Councilman Conner allowed me to tag along as he travelled from party to party on National Night Out. In total we attended 12 parties. Although some were larger than others, the spirit of community was present at every event.

The Times-Dispatch is reporting the arrest of Kent Peace, who has been robbing Southwood Apartment residents and perhaps others by riding up on a bicycle and brandishing a gun. He is involved in as many as seven robberies. Fortunately, Kent never pulled the trigger.

For those of you who recall the story I wrote on Howard Scott, who was involved in the Byrd Park murder of Tyler Binstead, this story is so similar it’s disturbing. I knew Kent, as well as I knew Howard. Kent certainly had a lot more going for him than Howard, but he had all the signs of an angry, apathetic, young man just like Howard.  I never imagined Kent becoming a crook. I didn’t think of Howard as becoming one either, but I could see they were on the road to a bad life.

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This article might have been in the Times Dispatch, but I received it from Major Baldwin of the  Sheriff’s office.

Sheriff C.T. Woody, Jr. announced today that the Richmond City Sheriff’s Office will host its Second Annual Back to School Event. While other events are designed to support the community as a whole, the purpose of this event is to provide school supplies to the more than 500 children who have a parent housed in the Richmond City Jail. Boxes of note-books, paper, pencils, crayons and other school supplies will be distributed in an event held outside in front of The Richmond City Jail.

When: Saturday, August 22, 2009

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Where: Richmond City Jail, 1701 Fairfield Way, Richmond, VA 23223

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The Richmond Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify two men who robbed the Stop N Go.

Here’s the police communique:

Richmond Police needs the public’s help identifying and locating the suspects responsible for Wednesday morning’s robbery of the Stop N Go convenience store at 1600 Mechanicsville Turnpike.
The suspects entered the store around 6:20 a.m. Aug. 19 brandishing firearms and demanding money.
Both suspects are black males and wore black clothing and white gloves during the robbery. The first suspect wore a red ski mask. The second suspect wore a black ski mask.

Anyone with any information about the suspects in this commercial robbery is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.

My apologies for not getting this out sooner, but our friends at Church Hill People’s News was able to get the video and the post out before I was. Please visit the site to see the video!