Twins tragedy
An encounter between Louisa twins Ron and Tron Jasper and Charlottesville twins Jarreau and Rahsaan Reid last September at Cavalier Crossing apartments resulted in a first-degree murder conviction June 21 of Ron Jasper, 30, for the death of Rahsaan Reid, 26. Jasper said he shot Reid in the face in self-defense. The jury recommended a sentence of 23 years.
Breaking bad
Treyvon Christopher Slaughter, 19, was charged with multiple counts for a June 23 incident in the Hampton Inn parking lot on India Road. According to police, he jumped up and down on a woman’s car, causing several windows to break, and threw a rock, striking her in the head.
Second-round NBA draft pick
UVA’s Malcolm Brogdon, who racked up about every award a star basketball player can get and was practicing with the Carolina Hornets, was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks June 23.
Big ‘whew’ for the McDonnells
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell’s 11 corruption convictions June 27, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing, “There is no doubt that this case is distasteful; it may be worse than that. But our concern is not with tawdry tales of Ferraris, Rolexes and ball gowns.”
Robbing the wrong house
A thud awoke Kasoondie Frazier, 50, early June 24. She saw a man going over her Belmont backyard fence loaded with her belongings and she took off after him, barefoot and pajama clad, the Daily Progress reports. Frazier called 911 as she gave chase until a dispatcher advised her to stop. Police arrested Franklin Roy Bolden Jr., 18, and he was charged with burglary.
Quote of the week
“The petition is merely the latest in a series of heavy-handed attempts by Mark Brown, CPC’s owner who fancies himself Charlottesville’s Donald Trump, to bend the city to his will and force it to sell him its parking spaces in the Water Street Parking Garage Condominium.”
—The city’s June 24 motion to dismiss Charlottesville Parking Center’s petition for the emergency appointment of a receiver, on the same day CPC proposed a settlement of the parking morass.