Hawes Spencer
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Contributor at The Daily Progress
Journalist, entrepreneurial outdoor educator reviving #Akademia; author of "Summer of Hate" about Charlottesville's racial violence, [email protected]
Articles
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3 days ago |
dailyprogress.com | Hawes Spencer
One of the two suspects arrested last autumn for an alleged gang-related shooting near a Charlottesville-area apartment playground was recently charged with having a weapon in jail. Rico Lamont Walker Jr., 19, was charged last month after a guard at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail said they discovered something stowed in his clothing. "A metal shank was found in Walker's long johns/pants," according to the criminal complaint by Albemarle County police officer Tyler Morris.
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4 days ago |
dailyprogress.com | Hawes Spencer
Four days before getting clocked at a triple-digit pace in Albemarle County, 26-year-old Alexis Renee Gervais was pulled over in her home county of Spotsylvania for allegedly failing to yield and driving an uninsured, unregistered vehicle. But according to a report by state trooper Alexander O'Connell, something more would come on March 7 on Interstate 64. "My LIDAR indicated a speed of 103 mph," O'Connell wrote, referring to a light detection and ranging device used measure speed.
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6 days ago |
dailyprogress.com | Hawes Spencer
The judge buried his head in his hands as the mother and stepfather of disgraced Charlottesville television meteorologist Josh Fitzpatrick stood before him Thursday. Despite their travel from Ohio and vow to keep the accused "sextortionist" at home and away from the internet, the judge said the prospect of additional charges was the key driver of his decision against granting bail. "Please don't take that as any sort of disrespect," Judge Matthew Quatrara told the parents.
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1 week ago |
dailyprogress.com | Hawes Spencer
The woman whose caught-on-camera off-road driving led to a cartwheeling crash along Interstate 64 will not be going to jail. On Tuesday, a judge convicted 37-year-old Louisa County resident Kristina Marie Mitchell of reckless driving, but he decided to limit the punishment to a $300 fine and a 90-day restriction of her driving privileges. "I think that was the right outcome based on the facts and circumstances," Mitchell's lawyer Graven Craig told The Daily Progress.
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1 week ago |
dailyprogress.com | Hawes Spencer
A loud noise and an abundance of caution led officials at Charlottesville's Greenbrier Elementary School to keep schoolchildren indoors for part of Tuesday. "Some staff members heard something at a distance that sounded like possible gunshots or a car backfiring," according to a message sent to parents.
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They went to court and never came back.
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation. https://t.co/RbN4QF65dY
His bank quickly flagged the transaction and seized the deposit.
A Tennessee business' $156,693 check to the IRS went missing. Police say it was deposited at a Charlottesville ATM by a local man. He will not face trial. https://t.co/Zb47hlP4je
His lawyer contends the cause was noble. "It was obviously a very poor decision," said the lawyer.
A former manager at the Greencroft Club outside Charlottesville says he wanted to save the business from financial ruin — so he embezzled $100,000 from its coffers. https://t.co/me0dmRM1Je