January 22, 2010
Alton Joe “AJ” Lacy, pictured to the right, was first reported on by WardsCornerNow back on September 13, 2009 and September 18, 2009 when he was wanted for the murder of Troy A. Booker.
Booker, who was 22 years old, was murdered in the 300 block of Fort Worth Avenue in Denby Park.
The Virginian-Pilot now reports:
A dispute and threats among street cocaine dealers led to a September 2009 fatal shooting and a guilty plea to second-degree murder and a firearm charge Thursday in Circuit Court.
Alton Joe “AJ” Lacy Jr,, 30, admitted to shooting twice at Troy Booker, 22, on Fort Worth Avenue in Denby Park. Booker died at the scene; a bag containing crack cocaine was found on him, according to facts stipulated to in court.
Lacy told police he had been selling cocaine in the area and that, after threats and attacks on previous days, he believed it was “him or me,” according to the stipulation.
Sentencing was scheduled for March 26, according to online court records.
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October 14, 2009
Norfolk Police Department
2nd Precinct Groundbreaking
Join us as we kick off construction for the new
2nd Precinct for the Norfolk Police Department
Monday, October 19, 2009
11:00 am
901 Asbury Ave.
(Next to Oakwood Elementary in the
Central Business Park)
Call 353-7392 for more information
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October 5, 2009
Revonna Bieber of Monticello Village writes in with the following:
According to the NRHA Fall 2009 issue of “Neighborhood Patterns [PDF]” On Wednesday morning, April 15, a blighted 16-unit apartment building at 9430 First View Street was razed. In its place, three single family homes will be built, bringing about a much needed change according to local residents and West Ocean View Civic League members. NRHA purchased the property in July 2008 when 13 of the 16 units were occupied.
The property will be divided into three lots for homes ranging from 1,600 to 1,800 square feet with projected price ranges of $175,000 to $250,000. Construction is expected to be complete for all three units by spring 2010.
So why aren’t these improvements being made in our neighborhoods? Blight is quite apparent, especially in the apartment complexes, in the areas of Denby Park, Monticello Village, and Oakdale Farms. Why can the city buy and raize apartment buildings in Ocean View, Lamberts Point,on Hampton Boulevard, and Broad Creek but not in Wards Corner?
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October 1, 2009
The Virginian-Pilot is providing an update to a story we previously reported on here.
Police have identified a 22-year-old man as the one accused of firing shots at officers Monday night while they were searching for a robbery suspect at an apartment complex on Ashlawn Drive.
They arrested Jervod Contae Simmons within minutes of the shooting on nearby East Little Creek Road, and charged him with attempted capital murder, use of a firearm in a felony, and possession of a firearm by a felon, said Master Police Officer Chris Amos, a department spokesman.
The above info can be found on the newspaper’s website here and here.
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September 28, 2009
The Virginian-Pilot is reporting:
Police officers searching for a robbery suspect at an apartment complex in the 500 block of Ashlawn Drive were fired upon after spotting the man they were looking for, said a police spokeswoman.
At 7:39 p.m., police were searching the complex when they saw the suspect and he reportedly fired a gun at officers, said Karen Parker-Chesson, police spokeswoman. She did not know whether officers returned fire.
The man then fled on foot to East Little Creek Road and headed west but was apprehended by police a few minutes later in the 500 block of East Little Creek, she said.
His identity was being withheld because he is a person of interest in several other incidents, including the robbery that police were initially investigating.
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September 18, 2009
The Virginian-Pilot is reporting that Alton Joe “AJ” Lacy is wanted on murder and firearms charges.
Lacy is accused of killing Troy A. Booker, 22, in the 300 block of Fort Worth Avenue in Denby Park on Sunday night.
Police described Lacy as a short-haired, dark-skinned black man, 5-feet-7 and 210 pounds, with at least two tattoos: “wisdom, beauty, strength” on his left arm, and “M.O.B.” on his right bicep. He frequents Denby Park, Berkley and Tanners Creek, , but his last address wasn’t known, Amos said.
Police asked anyone with information to call Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP (562-5887).
Wards Corner Now previously reported on this murder on September 13, 2009 in “Homicide in Denby Park“.
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September 13, 2009
According to the Virginian Pilot:
Police are on the scene of a fatal shooting in the 300 block of Fort Worth Ave.
Police were called to the neighborhood shortly after 9 p.m. for reports of shots fired and when they arrived found a 22-year-old man who had been shot, said Karen Parker-Chesson, Norfolk police spokeswoman. Medics pronounced the man dead at 9:11 p.m.
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April 25, 2009
Beverly Sexton wrote in about gunfire in Denby Park:
Shooting is in the air. Not spring is in the air. Last night [Friday, 4/24/2009] between 10:30 and 11:00 I was coming home from a dinner party. I turned down Galveston and got almost to the stop sign at San Antonio and bang bang bang and plus I saw the flash from the pistol down in the 300 blockof San Antonio. I stoped in the middle of the street and grabbed my cellphone and called 911. It seemed like forever just ring ring ring. I started saying bad words and they finally answered. After I get home I guess it was not over cause I go out on my back deck and bang. Just one shot. Guess this person had target practice cause he hit his target. My point is the weather is getting warmer and the meanest will come out. In these trying times we really need our police to be out protecting us and let them work overtime or whatever it takes to protect the law abiding citizens of this city which we live in.
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April 23, 2009
The Virginian-Pilot reports:
A man was shot and killed this morning at an apartment complex on East Little Creek Road.
The shooting was reported at 2:52 a.m. in the 400 block of E. Little Creek, said Karen Parker-Chesson, a spokeswoman for the police department.
She said the man was found inside an apartment building at the address, but she didn’t know any other details.
The man, described by Parker-Chesson as unidentified, was pronounced dead at 3 a.m.
No arrests have been made, she said.
The Pilot’s article: Man shot, killed on E. Little Creek Road in Norfolk
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March 27, 2009
Wards Corner Now received the following two emails from our P.A.C.E officers:
Could you please spread the word to everyone in the Wards Corner area that we are seeing an increase of robbery of individuals? Lt. Hungerford has 2 extra CRO’s and extra patrol officers working the Wards Corner area as well as the apartments along W. Little Creek Rd. in the evening and late night hours for criminal enforcement.
Please call Officer Jackson 831-3484 for any concerns or questions.
Thank you
Officer Jackson
Would you please put this on the Wards Corner NOW
As a proactive policing measure, the Third Patrol Division has assigned a dedicated police car to the Wards Corner area in response to the rash of robberies that have occurred in the past week. There has been one attempted robbery to an individual and three individuals robbed. One business was also robbed. All the robberies have occurred late at night and are currently under investigation.
Thanks
Lt Roger Hungerford
Third Patrol
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December 9, 2008
From the Virginian-Pilot:
Police are investigating a shooting in the 600 block of Thole Street.
According to police a man was shot outside a Tinee Giant convenience store about 4:30 p.m. during what may have been an attempted robbery. The man’s injuries are not considering life-threatening, police said.
The shooting is under investigation.
This shooting happened on December 8, 2008.
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November 11, 2008
The April 24, 2008 murder of LT Todd Cox is being featured on Nancy Grace on CNN. Grace did a short segment on this case last Friday, and we will do another this Friday, the 14th on CNN Headline News at 8pm and 10pm.
The following are pertinent excerpts from the transcript of last Friday’s show:
GRACE: And tonight, a hometown Navy officer gunned down in cold blood. No, not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan, in upscale Virginia suburbs, and the tragedy unfolds directly in front of the victim`s two little girls, his fiancee and the family dog on a stroll in a quaint, pristine neighborhood. Tonight, the manhunt. Who killed Navy Lieutenant Todd Cox (ph)?
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We went from planning a wedding to a funeral. And it`s just the same nightmare every day you wake up.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A fiancee desperate for help, speaking out after her future husband brutally gunned down. Naval Lieutenant Todd Cox went for a walk with his family. Out of nowhere, a pick-up truck pulls up, a gunman walks up to Todd and fires at point-blank range, hitting Todd multiple times, the brutal murder right in front of his own fiancee and family. Now his fiancee begs for just one tip, so justice is served.
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Alton Joe “AJ” Lacy, pictured to the right, was first reported on by WardsCornerNow back on September 13, 2009 and September 18, 2009 when he was wanted for the murder of Troy A. Booker.
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