Charlottesville Crime

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• New Wintergreen owner discusses resorts potential

  1 hr ago | via Charleston Gazette 

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• Tau Therapeutics and NCI Launch Phase Ib Clinical Tr...

  4 hrs ago | via Freshnews 

  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- -- Tau Therapeutics LLC, a pharmaceutical company developing T-type calcium channel inhibitors for the treatment of solid tumors, announced today that it has opened enrollment for a Phase Ib clinical trial with the National Cancer Institute's Adult Brain Tumor Consortium using the company's first product candidate ... (more)

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  Related Topix: Charlottesville, VA, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh

• Cook family hopes indictment brings answers about sh...

  14 hrs ago | via Fredericksburg.com 

  Patricia Cook's family hopes that the indictment and arrest of Culpeper town police officer Daniel Harmon-Wright will be the first step in finding out what actually happened the morning the 54-year-old woman was fatally shot.

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  Related Topix: Culpeper, VA, Fauquier County, VA

• Patricia Cook's family releases statement

  19 hrs ago | via Fredericksburg.com 

  Charlottesville, Virginia - Patricia Cook's family has asked attorneys at MichieHamlett to issue the following statement and requests that their privacy continue to be respected as they focus on healing and understanding what happened: "We were pleased to learn of the Special Grand Jury's actions last night, which we hope will lead to answers and ... (more)

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• Co-defendant in murder case accepts plea

  Yesterday | via Martinsburg Journal 

  A 27-year-old former exotic dancer charged as an accessory in connection with the murder of a Virginia man accepted the terms of a proposed plea agreement Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Prison, Charlottesville, VA

• Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine

  Yesterday | via The Hook 

  Worst Memorial Day crash: An eastbound 2003 BMW on I-64 on Afton Mountain hits the guardrail on the right around 5:30pm May 28, veers back across the eastbound lanes, hits an embankment, becomes airborne, rolls upside down, and strikes the cab of a westbound tractor trailer.

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  Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Charlottesville, VA, Virginia, Augusta County, VA

• Got an AED? Group pushing defibrillator awareness Co...

  Tuesday | via The Hook 

  A new partnership between the Charlottesville Fire Department and the Chamber of Commerce wants to elevate awareness of Automatic External Defibrillators, or AEDs, in order to save lives when hearts stop.

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• Fair Oaks District Police Report: Woman Catches Burg...

  Tuesday | via Patch.com 

  For the week ending on May 16, there were three major incidents, four larcenies and no vehicle thefts included in the Fair Oaks District Activity Report.

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• Police arrest couple in Culpeper pistol whipping

  Monday | via Fredericksburg.com 

  According to town police spokesman Wally Bunker, 25-year-old Terell Poteat was arrested just outside Charlottesville about 6:30 Sunday night, while 18-year-old Christina Jenkins turned herself in to Culpeper police Monday evening.

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  Related Topix: Culpeper, VA, Charlottesville, VA, Albemarle County, VA

• VSP Investigates I-64 Crash in Albemarle County

  Monday | via NBC29 

  At 5:39 p.m. Monday, Virginia State Police Senior Trooper D.L. Keaton was called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 64 at the 102 mile marker in Albemarle County. 51 comments

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• Driver in Hospital after Collision with Tractor Trailer

  Monday | via WHSV-TV Harrisonburg 

  It happened around Mile Marker 102 just after 5:30 p.m. State police say a car was going east on I-64 when it ran off the right side of the road and struck the guardrail.

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• VDOT Improvements work to Keep You Moving

  Monday May 28 | via NBC29 

  Just in time for the busy holiday travel weekend the Virginia Department of Transportation has unveiled a pair of tools to keep drivers moving. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Albemarle County, VA, Charlottesville, VA

• Reefer activism: 2.6-ounce possessor fights back in ...

  Monday May 28 | via The Hook 

  McNeish says Occupy taught him that the direct approach may accomplish more than the ballot .

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  Related Topix: Drugs, Activism, Charlottesville, VA

• Local Veteran Finds Lost Class Ring

  Monday May 28 | via WCAV 

  Abbott received a phone call he wasn't expecting; a call about his class ring that was lost 23 years ago.

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• Lawsuit raises questions about coaches' responsibili...

  Monday May 28 | via OregonLive.com 

  BALTIMORE _ Although a Charlottesville, Va., jury found one man _ athlete George Huguely V _ criminally responsible for the beating death of Yeardley Love, his former girlfriend and fellow lacrosse player at the University of Virginia, the young woman's mother wants to hold his coaches culpable, too.

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• Sissy Spacek's actress daughter marries

  Monday May 28 | via Daily Star 

  Late BEE GEES legend ROBIN GIBB gave the mother of his lovechild a reported 4 million payment before his death to make sure the little girl is looked after, according to reports.

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  Related Topix: Celebrities, Sissy Spacek, Alternative, Sissy Spacek, The Bee Gees, Pop/Rock, Dear John, Charlottesville, VA

• Culpeper Assault, Robbery Suspects Believed to be in...

  Sunday May 27 | via WCAV 

  Culpeper police are looking for two people suspected of robbing and pistol-whipping a 44-year-old man in his apartment on Saturday, May 19.

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  Related Topix: Charlottesville, VA, Culpeper, VA

• Tropical Storm Warnings For Southeast Coast

  Saturday May 26 | via WRIC-TV Richmond 

  Release from Virginia State Police: At 11:50 a.m., May 25, 2012, Virginia State Police responded to a single vehicle crash on Interstate 64 eastbound at the 168 mile marker in Goochland County.

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• Ex-Student Huguely Seeks to Throw Out Murder Conviction

  Saturday May 26 | via Bloomberg 

  The former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted in February of second degree murder in the beating death of his sometimes girlfriend is seeking to throw out the verdict and get a new trial.

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  Related Topix: University of Virginia, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Charlottesville, VA, US News

• Accident Near Afton Triggered Backup On I-64

  Saturday May 26 | via WWWV-FM Charlottesville 

  State Police say a Charlottesville area man was injured during a Memorial Day accident on Interstate 64 near Afton Mountain.

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  Related Topix: Charlottesville, VA, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays