the tightly wound stress of the day. And hey, it’s legal. The danger, and the crime, is when the person raising the glass is only 13 years old. And according to the organization Increased Community Awareness Requires Everyone, or I CARE, kids in Hanover County tend to be around 13 when they take their first sip of beer, wine or liquor. By the time they’re… Read more...  Hanover house fires, apparent suicide believed related By Ken Odor An apparent suicide and two Monday morning house fires within a mile of each other appear to be related, Hanover County authorities believe. Firefighters responded around 8:40 a.m. to a fire at 6384 Shea Tree Circle in Cherrydale West subdivision. About a half hour later, another fire was reported at 8027 Vaughan Drive in Dogwood Knoll subdivision, less than a mile away. In a press release issued Monday afternoon, Hanover Sherrif’s Office spokesman Chris Whitley said a body was found in the detached garage on Shea Tree Cirlcle after firefighters extinguished… Read more... |
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