A local man was arrested yesterday after leading the police on a 4 mile chase:

O’Neil A. Gooden, 34, of the 1800 block of West Moore Street was arrested and faces a series of misdemeanor charges, including driving on a suspended license, reckless driving, possession of marijuana, possession of a concealed weapon and having a television in view of the driver.

School can’t start soon enough:

Richmond police were searching for two boys on bicycles armed with guns after a girl was shot in the back this evening in the Gilpin Court public housing project.

If you are going to solicit fares at 4:20 am on (100 W.) Broad Street, you’ve got to be prepared to deal with the consequences. Apparently this one was. Per the RTD:

When he pulled over, rolled down the passenger window and asked them if they needed a cab, one of them told him to pull around the corner and off of Broad. The cabbie refused, and one of the males put a handgun through the open window and pointed it at him. The cabbie told detectives he slapped at the gun and it fell onto the front seat, so he quickly drove from the scene and called police.

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From the RTD

Richmond police were investigating a stabbing that injured a woman this morning in the Gilpin Court public-housing complex.

Richmond police said the victim, in her early 40s, was stabbed in the right torso. She was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment of injuries that police said were not believed to be life-threatening.

Authorities said the stabbing was reported about 8:30 a.m. and occurred in the 1300 block of St. Peter Street.

The suspect was initially described as a light-skinned black male who left the area in a green Honda Civic.

Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers anonymously at (804) 780-1000.

From the RPD:

Members of the area’s U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force arrested James Roderick Taylor Jr., 18, on Wednesday at the home he shared with his mother in the 1300 block of St. John Street in Richmond’s Gilpin Court public-housing complex.
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The charges stem from the fatal shooting July 18 of William O. “Billy” Ennis III, 29.

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A 27-year-old man entered a plea today in the fatal October stabbing of Javis J. Turner on a busy commercial strip in downtown Richmond.

Desean Q. Trent entered an Alford plea to second-degree murder, which means he does not admit guilt but acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him.

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Richmond Police are reporting that William O. Ennis III, 29, of Ashland, who was shot last night while driving his vehicle near Belvidere and Marshall streets, has died. Investigators need the community’s help in identifying three possible suspects who were on the corner at the time of the shooting. This marks Richmond’s 22nd homicide of 2010.

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The RTD reports:

A call reporting random gunfire led police to five shooting victims at a public-housing complex just north of downtown late Saturday, Richmond police said yesterday.

Police were alerted at approximately 10:25 p.m. about shooting at St. John and Federal streets in Gilpin Court. Officers found five people with gunshot wounds within two blocks.

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Yesterday at approximately 8PM, Irvin W. Conway Jr., 51, of no fixed address but known to frequent the 900 block of West Clay Street, was arrested without incident in the 500 block of North Harrison Street for two incidents of arson that occurred Friday, June 10. Conway is suspected of breaking into apartments and starting fires at 1411 Grove Ave. and 1106 W. Franklin St.

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One of those stereotypical urban nightmare scenarios played out yesterday, when a motorist and his two children stopped their car in the 1200 block of St. Paul Street to ask for directions and “several individuals tried to steal the man’s car and shot the vehicle at least twice when the man drove away”. The RRHA Police worked quickly with Richmond Police to identify and arrest two juvenile males in connection with the shooting who were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, possession of a firearm by a juvenile and shooting into an occupied vehicle.

Richmond Police is looking for Willie Clayborne Coley Jr., 34, of the 8800 block Midway Road as the suspect in the assault on a Richmond Police officer this morning in Gilpin Court.

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Craigslist has word on a moped stolen from Marshall Street:

Sometime within the past 48 hours, my 1980 Minarelli Concord Freedom was stolen from the back of my apartment complex at 1011 West Marshall Street in Carver behind the VCU Arts building. It was held to the back fence by a 5/16″ chain and padlock that are also missing, so someone most likely cut the chain. Its blue, has one mirror on the left hand side, the speedometer doesn’t work, and it has the word “TESTI” in white font on the back of the seat. If you see or hear of anything, please contact me or the police. A report has been filed. I’m offering a $50-$100 reward to anyone with helpful information.