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Charlottesville: Restaurant ruckus spills outside, one man shot in leg
A 30-year-old man was shot in the leg last night after an altercation at a diner in Charlottesville. The shooting took place outside of Holly’s Diner at 1221 E. Market St., according to the Charlottesville Police Department. At 11:23 p.m., officers were sent to the scene where they discovered...
Man charged with rape for June assault in Albemarle County
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A Charlottesville man has been arrested in connection with a sexual assault that occurred last month. The Albemarle County Police Department began an investigation on June 7, after a victim reported being assaulted the day before. On July 22, 25-year-old John G. Bencid was...
Orlando Allen Jr. Sentenced to 43 Years for Murder of Justice Kilel at Sunshine MiniMart
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Cheryl V. Higgins has sentenced Orlando Allen Jr. to 43 years in prison for the March 4, 2023 murder of Justice Kegan Kilel at the Sunshine MiniMart. Twenty years of the sentence were suspended, leaving an active sentence of 23 years. The sentencing follows the case of Nasir Floyd McGhee in June, who was also involved in the incident. McGhee was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
Teen in Sunshine Minimart shooting sentenced to 23 years
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The teenager accused of murder at the Sunshine Minimart last year will serve 23 years in prison. Orlando Allen, Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and using a firearm in a felony earlier this year for killing 20-year-old Justice Kilel. Video shown to the court...
Army officer at Charlottesville JAG School pleads guilty to deleting sensitive materials
A former Army officer at the JAG School in Charlottesville pled guilty today to federal charges associated with filming himself deleting sensitive online training materials. Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal III, 38, a former resident of Charlottesville, pled to one count of destruction of U.S. Army materials and three counts of making a false statement.
Nurse aide shoves patient who got too close, loses his license
All the details in our Health Safety stories come from publicly available Final Orders, Consent Orders, Orders of Suspension and other documents from the Virginia Department of Health Professionals. For more information, see the Editor’s note below the story. CHARLOTTESVILLE – Mitchell James Williams Jr. worked as a nurse aide for the psychiatry unit...
Protesters demand answers about Nassau Street incident
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A group of people walked from the Charlottesville Police Department to Nassau Street on Sunday afternoon. It was a protest for Edward Fitzhugh Anderson, who was killed in a pedestrian crash earlier this month on the 700 block of Nassau Street. Protesters say they want...
Attorney General Miyares Raises Alarm Over Early Release of Violent Offenders
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Attorney General Jason Miyares expressed strong concerns about the recent expansions of the Virginia earned sentence credit program during his podcast appearance on WINA Morning News. He warned that releasing violent offenders early poses significant risks to public safety and undermines the justice system. “My biggest fear is always that there’s going to be an innocent Virginian… going to be the victim of a violent felony by someone that otherwise should have been behind bars,” Miyares stated.
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