Jaleel Thacker stands next to his patrol car. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo) Chester resident Jaleel Clayton Thacker is on patrol in Chesterfield County as a newly sworn Virginia State Trooper. On Feb. 15, Thacker graduated with 79 other new state troopers after completing 1,300 hours of classroom and field instruction in more than 100 subjects, including defensive tactics, crime scene investigation, ethics and leadership, survival Spanish, police professionalism, firearms, judicial procedures, officer survival, cultural diversity and crisis management. “The police academy wasn’t quite what I expected,” Thacker said. “It was far more challenging than I anticipated it to be, which…
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A horse runs on property next to Hickory Road. A group of five neighbors came to a Chesterfield Board of Supervisors meeting last month after having heard some rather loud explosions in their neighborhood near Hickory and Matoaca roads. Two of the five spoke during public comment at the Feb. 27 meeting. Kathleen Jones, a Chesterfield school teacher, said that a home she shares with Mary McKinley has suffered from loud and frightening explosions that have gone on as late as midnight. Jones, who lives on 14.6 acres at 6230 Hickory Road, is adjacent to a home at 6217 Matoaca…
John L. Hargrave UPDATE: Hargrave turned himself in to police on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Police are seeking a man who is wanted in connection with a 2018 attempted robbery that occurred in the 17000 block of Lansmill Drive in south Chesterfield. At about 4 p.m. Nov. 23, a woman heard a knock on her door. When she opened the door, she was met by an unknown man who displayed a handgun. The suspect entered the residence and demanded cash. The woman left the residence to get help, and the man fled. Detectives obtained warrants for John L. Hargrave, 34, for…
James Monk, on right, speaks May 31 at the Chester Library. Tavorise Marks is in the center. Misdemeanor obstruction of justice and illegal window tint charges were recently withdrawn for the second time against a 23-year-old Richmond man who was Tased by Chesterfield police last year. James Edward Monk was initially charged following an incident at 12:30 a.m. March 28 near Virginia State University. The charges were originally withdrawn Aug. 22, refiled Oct. 10 and withdrawn again Dec. 17. Monk was pepper sprayed twice and Tased once after failing to comply with police officers’ orders during the incident, which lasted…
Justin M. Plummer Chesterfield Police are searching for a missing man who was last seen at about 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17. Justin M. Plummer, of the 3900 block of Berrybrook Drive, was last seen by his mother. She reported that Plummer left the residence and told her he was going to Kentucky. Plummer, who was reported missing Dec. 21, frequents the Virginia Commonwealth University area in Richmond. Plummer, 37, is described as a mixed-race male, about 6 feet 5 inches tall and 185 pounds. He has brown eyes, brown hair and a brown beard. Plummer also has a large…
Elizabeth A. Shelton Police have obtained a warrant for and are looking for a woman in relation to the Jan. 5 robbery of the Wells Fargo bank branch at 5630 Hopkins Road. Just before 9:45 a.m. Jan. 5, a woman entered the bank and passed a note to a bank teller demanding money. Upon receiving cash, the suspect fled on foot. She did not display a weapon, and there were no reported injuries at the bank. Detectives obtained a warrant for robbery for Elizabeth A. Shelton, 29, in relation to the incident. Shelton, of the 9100 block of Patterson Avenue,…
Jazmine N. Kersey A woman is being held on multiple charges related to a Jan. 7 shooting when a man was shot in the 2100 block of Willis Road. Jazmine N. Kersey, 27, of no known address, was arrested and held on charges of malicious wounding, carjacking, use of a firearm in the commission of a carjacking, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and conspiracy to commit malicious wounding in relation to the incident. Kersey was arrested Jan. 9 after a brief vehicle chase
Police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that occurred Dec. 12 outside a restaurant in the 1900 block of West Hundred Road. Police responded to an area hospital to investigate a shooting. A man reported that he had been shot by an unknown suspect at about 2:30 a.m. The suspect also allegedly stole a handgun from the victim, who had injuries but was treated and released.
A Mazda 3 sedan was clipped by a tractor-trailer Jan. 10. CHESTER – At approximately 6:36 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, Virginia State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on northbound Interstate 95 at the 67.2 mile marker north of Routes 150 and 895. According to Trooper D. Robinson’s preliminary investigation, a 2005 Freightliner tractor hauling a trailer full of wood chips/mulch was attempting to make a lane change to the right and struck a Mazda 3 sedan on the driver’s side. As a result, the tractor lost control, flipped onto its left side and skidded across the left lane and…
Chesterfield police are investigating a robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank at 5630 Hopkins Road. Police said a woman entered the bank just before 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, and provided a note to a bank teller demanding money. The woman obtained a small amount of money and fled on foot. She never displayed a weapon, and there were no reported injuries at the bank. During the police response to the scene, it was learned that the suspect may have discarded some of the money just inside Richmond city limits in the 100 block of German School Road. Police recovered…