A man who was accused of raping a UVA woman at a fraternity party 22 years ago pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual battery Tuesday, November 14. William Beebe plea bargained for the reduced charge, which allows for up to two years imprisonment, and says he will help police find out if other fraternity members also assaulted the victim, Elizabeth Seccuro.
A man who was accused of raping a UVA woman at a fraternity party 22 years ago pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual battery Tuesday, November 14. William Beebe plea bargained for the reduced charge, which allows for up to two years imprisonment, and says he will help police find out if other fraternity members also assaulted the victim, Elizabeth Seccuro.
It doesn’t take a psychologist to tell you child development is slower than most parents would like. But it did take one to find a way to speed things up a bit.
It’s way too early to be speculating about the Fiscal Year 2008 City Council budget (FY08), which will be completed in April and won’t take effect until July of next year. But, a presentation from Public Works showing nasty pool pump rooms, cracking sidewalks and a crumbling Belmont Bridge, among other horrors, has reminded councilors about all the maintenance needed in the city.
A motion hearing in the child pornography posession case against former Albemarle High School JV girls’ soccer coach Raja Jabbour ended without a ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon. At stake was whether evidence obtained after an Ohio arrest in January 2004, including computer hard drives, would be admissible at trial. The […]
In virtually every discussion of area growthâwhether it be talk of new houses, new roads or new retail spaceâBiscuit Run, an expansive planned development on 1,300 acres of the southern side of Charlottesville, must be invoked. So a November 14 County Planning Commission work session devoted to new designs for Biscuit Run predictably drew a crowd.
At last the ghost of a 150-year-old beech tree may be laid to rest. At their November 14 meeting, the City Planning Commission conditionally approved a landscape plan amendment for the Watson Manor project at 3 University Cir., a project that has been halted since its manager, David Turner, violated the site plan by cutting down an aging 48” caliper beech tree on the property.
The case of a woman accused of withholding HIV medication from her adopted son ended in a hung jury last week. The woman could have faced up to five years in prison for felony child neglect in the treatment of her 15-year-old son, who was born HIV-positive. The boy was removed from the woman’s custody […]
Although “Victim Witness Specialist” may sound like the newest “Law & Order” series, it’s actually a real job title in the criminal justice system. And this year, the U.S. Justice Department honored Charlottesville’s Veronica Massie for her work in providing support, assistance and aid to victims of federal crimes. One of two victim-witness specialists for […]
Albemarle County Circuit Judge Paul M. Peatross announced his retirement at a Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association meeting November 16, leading to speculation in The Daily Progress that Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Camblos will consider a bid to take his place. The nomination deadline for endorsement by the local bar is set for November 29; Peatross’ retirement is effective at the end of January.
On November 13, UVA\’s dean of the College of Arts & Sciences announced he would be leaving to become the ninth president of the private University of Richmond. For UVA, his loss is more than just a gap in personnel.