WAVY TVis reporting that an arrest has been made in the Wards Corner Business District homocide that took place in front of DelVecchios Pizza on Virginian Drive. The suspect in the murder of 19 year-old Micheal Bridges is Terry Ryan Robinson. Robinson has been charged with Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony
Arrest Made in Virginian Drive Murder
April 29, 2009
Comments Off on Arrest Made in Virginian Drive Murder | 
Wards Corner Crime | 
Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Attempted robbery at the Wards Corner Money Mart
March 4, 2009Officer Curtis Jackson asked that I get out the following:
There was an attempted robbery to the Money Mark Check Cashing 143 W. Little Creek Rd today at 9:43AM.
A white male that was found to be from another state was arrested by police inside the business before the man could get any money. We wanted to let everyone in Wards Corner know about this.
Thanks
Officer Jackson
Comments Off on Attempted robbery at the Wards Corner Money Mart | Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: wards corner | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Wards Corner Pearle Vision burgalarized
December 26, 2008Leanne Perry owner of the Pearle Vision Center in the Midtown Shopping Center wrote Friday, December 26th, 2008:
I just thought I’d share with you that Pearle Vision was burglarized
this morning at approx. 7:40am. Luckily nothing was stolen. The person
broke in upstairs through on old window and when he tried to come
downstairs the alarm sounded and scared him off. We were grateful for
that. The police took a report and forensics got a few prints so
hopefully this person will be caught! Just wanted to pass this along.Leanne Perry, A.B.O.C.
Pearle Vision
2 Comments | Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: wards corner | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Lt. Todd Cox murder on Nancy Grace / CNN
November 11, 2008The 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)?
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
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.
Read the rest of this entry »
6 Comments | crime, Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: CNN, crime, Lt. Todd Cox, Megan McGuire, murder, Nancy Grace | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Virginian-Pilot: Wards Corner retail hub needs rehab
November 3, 2008The Virginian-Pilot had an article in Sunday’s paper titled “Once a gem, Norfolk’s Wards Corner retail hub needs rehab”
Wards Corner thrived decades ago, housing one of the city’s most upscale shopping centers that luxury retailers dubbed “the Times Square of the South.”
But times have changed in this heavily traveled section of the city.
“It’s a wasteland,” City Councilwoman Theresa Whibley, who represents Wards Corner, said recently of the area’s commercial district. “Any of us who saw what it once was are saddened to see what’s happened to Wards Corner. That area needs a lot of help.”
Read the entire article here.
3 Comments | Virginian-Pilot, Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: crime, Wards Corner Businesses | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
New Years murderer from Denby Park sentenced
October 17, 2008The Virginian-Pilot is reporting that 18 year old Kristen Steen pleaded guilty to second degree murder and a firearm charge and has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. Steen shot and killed Jamal Mathews on New Years Eve in front of Game Stop in Southern Shopping Center.
Testimony [. . .] indicated that the confrontation between Steen and Matthews began when Steen asked “What’s cracking?”
“What’s popping?” Matthews replied.
Steen then shot Matthews. A witness testified at the earlier hearing that Steen’s greeting is used by Crips gang members. Matthews’ reply is used by the Bloods [gang].
Steen is believed to have been a resident of, and captured in, Denby Park.
Previous Wards Corner Now articles related to this murder:
GameStop murderer pleads guilty (6/17/08)
Police identify man shot at Southern Shopping Center (1/3/08)
Man dies after being shot in front of video game store in Southern Shopping Center (12/31/07)
Comments Off on New Years murderer from Denby Park sentenced | Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: crime, Denby Park, Jamal Mathews, Kristen Steen, murder, Southern Shopping Center | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Denby Park murderer identified and at large
October 15, 2008
Police are looking for Craig Robert Mounger, 20, of Norfolk. He is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds and goes by the nickname “Stress,” police said. Police consider him armed and dangerous.
Further information from the Virginian-Pilot article:
On Monday 24-year-old William E. Bonney Jr. was shot after 11 p.m. in the 7600 block of MacDonald Road and later died at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Anyone with information is asked to call The Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
4 Comments | Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: Craig Robert Mounger, crime, Denby Park, MacDonald Road, murder, Robert Mounger | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Murder in Denby Park
October 14, 2008Late Monday night, police received a call about a shooting in the 7600 block of MacDonald Road, in Denby Park.
The victim was killed and the shooter is at large.
One Denby Park resident wrote in and said, “this ruckus went on for an hour (in the middle of the street) before the shooting”.
Anyone with information can call Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
A very short Virginian-Pilot article on this murder can be found here.
UPDATE: The victim and the shooter knew each other and had an argument. The shooter is a black male who fled the scene in a green ford escort. The police are asking that if you see anything suspicious matching the above description you give them a call immediately.
13 Comments | Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: crime, Denby Park, MacDonald Road, murder | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Yuliya Dobrydneva, WC resident: “criminal activity overflows into our community”
October 13, 2008Yuliya Dobrydneva, a Wards Corner resident, wrote the following Letter to the Editor, which was printed on October 13, 2008:
On Friday, Oct. 3 , at about 9 p.m., my teenage son was robbed at gunpoint right in front of DePaul Hospital on Granby Street. He was traveling alone in his car and stopped for the red light in the right lane. A young man with a hood and a bandana over his face and gloves on his hands jumped into the car, pulled out a large caliber gun, yanked the keys out of ignition, pressed the gun against my son’s head and demanded money.The robber took the money from the wallet, then lit up the lighter and burned credit cards, and splashed drink on my son before finally throwing the keys back to him. Only by the grace of God was my son not injured or killed.
The most outrageous thing is that this brazen crime happened in full view of people just a couple of yards away at the bus stop.
All this happened literally two minutes away from our house at Wards Corner. Our sense of safety and security is deteriorating. Just in the last two months, our house and our car were vandalized; drug addicts broke into our porch; our license plates were stolen.
We see unmistakable signs of gang and drug activity in our formerly peaceful community. What we do not see, however, is enough police presence on our streets. While the police efforts are primarily focused on the so-called ‘bad’ neighborhoods, criminal activity overflows into our community, which never before required stepped-up police presence.
Things need to be turned around before it is too late to save our beautiful neighborhood.
Yuliya Dobrydneva
Norfolk
This Letter to the Editor can be read on the Virginian-Pilot’s website: Granby Crime Wave
3 Comments | DePaul Hospital, Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: crime, Gangs, Yuliya Dobrydneva | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Man Shot on Sheryl Drive, Wards Corner
October 13, 2008The Virginian-Pilot is reporting a man shot and injured in the 7600 block of Sheryl Drive. The 7600 block is flanked on both sides by the Sewells Park Apartments.
Police responded around 9:30 p.m. Sunday to a report of a gunshot victim in the 7600 block of Sheryl Drive, in the Wards Corner area of the city.
Norfolk police Sgt. Jim Robertson said an adult male was shot and was transported to a local hospital. The victim’s injuries weren’t life-threatening, Robertson said.
There was no word Sunday night from police on any suspects or motive.
Comments Off on Man Shot on Sheryl Drive, Wards Corner | Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: crime, Sewells Park Apartments | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Blessed Sacrament gang prevention meeting report
October 9, 2008Tim Smith writes in with the following report on last night’s gang prevention meeting:
Blessed Sacrament Church will host a second gang-prevention brain-storming session on Wednesday, October 29th. For more information call 423-8305. The Church is located at 6400 Newport Avenue behind DePaul Medical Center.
The first meeting focused on youth involvement in gang activity. There were over 100 people at the meeting as well as the Mayor, Vise Mayor, Norfolk Police, prosecutor’s office and city juvenile court representatives. There were also representatives from the local schools and community groups as well as parents with their teens and concerned local residents.
The gang problem is real in our area and it affects everyone. In Hampton Roads, there still is time for us to get a handle on the gang problems but it will take our commitment as a community to act now before the gang issue gets out of control and rules our lives.
Please make plans to get involved in your community this year or next. Plan to attend the meeting on the 29th or one of the many other civic or community meetings you see posted on this web page. Get involved, get informed.
Remember, you get out of a community what you put into it.
Thank you,
Tim Smith, Talbot Park
Wards Corner area of Norfolk
EDIT: The meeting on the 29th of October will be at 7pm.
Comments Off on Blessed Sacrament gang prevention meeting report | Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: Blessed Sacrament, Gang prevention | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Update: Greater Wards Corner Neighborhood Watch Program
August 14, 2008
We had a great turnout for the first meeting of the Neighborhood Watch Program being instituted in the Denby Park, Oakdale Farms & Monticello Village areas. There were over 20 people at the meeting and many more signed up but could not make the meeting.
The Norfolk Police Crime Prevention Unit gave an excellent and informative presentation on crime prevention and neighborhood watch. A lot of information passed both ways, police to citizen/citizen to police, and we all look forward to working together to reduce crime in our area.
The group agreed to meet the last Tuesday of each month at the Workforce Development Center, starting with the 26th of August, at 6:30 pm. Some guidelines and ground rules were given and people signed up to be Block Captains and Watchers.
All the civic leagues and neighborhoods in the Greater Wards Corner Area Partnership are encouraged to send representatives to these meetings. As the criminal activity is pushed out of the West Little Creek Road area the other neighborhoods around should have watch programs in place to force the criminal activity out of the Greater Wards Corner Area.
The goals of the monthly meetings will be to:
- Help each neighborhood develop a watch program tailored to it’s own needs and to offer support as needed.
- Allow ideas and problems to be shared among the Partnership neighborhoods allowing us to work together as one to reduce crime.
- Promote safer neighborhoods and retail areas for our residents to live, play and shop.
- Make communication between communities and police more efficient and effective in reducing crime in the Partnership area.
- Communicate to our elected officials in a larger and more unified voice the needs of the Partnership area to help reduce crime in our community.
- Work in unison with the Greater Wards Corner Area Partnership general meeting group and the Wards Corner Task Force for the revitalization of the Wards Corner area.
Other areas of the city are currently working with the police to reduce crime in their neighborhoods and it is imperative that we move forward with this neighborhood watch program for the Partnership area or you may see an increase in criminal activity here. We want the criminals out of Norfolk not just moved around our city.
Thank you,
Tim Smith
3 Comments | Neighborhood Watch, Police, Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: Neighborhood Watch, Tim Smith | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Portsmouth Sheriff: “What we do is turn up the heat”
July 23, 2008
WVEC 13News has done a story on Portsmouth Sheriff Bill Watson and his Community Enforcement Unit which has had much success in the Cradock area of Portsmouth. We previously reported on Cradock in our article Cradock is taking Cradock back. The Sheriff is seeking Portsmouth City Council’s permission to expand the successful program, possibly outside of the City’s borders.
The newsclip reminds viewers that the Partnership meeting this Thursday will include Lt. Cherry with the Community Enforcement Unit of the Portsmouth Sheriff’s office who helped to set up the watch program in Portsmouth.
The 13News video can be viewed here: Community policing cuts crime in Cradock
3 Comments | The Greater Wards Corner Partnership, Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: 13News, Bill Watson, Cradock, Portsmouth | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Denby Park murderers arrested
June 19, 2008According to the Virginian-Pilot, Deonte L. “Tay” Mayfield and Donte “Tay” White, who had been charged in connection with the June 8th shooting-turned-murder of Cleavonne Tynes, have been arrested.
Donte “Tay” White
Deonte “Tay” Mayfield
.
.
On Wednesday police arrested Deonte Mayfield, 19, and Donte White, 21, both of Norfolk. Mayfield faces charges of murder, malicious wounding, robbery and using a firearm; and White faces charges of murder and using a firearm, police said.
Virginian-Pilot: Norfolk police make two arrests in Little Creek Road homicide
Comments Off on Denby Park murderers arrested | blight, crime, Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: crime, Denby Park, Deonte "Tay" Mayfield, Donte "Tay" White | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Norfolk Police need help finding Anthony M. Scott
February 11, 2008Norfolk Police need help finding Anthony M. Scott, who has been charged with malicious wounding and using a gun during a felony. He is wanted in connection with a Feb. 2nd shooting in the 300 block of San Antonio Blvd.
Scott, 32, also uses the nickname “Ant.”
He is described as black, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, the release says. He weights [sic] 200 pounds and wears his hair in corn rows. He could be driving a gold or silver Mazda MPV.
He is known to visit the San Antonio Boulevard area, the release says.
Virginian-Pilot article here.
1 Comment | blight, crime, Police, Project Focus, Wards Corner Crime | Tagged: Denby Park crime, San Antonio Blvd, Wards Corner Crime | Permalink
Posted by Wards Corner
Wards Corner Now - Wards Corner, Norfolk, Virginia 