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Police identify teen killed by train

By Press release on May 21, 2019 Police

Chesterfield County Police last week identified a 16-year-old who was struck by a train near the 15900 block of Woods Edge Road at about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 8. Aaron Groome, of no permanent address, was walking south on the train tracks between Jefferson Davis Highway and Interstate 95 when he was fatally struck by a southbound train, police said. Groome was reported missing from Newport News on March 23. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Groome may have been in need of medical attention. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy was 5 feet 11 inches tall and…

Two meth labs discovered, five arrested

By Becky Wright on May 21, 2019 Police

Two methamphetamine labs were recently discovered in eastern Chesterfield County, resulting in five arrests. On May 14 at 10:23 p.m., county police went to the 2400 block of Arcadia Avenue for a wanted person. “Officers had obtained a search warrant for the residence and found the wanted person inside,” police spokeswoman Elizabeth Caroon said, noting that police found a meth lab. “The wanted person, Turner L. Littlefield, 43, of the 2400 block of Arcadia Avenue, was arrested and served with his outstanding warrants, one of which was a felony larceny – third offense,” Caroon said. On May 12, a different…

Police find man deceased in vehicle

By Press release on May 21, 2019 Police

On Friday, May 17, Chesterfield Police responded to a report that a man had been found deceased in a vehicle in a parking lot in the 15700 block of Woods Edge Road. The man was identified as Timothy V. Kitt, 39, who had been reported missing May 14. The body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. A cause of death has not yet been determined, but at this point there are no signs of foul play. Kitt, of the 2600 block of Mangowood Drive in Chesterfield, did not return home from work May 14.

Looking for justice: Father asks for public’s help locating shooter

By Caleb M Soptelean on May 14, 2019 Crime Solvers, Police

Tony Flaugher looks into the woods where his son Samuel ran after being shot. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo) Tony Flaugher is looking for justice for his son. Samuel Allen Flaugher, 19, was shot near 4003 Meridian Ave. in South Richmond around 9 p.m. Monday, April 15, and died several days later. The case is still under investigation by Richmond Police, but Tony Flaugher, 48, spoke to various media outlets on Friday, May 10, in an effort to get someone to come forward with information about the incident. Samuel Flaugher (pronounced floor) was shot once in the chest, with the bullet…

Education assn. calls Mayday after two teachers assaulted

By Becky Wright on May 7, 2019 Police, Schools, Teachers

A teacher from Thomas Dale High School was assaulted while in the classroom on Wednesday, April 22, and the injuries sent the teacher to the hospital, police said. As a result, the Chesterfield Educational Association sounded a Mayday. “It was reported that a 15-year-old male student threw his backpack and two chairs at a (female) teacher,” Chesterfield police spokeswoman Elizabeth Caroon said. “During the incident, the student also damaged a school laptop and pulled a fire alarm.The woman, whose glasses were broken during the incident, was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A police officer filed a…

Chesterfield police to ‘haunt’ DUI drivers with ‘ghost cruisers’

By Becky Wright on April 30, 2019 For the Record, Police

If you drive under the influence in Chesterfield County, your chance of getting pulled over and arrested may have gone up with the recent launch of the county police department’s “ghost cruiser.” “The cruisers are low-profile without the traditional light bar on the roof, and they have low-profile graphics on the side to minimize the amount they stand out,” police spokeswoman Liz Caroon said. Both of the department’s “ghost cruisers” are 2017 Ford Tauruses. One will be deployed in the north district, and the other in the south district. There were 291 DUI-related crashes and 805 DUI-related arrests in the…

Robbery suspect apprehended

By Press release on April 30, 2019 For the Record, Police

Chesterfield police served a warrant on a man who was wanted on suspicion of robbery following incidents outside Falling Creek Apartments around 7 a.m., Wednesday, April 24. Surveillance cameras captured images of the suspect and a suspect vehicle. Detectives identified the suspect as Franklin P. Robinson, 37, of the 4800 block of Sydclay Drive in Henrico. Police obtained warrants for Robinson for two counts of robbery and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Robinson, who is currently being held at the Richmond City Jail on unrelated charges, was served the warrants April 29.…

Chester teen dies after being shot

By Becky Wright on April 30, 2019 For the Record, Police

(Facebook photo) Richmond police are asking the public for help in regard to the April 15 shooting of a Chester teen that occurred in the 4000 block of Meridian Avenue near Jefferson Davis Highway. Police identified the victim as Samuel Flaugher, 19, of Chester. He had attended Thomas Dale High School, according to his Facebook page. At around 9 a.m. Monday, April 15, Richmond police responded to the report of a person shot. Officers found Flaugher suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were considered life-threatening. Flaugher died April 19. Anyone…

Illegal immigrant gets four years in manslaughter case

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 30, 2019 Courts, For the Record, Police

A Guatemalan national residing in the U.S. illegally was sentenced to a total of four years in prison last week for killing a 4-year-old boy in a two-vehicle crash Aug. 25 last year. Jose Armelio Gonzalez-Flores, 29, was given a total of 20-plus years with all but four years suspended. Judge Frederick G. Rockwell III sentenced Gonzalez-Flores as part of a plea agreement to 10 years, all suspended, for cocaine possession; 10 years, with all but 3 1/2 years suspended, for involuntary manslaughter; and six months for driving on a suspended license. A charge of felony hit-and-run was dismissed as…

16-year-old faces murder, robbery charges in Walker’s death

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 23, 2019 Courts, For the Record, Police

What neighbors describe as a ‘quiet neighborhood’ was disturbed recently when an 87-year-old resident was killed at 6718 Wentworth St. A 16-year-old who has been charged with murder in the April 2 death of 87-year-old Bensley resident Bryan H. Walker had his initial court date in Chesterfield Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court last week. An April 16 report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch identified the youth as Raphael Angel Vargas, whom a next-door neighbor of Walker’s said lived two doors down from Walker on Wentworth Street. The daily newspaper said Vargas faces nine charges, including the first-degree murder and robbery of…

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