Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in tactical gear detained a Charlottesville man in the immediate vicinity of a school bus stop around 8:30am on April 20. Video of the incident, recorded by students waiting for the bus and obtained by C-VILLE, shows the alleged ICE agents yelling at the man to exit his vehicle.
The incident was verified as ICE activity by Cville ICE Watch, which determined the arrest was a “targeted enforcement action.”
The Monday morning detention near the intersection of Mallside Forest Court and Putt Putt Place marked the second ICE detainment in the Charlottesville area within a week, with another arrest reportedly occurring at Cobalt Ridge Apartments on April 15.
Information about the people detained and where they were taken is limited. The Farmville Detention Center indicated it had not received a transfer from Charlottesville as of 12:50pm on April 20, and did not provide any information about the April 15 arrest to C-VILLE.
This is a developing story.
Adding it up
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt its FY27 budget and set tax rates for the year on April 22. The final recommended budget includes no changes to the county’s tax rates.
The total county budget comes in at $724,540,282—roughly $500,000 more than originally proposed due to technical adjustments and higher than expected revenues. Recalculations also affected the county’s capital budget expenditures, which are more than $393,000 above than the County Executive’s original draft budget.
