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Robbery on 31st Street
11/13/2014 10:10 PM by John M
From Lt.Sayles:
500 North 31st Street at approx. 3:30 – 3:45 pm 11/13/14
The victim was received a ride from a male he has recently met online.
The suspect pulled into an alley in the 500 block of N 31st Street and a second suspect that was in the vehicle and robbed the victim of US currency.
The victim was punched and sustained minor injuries. Both suspects fled the scene in the suspect vehicle.
Suspect 1: BM, light complexion, approx. 5’9 and a long Goatee.
Suspect 2: BM, 5’6 in his 30’s wearing a black hat and black hoodie.
Suspect Vehicle: dark colored vehicle, possibly a blue 4D sedan unknown make and model.
Man, I’d love to be home at 3:30 in the afternoon on a weekday. Must be nice.
Such an odd remark: robbed of “US currency” … versus…
@Brian
You’d love to be at home so you could get robbed and punched? That would not “be nice” on any level.
The guy was getting a freaking ride to/from work!
@dj
I didn’t realize there was such confusion of what “US currency” is, or how odd the term is. Maybe next time we could recommend the RPD use more universal terms such as “dollarz” and “billlz” so there is less confusion.
Wow. I hope that wasn’t off of GRTC rideshares?
(With all due respect and an abundance of gratitude for the RPD and its difficult, never-ending job…)
Lt. Sayles,
Your repeated use of the acronym “BM” in the last two crime reports: Does BM=PC? or Does BM=coy?
Are you asking the community to read between the lines as you reference those who have crossed the line?
When addressing this problem/situation, let’s be clear and direct. Let’s leave no room for interpretation or ridicule. Let’s not sugar-coat, coddle, or shroud. How can we tackle this problem if you can not even say/speak, spell-out, and type the words…
P.S. There are around 142 listings of meaning for the acronym “BM”: http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/BM
Just pick one out of “the line-up”, so we can go on with the task at hand.
Sorry, #3, it wasn’t stated that he was getting a ride to/from work.
My comment was obviously just a snide remark about how a lot of BMs just happen to be at home in the middle of the day with nothing better to do.
You sure are cranky.
@G.
To clarify for those who are unable to figure out some of the basic acronyms used by the police department.
BM = black male
RPD = Richmond police department
4D = four door
Good to hear, I had assumed that this was about BJs.
Brian, I’m not sure what you mean by BM’s being home during the day.
PS: It appears there is 142 listings for the acronym BM. What was your meaning of the acronym?
Some people have shift work, not 9-5 M-F jobs so I think that the time frame is less alarming in relationship to the victims career choices and more alarming in that it was in broad daylight–which is the 2nd incident of nefarious activity in the mid afternoon that has been reported recently. That I find troubling.
How many robberies this time last year? Any idea’s whats leading to increase?
According to the RPD’s Crime Incident Information Center, for Sector 111:
42 robberies from 1/1/2013 to 11/1/2013
51 robberies from 1/1/2014 to 11/1/2014
4 in November 2013
3 in November 2014 (with this most recent incident not showing yet)
http://eservices.ci.richmond.va.us/applications/crimeinfo/index.asp