Month: May 2008

Caroline County election results in.

Bowling Green:

Mayor:

David W. Storke 177 100% *

*Will serve a four-year term.

Town Council:

Eric V. Hinson 117 10.55% †
Bobby J. Ketterman, Sr. 122 11.00% †
Mark S. Mallin 138 12.44% †
E. Glenn McDearmon 160 14.42% *
Randal O. Robillard 92 8.29%
Jason E. Satterwhite 158 14.24% *
Daniel C. Webb 161 14.51% *
Otis Lee Wright 158 14.24% *
Write-in 3 0.27%

*Will serve a four-year term.
†Will serve a two-year term.

Port Royal:

Town Council:

Mark E. Hampton 16 8.55%
Bill E. Henderson 13.36%
Nancy L. Long 14.97%
Della F. Mills 18 9.62%
Rosie E. Upshaw 32 17.11%
William A. Wick, Jr. 31 16.57%
Write-in 37 19.78 %

There were only six people running for seven seats so whoever received enough write-in votes will get a seat.

Fredericksburg election results in.

Mayor:

Debby L. Girvan 1,089 36.08%
Thomas J. Tomzak 1,915 63.45%
Write-in 14 0.46%

6 of 6 precincts in.

City Council:

Kerry P. Devine 1,896 38.98%
Mary Katherine Greenlaw 2,025 41.64%
B-J R. Huff 910 18.71%
Write-in 32 0.65%

6 of 6 precincts in.

School Board:

Jarvis E. Bailey 1,901 51.67%
Michael J. Gillenwater 1,735 47.15%
Write-in 43 1.16%

6 of 6 precincts in.

Still waiting on the results from Caroline County.

The Free Lance–Star profiles Keith Hummel.

The Free Lance–Star:

A Westmoreland County doctor plans to challenge Rep. Rob Wittman for the 1st District congressional seat.

Dr. Keith Hummel, an emergency-room physician, hopes to win the Democratic nomination to run against Republican Wittman for the seat in November’s election. No others have filed as candidates.

Wittman won the seat just last December in a special election, held after Rep. Jo Ann Davis died of breast cancer. The 1st District extends from Fauquier County to York County.

Hummel, 57, who also runs a vineyard and winery, has never run for political office. He said he’s running now because his own populist viewpoint isn’t being represented.

“I’m running because I have a concern that we are losing our representative form of government. It is my perception that a lot of people in Congress, their ear is held by the lobbyists,” Hummel said. “We need someone who is not a professional politician for the 1st Congressional District, who will listen to the people, who will put the interests of the people and the nation ahead of the interests of the lobbyists.”

Hummel thinks this is the year for a self-described populist to do well because the presidential election campaign has galvanized many people who have felt disenfranchised, and Hummel says they’re the kind of people to whom his populism appeals.

The late Jason Mooney to be honored by Governor Kaine.

NBC4:

Gov. Timothy Kaine will speak at a service to memorialize fallen Virginia police officers.

The annual Virginia Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial Service will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the South Portico of the Virginia Capitol.

The ceremony will honor three Virginia law enforcement officers: Campbell County Deputy Sheriff Jason Saunders and Stafford County Deputy Sheriff Jason Mooney, both of whom died in crashes last year.

Chesapeake Detective Jarrod Shivers was fatally wounded in January while serving a narcotics search warrant.

Last year’s ceremony honored 10 officers.

“Senseless act of violence” story of the day.

AP via Richmond Times-Dispatch:

Stafford County authorities are investigating the fatal shootings of a man, a woman, and two small children at a mobile home park a few miles north of Fredericksburg.

Stafford County Administrator Anthony Romanello says one of the children was about 3 years old and the other was about 18 months old.

The shootings happened last night on Walt Way, just west of U.S. 1.

County sheriff’s office spokesman Bill Kennedy says authorities investigating a report of a domestic disturbance found the victims shortly before 10 p.m.

The shooting victims have not been identified, and officials have given no motive for the shootings.

UPDATE: WTOP Radio:

A heavily armed man shot his girlfriend and his two children in a mobile home before killing himself, Stafford County Sheriff Charles Jett tells WTOP.

The victims are identified as Latasha Nicole Thomas, 23; her 2 1/2-year-old daughter Nicole Aaron Jackson; and her son, 1 1/2-year-old Aaron Neptune Jackson.

Jett identified the shooter as Aaron Poseidon Jackson, 24.

May 6, 2008 Caroline County news roundup

The Free Lance–Star:

A Ruther Glen man was charged with rape and sodomy last week after his daughter, a Caroline High School student, reported that she had been abused by her father.

The 42-year-old man, who is not being named to protect the identity of the victim, was arrested April 28 after an employee at the high school told Deputy G.W. Honeycutt, the school’s resource officer, about the reported abuse, said Miles Turner of the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office.

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Her father is charged with rape and two counts of sodomy, as well as misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

The Free Lance–Star:

Beverly L. Gage, 53, of Woodford died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at her home.

She was the widow of Donald Gage and had been active in fire and rescue for the last 15 years as an EMT and dispatcher.

Survivors include her daughters, Peggy, Dona and Jayme Gage of Caroline County and Kathryn Gage of Hampton; her stepson, Donald Gage Jr. of Maine; four sisters, Jacqueline Sites and Kathy Whitaker of Springfield, Barbara Kelley of Arlington and Karen Fox of Boston; her brother, Mark Giles of Ruther Glen; and five grandchildren.

Mrs. Gage will be cremated. Her family will receive friends at Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green, Thursday, May 8, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Sign register book online at storkefuneralhome.com.

Rodney Rodis recharged with state charges.

If that makes sense. Richmond Times-Dispatch:

Louisa County grand jury yesterday reinstated 13 theft counts against a former Catholic priest convicted in federal court of defrauding two local churches of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Rodney L. Rodis, 51, was sentenced in February to five years in federal prison for diverting for personal use money donated to the Louisa County parishes he headed. The panel also indicted a suspended Howard University soccer coach accused of using the Internet to solicit sex from a minor, said Thomas A. Garrett, Louisa’s commonwealth’s attorney.

Louisa County authorities initially charged Rodis with 13 felony embezzlement counts last year after church officials realized he had stolen donation money. Then-prosecutor R. Don Short dropped the state counts to allow the federal case to proceed.

Garrett, subsequently elected the county’s commonwealth’s attorney, said the federal courts did a good job addressing the fraud and money laundering charges, but thought the theft should also be addressed.

Hillary Clinton to extradite OPEC leaders to the United States?

Or something? The Politico:

Clinton’s attacks on oil prices as artificially inflated, Enron-style, keep escalating, and today she appeared to threaten to break up the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

“We’re going to go right at OPEC,” she said. “They can no longer be a cartel, a monopoly that get together once every couple of months in some conference room in some plush place in the world, they decide how much oil they’re going to produce and what price they’re going to put it at,” she told a crod at a firehouse in Merrillville, IN.

“That’s not a market. That’s a monopoly,” she said, saying she’d use anti-trust law and the World Trade Organization to take on OPEC.

Let’s see: United States anti-trust law only applies in the U.S. of A. OPEC is based in Vienna, Austria. The closest countries to the United States that are members of OPEC are Venezuela, Ecuador, and Algeria.

Further, OPEC is fall from a monopoly, they only account for 41.7% of the world’s oil production. Total non OPEC counties count for more (58.2%), so let’s launch an anti-trust investigation into them.

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) which includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico account for 23.8% of world production. Don’t forget to investigate them.

And you know what OPEC would do if Hillary actually attempted this act of outright stupidity? Stop supplying oil to the United States.

She used to be a lawyer, right?

So much for the “world’s smartest woman”.

“Senseless act of violence” story of the day.

WTOP:

Baltimore police say a city woman was shot in the head and killed after she and her companion refused to give a man a cigarette.

The shooting happened shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday in the 500 block of Brunswick Street.

According to police. 29-year-old Dawn Shipley and the male friend were approached by a man asking for a cigarette. When he was refused, police say the man drew a gun and shot Shipley. Her friend was not hurt.

Shipley died later at an area hospital.

Weekly News Media Briefs – Week Ending May 3, 2008

From the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office: Weekly News Media Briefs – Week Ending May 3, 2008:

On April 28, 2008, Deputy G. W. Honeycutt was made aware by staff at Caroline High School of a possible sexual assault that occurred in a residence in Ruther Glen. Honeycutt notified Investigator S. L. Call. After investigating, a 42 year old male was charged with rape, 2 counts of sodomy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The male, who was a parent of the victim, was ordered held without bond and an arraignment date of April 29, 2008 was set.

On April 28, 2008, Deputy C. M. Polliard responded to a fight in Woodford. After investigating, Betty V. White, 45, of Woodford was charged with 2 counts of assault. She was released on a personal recognizance bond and a court date of May 7, 2008 was set.

On April 28, 2008, Deputy C. S. Overman responded to a domestic in Frog Level. After investigating, Ellen R. Nash, 40, of Frog Level was charged with domestic assault. She was released on a personal recognizance bond and a court date of May 1, 2008 was set.

On April 29, 2008 Deputy T. P. Connolly responded to a domestic in Bowling Green. After investigating, Randall W. Woody, 44, of Bowling Green was charged with being drunk in public. He was released on a personal recognizance bond and a court date of May 16, 2008 was set.

On April 30, 2008, Deputy P. E. Ford responded to a reported larceny in Dawn. After investigating, Carl E. Brown, Jr. 20, of Dawn was charged with possession of a controlled substance. He was ordered held on a $2500 bond and a court date of May 7, 2008 was set.

On April 30, 2008, Deputy W. D. Lipscomb stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction. After investigating, Jesus I. Tejada, 51, of Ruther Glen was charged with driving under the influence and refusal to submit to a breath test. He was released on a personal recognizance bond and a court date of May 16, 2008 was set.

On May 1, 2008, Deputy April 24, 2008, W. D. Lipscomb stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction. After investigating, Eveline M. Terrell, 49, of Dawn was charged with driving under the influence and possession of cocaine. She was released on a personal recognizance bond and a court date of May 16, 2008 was set.

On May 2, 2008, Investigator M. M. Ellett placed additional charges against Antoine T. Johnson, 18, of no fixed address. After a follow up investigation, Johnson was charged with grand larceny and selling a firearm to a minor. He was ordered held without bond and an arraignment date of May 9, 2008 was set.

On May 2, 2008, Deputy C. A. Heywood responded to a domestic in Port Royal. After investigating, Thomas A. Herritt, 28, of Port Royal was charged with domestic assault. He was released on a personal recognizance bond and a court date of May 6, 2008 was set.

On May 3, 2008, Deputy P. E. Ford responded to a break-in located in Bowling Green. After investigating, Carol R. Queen, 48, of Bowling Green was charged with breaking and entering and assault and battery. He was ordered held on a $2500 bond and a court date of May 7, 2008 was set.

On May 3, 2008, Deputy C. A. Heywood observed a person trespassing in Port Royal. After investigating, Theodore R. Lee, 48, of Port Royal was charged with being drunk in public. He was released on a personal recognizance bond and a court date of June 11, 2008 was set.

Caroline County Sheriff’s Office Wrap Up

According to Sheriff Tony Lippa, Caroline Deputies made 4 drug arrests, 2 DUI arrests, 6 domestic violence arrests and 60 other criminal arrests during the past week. The deputies served 190 civil papers, issued 349 traffic summonses, handled 13 motor vehicle crashes, responded to 34 alarm calls, and dealt with 10 juvenile offenders. The Sheriff’s Office Communications Center dispatched 528 calls for service and handled 1,694 telephone inquiries. The CCSO also logged 32 calls assisting outside agencies and had 207 self initiated calls.

Your Sheriff’s Office will be operating Selective Enforcement in the following areas, Belmont subdivision, Carmel Church intersection Rogers Clark with Ruther Glen Rd. (Rt. 207 & Rt. 652), Ladysmith Village, Lake Caroline, Lake Land Or, Port Royal, Rt. 30.