Briefly… for May 15-28, 2014
Comprehensive plan meetings in CC
Charles City planning staff have scheduled three meetings, one in each district, over the next week to receive public comments on the proposed draft of the countys’ Comprehensive Plan.
The first meeting will take place Monday, May 19, 7 p.m. at St. John Baptist Church. A second meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, 7 p.m. at Parrish Hill Baptist Church, with a third meeting on Thursday, May 22, 7 p.m. at the Government and School Board Administration building auditorium.
The plan can be accessed and reviewed on the county’s webpage at www.co.charles-city.va.us or by visiting the county’s planning department during regular business hours.
For more information, contact Matt Rowe at 652-4707, or by email at mrowe@co.charles-city.va.us.
One indicted by CC grand jury
A Colonial Heights man was indicted by a Charles City Circuit Court grand jury during May 6 proceedings.
Dallas James Anthony, 23, of the 2700 block of Tipton Street, received one indictment for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On Jan. 12, Anthony allegedly trespassed on a shooting range after hours and used a firearm to shoot at the range.
Anthony’s trial is tentatively scheduled for June 20.
Teen car thief captured in New Kent
A teenager accused of stealing a car in James City County and driving the vehicle into New Kent County is in custody following a three-hour manhunt conducted May 6 by New Kent sheriff’s personnel and units from the state police.
The teen, a male age 14 and said to be from James City, eluded authorities in a wooded area in the eastern part of the county until New Kent Detective Sgt. Donald Mehalko spotted the youth near the Stage Road/Kent Flats Lane intersection and made the arrest. Deputies, meanwhile, recovered the stolen car, a late model Oldsmobile, behind the Circle K convenience store located on Route 33 near the Interstate 64 West Point (mile marker 220) interchange.
New Kent Sheriff F.W. “Wakie” Howard Jr. said his office was alerted around 9:45 a.m. by a county resident living on Kent Flats Lane who said a teen in the 13-14 age range appeared at her front door asking for water. Deeming the incident far from ordinary, the woman contacted the sheriff’s office.
Howard, meanwhile, said his office had just received a report to be on the lookout for a juvenile that had stolen a car in James City. Deputy Scott Carneal arrived first on the scene at the woman’s house and saw the suspect flee into nearby woods. The woman then identified the teen from a cell phone photo that had been supplied by James City authorities.
A canine unit and a state police helicopter assisted the seven officers on the ground in the search for the suspect, who managed to evade capture until being spotted by Mihalcoe around 1 p.m. The teen, whose name is being withheld due to age, has since been turned over to James City authorities.