There was a well known drug house directly across the street from me that was one of the distrubution centers for this gang. WebRICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A 21-year-old man who authorities say wiped out his girlfriends family because he was enraged she had become pregnant was convicted Tuesday of five I havent been shot at for at least a month!!! My rewards, in 2017, are all related to dancing in and out of the nightmares that dominated Richmonds realities. The Briley brothers were a gang of drug dealers who permiated the Church Hill area and were responsible for murders, robberies, assualts and stealing in general. Jake Are you saying that the RPD is not reporting murders? The violence peaked in August 1994 when 25 killings left someone dead almost every day of that month. Idaho man breaks world record for fire sword throws and catches. * Disney tried to open a theme park in VA [3] just because people dont die from a shooting doesnt mean its any safer. I am assuming the date is the date of her death? Id be interested in seeing Aggravated Assault numbers for the past 10 years (or more) if anyone reading has access. Movies and the hype of gangsta rap did help each. She has also burned her maternal uncle's Bible and set his bed on fire.". Seen on safari: Crocodile swings from elephant's tail. The Oct. 14 rampage, in which Christopher Goins girlfriend was shot nine times but survived, was the worst mass murder in Richmonds Do you have any information you can share on Thomas McTernan who was beaten and killed in September 1994? Even the locator map of murders back then looked remarkably similar to the ones of today - the same festering pockets of concentrated poverty that continue today. (Some old news accounts reported 44 that year.) The leaders of the notorious Newtowne gang were locked up in 1992 after killing 13 people in a furious month and a half. It was a hell of a year. I moved here to Church Hill in 1992. The four did not testify in their defense. Turns out that you have to go back to 1951-1961 to find years with per capita numbers as low as 2008 (which is still better than most years from the 1930s and 1940s, interestingly). It would be interesting to compare the street crime to the white collar crime going on at the time- Joel Harris-style corruption for example. And I especially remember the case of Tamika Jones because we were the same age and I remember how older men were always trying to pick up young girls my age or a little older. Trial inspired career in court. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. When I stated I was moving here, and to Church Hill, Richmonders tried to warn me away from this area. And the roots of the tragedies - and where they are concentrated - remain stubbornly similar based on news reports then, and now. But the black-on-black violent crime problem was stark and bluntly reported on 75 years ago: "Why were there 11 times as many homicides committed by Negroes in Richmond last year than by white persons?" Again, good work chpn! I was actually warned by the police to be careful because these guys monitor the police channel and know who is calling the police! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Yes, there are still guns and drugs in our neighborhood, but not like that anymore. Drug Decriminalization works. Now, I own a house in Montrose. The yearly toll stayed over 100 for 10 straight years, hitting 161 in 1994 and 140 in 1997. "It's difficult to understand, frankly, how one human being can do that to another human being," he said. His first two sentences cast doubt on the veracity of the homicide numbers, thats what Im responding to. Wow. The city was all-but killed by the skyrocketing Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The house we bought was not on the market and a friend at the time turned us on to it. Carrie Davis, a 78-year-old woman who lived in the big retirement community on the 1000 block of Grace Street, was one of 2 older women killed inside their apartments that year. Not just murders. Over half of them were gunned down while the others were doing the shooting and are spending the rest of their lives behind bars. While these murder are very tragic, it is street crime. * North vs Robb vs Coleman for Senate Advertise With Us I dont think that it is under-reporting, per se, so much as just limited media and a sort of geographic bias. richmond was dangerous. WebFebruary 17, 1993 Three drug dealers responsible for Richmond's worst murder rampage were sentenced to death by a federal jury yesterday, the first time the federal death I must say how Richmond has come along way from back. Going back to at least 1980, Richmond has only had three months without any homicides. I have been shot at while walking along the park where the basketball courts are. The search for Goins dominated the headlines in Richmond in the weeks before he was captured, seeming to take the focus of police and communities otherwise unable to stop the flood of violence around them. It was a huge story for the city because so many felt the fear. John do you know if this is true? Assaults City-wide And in the 90s, at least, many, many of the consumers were white. In 1936, a Mrs. Smoot allegedly said "I'll kill him before I'll let anybody else have him," before killing her long-cheating husband. Unlike so many of the drug-related homicides that involved killers and victims living dangerous lifestyles in rough neighborhoods, many of the Golden Years victims lived good lives in decent neighborhoods. He now faces a maximum penalty of life in prison plus a $100,000 fine. * fire at St.James on Franklin Street I lived in it, through it and because of Gods grace made it. The results are pretty striking, even adjusted for population. Source: Richmond Commonwealths Attorneys Office, Is Richmond a safer place now than it was in the 1990s? Eric Ernest Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. I never did or sold drugs, never got involved in any crimes and didnt associate with anyone who did. I think things are much better than they used to be. Advertise With Us Not to say theyre less important but, as a reader, I wouldnt care if a woman stabbed another if they were acquainted. Sixty and seventy years ago, city leaders were talking about hiring blacks in the police department and about "economic conditions" and "educational opportunities" to slow the steady tide of death. so many drugs coming through the area. I find this data hard to believe. My uncles used to come and tell me the stories about some of the things he saw down Afton and just by hearing the stories had me shook. I rarely visit ( I am cross-country), because those sights, smells, and sounds do not go away. WebThe 2006 Richmond spree murders took place during a seven-day period in January 2006 in and around Richmond, Virginia, United States; seven people, four members of the Harvey family and three members of the Baskerville-Tucker family, were killed.The perpetrators were Ricky Javon Gray (March 9, 1977 January 18, 2017) and his nephew #40 on the list, Debbie Gray, was my aunt and one of my best friends. Homicide numbers remained high but fairly steady - 20 to 40-plus - until the late 1960s. But Mrs. Cookes daughter and one of her neighbors fear that theres not enough oversight and control in the mental health system for someone as dangerous as Monique Anderson. If they die at MCV from their wounds or if they go home, its an incident in their locality and RPD couldnt care less about it. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. I befriended the chef at the Chinese Restaurant on Grace a few months before his untimely, and baffling, death. The increasing ratio number shows a yearly count of assaults that is falling much more slowly than the number of homicides. Dan-I was referring to the media. Heroin use was popular, even among good college kids. * Kurt Cobain died. 2005 and 2007 are a clear example of this. if anybody else has conflicting data lets see it and YOUR bonafides. I post hard data showing that RIchmond is safer than any time in the past 60 years and your response its not a safe enough place to live or visit? Dictionary.com adds 'hellscape,' 'woke' and 311 other new terms. Really great job assembling all the data and making sense of it! Little did we know about how bad the area still was then even only 2-blocks off of Broad. Her lips and eras were torn. During the past two decades, shes watched homicides gradually decline to a low of 32 in 2008 and then hold steady at about 40 per year until 2016, when the number climbed to 61. * baseball strike This drop has given Richmond something previously unseen: the month without any homicides. The unidentified mans violent death was one of 100 homicides in 1988, the first year of triple-digit killings in Richmond. Looking at the map for the East in 1994, the 13 killings in the Church Hill area south of Fairmount seem indicative of the changes between now and then. After Thomas died, family members gave police a diary she had kept during her relationship with Hugh Brown. Ive been in my house 13 years and God-willing Ill be here for many more. Business owners on E. Broad and Grace Streets pulled down their security grates and walked away. WebIn February 1993, James Roane, Cory Johnson, and Richard Tipton were convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia for an array of criminal activity, including several capital murders, arising out of drug-trafficking operations in and near Richmond. It peaked in 1994 with 161 slayings, making Richmond the second deadliest city - per capita - in the nation. (804) 646-0712 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. If we could get illegal guns off the streets, the difference would be huge. Even had a bullet shot through our living room window but never found the slug. Amazing! Great reporting, John. Thomas' family members said they were disappointed that Brown pleaded guilty, thus avoiding the spectacle of a jury trial. Shes up for parole and the parole board is processing the automatic request. Hugh Brown had told his girlfriend that they were going to run off together and get married, Brown said in his confession. (PDF). I have to admit, the story about the 14 year old and her family broke my heart. This a awesome report. I see a lot of drug activity still, but nothing too far off from normal city living. Murder rate per 100k people: 19.47. III, Charles Stanard Unfortunately after they had hyped how great the area was he moved out after being robbed in his house at gunpoint. Richmond had 52 murders in 1968 and 89 in 1972, when the city's population was 243,000 after the big annexation of South Side. the number of homicides per 100,000 population) from 1999 to 2018. Crime is managed while at the same time working to improve other things that are just as important. Lived off Jeff Davis in 98 for 2 yrs about 1mile south of Afton ave. Got involved in all the wrong things in those years and they have shaped my future immensely. ''Every page had Hugh on it. ''She had lost her mother, and her father had lost their home. GRAPH: Murders per 100,000 1980-2009 (Richmond, Virginia), DATA: Murders per 100,000 1980-2009 (Richmond, Virginia). Monique Anderson was just 15 when she broke into Mrs. Cookes home. Mental health specialists began seeing her at age four for her aggressiveness, hyperactivity, pulling out hair, smearing feces. Catch a clue! Frederick Richmond Police discovered her naked body lying on the bed. I really would like to know more info on the murder of Harold David Robertson Jr. Drugs passing through all the time, saw an attempted murder outside, a brother beating on his sister (different incident), us being harassed even trying to get in and out of our cars even with them walking right up to us. I cant locate it now, but murders in Richmond exceeded all the surrounding counties combined. And , there were no witnesses because these guys had a bad habit of killing anybody that spoke up! I am very appreciate of the police departments hard work, of course. Most of the violence in the 1990s was attributable to a family called Briley. It looks like these types of incidents may be getting more coverage than ever before. I recently saw the autopsy report. This work identified 158 homicides (PDF) not a perfect data set, but close enough to have a sense of what was going on where in 1994. Thanks for the superlative for Maymont/ByrdPark/Randolph. Local news for the East End of Richmond, Virginia from Union Hill to Fulton, St. Johns to Fairfield. The two families agreed to have experts compare blood samples from Thomas' baby and Hugh Brown after the baby was born, Esther Brown said. Curious about and fascinated by Richmonds shockingly violent semi-recent history, I thought to look and see where all of this killing was taking place. A lot of people around the neighborhood describe the streets as about as safe as the Wild West back in the days when drugs were the top priority for many in the community. Neighborhood policing and the allocation of resources to trouble areas is working. EVONITZ. People who are from Richmond and its suburbs cant shake off these 10-20 year old images, reported above. She had been strangled with a ligature and ratchet-type device. She could engage in a conversation and she could actually be quite likeablebut there were something in her eyes that wasnt quite there, remembered Claire Cardwell, then the deputy Commonwealths Attorney who prosecuted the case. As Harry Kollatz Jr. noted in his March 1993 feature article Murder in the City, Richmonds homicides climbed as the population dropped from a high of 249,521 in 1971 down to 203,056 in 1990. A crocodile fights an elephant only to realize it may have bitten off more than it can chew. She then move back there. 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