Southside Richmond

A Community Blog for Richmonders South of the James River

Help RPD Solve the Stop N Go Robbery

The Richmond Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify two men who robbed the Stop N Go. Here’s the police communique: Richmond Police needs the public’s help identifying and locating the suspects responsible for Wednesday morning’s robbery of the Stop N Go convenience store at 1600 Mechanicsville Turnpike. The suspects entered the store [...]

2nd Annual Back to School Event for Children of Jail Residents Tommorow at City Jail

This article might have been in the Times Dispatch, but I received it from Major Baldwin of the  Sheriff’s office. Sheriff C.T. Woody, Jr. announced today that the Richmond City Sheriff’s Office will host its Second Annual Back to School Event. While other events are designed to support the community as a whole, the purpose [...]

“Bicycle Robber” Arrested and I Knew Him Too.

The Times-Dispatch is reporting the arrest of Kent Peace, who has been robbing Southwood Apartment residents and perhaps others by riding up on a bicycle and brandishing a gun. He is involved in as many as seven robberies. Fortunately, Kent never pulled the trigger. For those of you who recall the story I wrote on [...]

Images from National Night Out with Councilman Conner

Councilman Conner allowed me to tag along as he travelled from party to party on National Night Out. In total we attended 12 parties. Although some were larger than others, the spirit of community was present at every event.