Good news/Bad news
Police arrest suspect in Richmond rape
By Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
RICHMOND - Police this afternoon arrested a man suspected of accosting a mother pushing a stroller on a path near Hilltop mall and raping her earlier this week.
Someone identified the suspect from a sketch released by police after the Wednesday assault, police Lt. Enos Johnson said.
The suspect, whom police did not immediately identify, was spotted about 2:45 p.m. on or near the same walking path where the attack occurred, Johnson said. Officers arrested him on suspicion of rape and brought him to the Hall of Justice for questioning.
The victim, a woman in her mid-30s, was attacked about 3:30 p.m. The rapist approached her on the path and, when close, put a six-inch hunting knife to her throat and forced her to walk off the path, leaving her 6-month-old child in the stroller on the path, police said.
The path, near Research and Lakeside drives, leads through a brushy area near a small, manmade lake with a fountain, surrounded by apartment buildings.
The child was not hurt.
Reach Karl Fischer at 510-262-2728 or kfischer@cctimes.com.
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COMMUNITY DIGEST
Richmond - KILLING IS CITY'S 42ND OF YEAR: One man was killed and another injured by a shooting Friday evening in a Richmond recreation center parking lot.
Neighbors called 911 at 5:45 p.m. with reports of hearing gunfire in the Parchester Village neighborhood. Police found one victim lying on the ground in the 900 block of Williams Drive. He died shortly after being transferred to a local hospital, Richmond Lt. Enos Johnson said.
The other victim, who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, was found by police inside the recreation center, where he went inside to escape the gunfire. Paramedics transported him to a local hospital.
Police were not identifying either of the victims except to say they are both in their mid-20s.
The killing is Richmond's 42nd homicide of the year , the city's highest annual total since 1994.
-- Kimberly S. Wetzel
Richmond - VICTIM NAMED IN HOMICIDE CASE: The Contra Costa Coroner's Office released the name of a man shot to death Thursday in the 1300 block of Burbeck Avenue: Raimon Williams, 27.
Williams lived near where he died, friends said. About 2:50 p.m., a gold-colored Honda Accord or similar car drove past as he stood on the sidewalk, and someone inside shot him. The killing was the 41st this year in Richmond.
Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call Detective Esteban Barragan at 510-231-3053 or the anonymous tip line at 510-232-TIPS (232-8477).
-- Karl Fischer
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Congratulations to RPD for that apprehension. Still plenty to do, however.
Tazer's thoughts for the day: What sort of support is RPD getting from the city's elected officials in this period of transition (and criticism/controversy)? What's the morale like among the rank and file? How is all of that affecting operations? Positively? Negatively?
Meanwhile, the grassroots violence prevention movement marches on without city hall...but then that's nothing new.
By Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
RICHMOND - Police this afternoon arrested a man suspected of accosting a mother pushing a stroller on a path near Hilltop mall and raping her earlier this week.
Someone identified the suspect from a sketch released by police after the Wednesday assault, police Lt. Enos Johnson said.
The suspect, whom police did not immediately identify, was spotted about 2:45 p.m. on or near the same walking path where the attack occurred, Johnson said. Officers arrested him on suspicion of rape and brought him to the Hall of Justice for questioning.
The victim, a woman in her mid-30s, was attacked about 3:30 p.m. The rapist approached her on the path and, when close, put a six-inch hunting knife to her throat and forced her to walk off the path, leaving her 6-month-old child in the stroller on the path, police said.
The path, near Research and Lakeside drives, leads through a brushy area near a small, manmade lake with a fountain, surrounded by apartment buildings.
The child was not hurt.
Reach Karl Fischer at 510-262-2728 or kfischer@cctimes.com.
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COMMUNITY DIGEST
Richmond - KILLING IS CITY'S 42ND OF YEAR: One man was killed and another injured by a shooting Friday evening in a Richmond recreation center parking lot.
Neighbors called 911 at 5:45 p.m. with reports of hearing gunfire in the Parchester Village neighborhood. Police found one victim lying on the ground in the 900 block of Williams Drive. He died shortly after being transferred to a local hospital, Richmond Lt. Enos Johnson said.
The other victim, who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, was found by police inside the recreation center, where he went inside to escape the gunfire. Paramedics transported him to a local hospital.
Police were not identifying either of the victims except to say they are both in their mid-20s.
The killing is Richmond's 42nd homicide of the year , the city's highest annual total since 1994.
-- Kimberly S. Wetzel
Richmond - VICTIM NAMED IN HOMICIDE CASE: The Contra Costa Coroner's Office released the name of a man shot to death Thursday in the 1300 block of Burbeck Avenue: Raimon Williams, 27.
Williams lived near where he died, friends said. About 2:50 p.m., a gold-colored Honda Accord or similar car drove past as he stood on the sidewalk, and someone inside shot him. The killing was the 41st this year in Richmond.
Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call Detective Esteban Barragan at 510-231-3053 or the anonymous tip line at 510-232-TIPS (232-8477).
-- Karl Fischer
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Congratulations to RPD for that apprehension. Still plenty to do, however.
Tazer's thoughts for the day: What sort of support is RPD getting from the city's elected officials in this period of transition (and criticism/controversy)? What's the morale like among the rank and file? How is all of that affecting operations? Positively? Negatively?
Meanwhile, the grassroots violence prevention movement marches on without city hall...but then that's nothing new.
posted by Plunda Claus @ 11:50 AM
1 Comments:
At December 18, 2006 12:48 AM,
Anonymous said…
Irma's war on violence failed, now we have a Socialist declaring a new war on violence; the way I see it we have merely exchanged one set of oppressors for another set of oppressors! May they both burn in hell! The community does not want McLaughlin.
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