GOOD MORNING, STATIONS... HERE'S YOUR MORNING DRIVE FEED FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND:
STORY: 079 POLICE INVOLVED KILLING
REPORTER: JAY HART
SOUND WITH: JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE MAJOR STEVE RUBINO (pron: roo-BEAN-oh)
CONTACT NUMBER: (If available)
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A JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE OFFICER IS RECOVERING AT SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL FROM INJURIES RECEIVED BEFORE HE SHOT AND KILLED AN ASSAULT SUSPECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE MAJOR STEVE RUBINO (pron: roo-BEAN-oh) SAYS IT STARTED WHEN THE 44-YEAR OLD OFFICER RESPONDED TO AN ASSAULT CALL AT THE "COLONIAL MANOR" SENIOR LIVING FACILITY ON POCAHONTAS TRAIL. AS THE OFFICER ARRIVED AND GOT OUT OF HIS CAR, THE SUSPECT IN HIS CAR PLOWED INTO THE OFFICER -- PINNING HIM AGAINST THE PATROL CAR. RUBINO SAYS THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO PULL HIS WEAPON AND FIRE SEVERAL SHOTS INTO THE SUSPECT'S CAR. THE SUSPECT JUMPED OUT -- AND AS THE SUSPECT'S CAR ROLLED BACKWARD, THE SUSPECT ATTACKED THE OFFICER AND THREATENED TO KILL HIM. THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO FIRE SHOTS THAT KILLED THE SUSPECT. RUBINO SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS 26-YEAR OLD ANTHONY BLAND -- WHO LIVED IN THE SENIOR FACILTY (RUBINO DID NOT SAY THE REASON). THE OFFICER WAS MEDEVACED TO NORFOLK GENERAL WITH A BROKEN PELVIS AND BROKEN ELBOW. STATE AND JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE ARE BOTH INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
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566 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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POCAHONTAS TRAIL
Description:
TUE -- HAPPENED MONDAY AFTERNOON
567 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:03.6 OutCue:
AND AN ASSAULT
Description:
TUE -- POLICE RESPONDED SHORTLY BEFORE 4:30 MONDAY AFTERNOON TO THE "COLONIAL MANOR" SENIOR LIVING FACILITY ON POCAHONTAS TRAIL
568 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:08.8 OutCue:
HIS PATROL CAR
Description:
TUE -- RESPONDED TO AN ASSAULT CALL
569 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:04.2 OutCue:
INTO THE VEHICLE
Description:
TUE -- THE OFFICER JUST GOT OUT OF HIS PATROL CAR WHEN THE SUSPECT RAMMED HIM WITH HIS CAR -- PINNING THE SUSPECT AGAINST HIS PATROL CAR
570 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:10.4 OutCue:
TO KILL HIM
Description:
TUE -- THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO DRAW HIS GUN AND FIRE SEVERAL GUNS INTO THE SUSPECT'S CAR
571 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:03.6 OutCue:
KILLED THE SUSPECT
Description:
TUE -- THE SUSPECT JUMPED OUT OF HIS CAR AND ATTACKED THE OFFICER -- THREATENING TO KILL HIM
572 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:10.7 OutCue:
IN STABLE CONDITION
Description:
TUE -- THE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED THE SUSPECT
573 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:11.2 OutCue:
ACTIVE OPEN INVESTIGATION
Description:
TUE -- I-Ds
574 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:07.9 OutCue:
U.S. NAVY VETERAN
Description:
TUE -- THE OFFICER'S NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED PENDING THE INVESTIGATION
575 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
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00:00:12.7 OutCue:
DURING THAT ASSAULT
Description:
TUE -- THE NATURE OF THE ASSAULT THEY RESPONDED TO
STORY: 089 RAPPAHANNOCK SNAKEHEADS
REPORTER: JAY HART
SOUND WITH: DAVID WHITEHURST, STATE GAME DEPT. DIRECTOR OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
CONTACT NUMBER: (If available)
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HEADING INTO THE ANNUAL MEETING WITH "FRIENDS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK", THE STATE GAME DEPARTMENT'S FISHERIES BIOLOGIST WILL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE PREDATORY NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD IS NOW PART OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK'S BIOLOGY. STATE GAME DEPT. DIRECTOR OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES DAVID WHITEHURST SAYS THE FISH HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN THE RAPPAHANNOCK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES AS FAR DOWN THE RIVER AS MASSAPONAX CREEK. INTRODUCED -- PROBABLY BY ILLEGAL DUMPING BY AN EXOTIC SPECIES COLLECTOR -- THE SNAKEHEAD STARTED SHOWING UP IN THE POTOMAC RIVER IN 2004. THE GAME DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT ISOLATED, BUT IT SOMEHOW HAS GONE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK... AND WHITEHURST SAYS THEIR TRYING TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE YORK AND JAMES RIVERS. THE GOOD NEWS -- HE SAYS -- IS THE PREDATORY TOP-OF-THE-FOOD-CHAIN FISH WHICH EATS OTHER FIRST VORACIOUSLY HAS NOT HAD THE HUGE IMPACT ON POTOMAC AS FIRST FEARED. HE HOPES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE.
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585 DAVID WHITEHURST
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00:00:08.5 OutCue:
MIGHT MOVE THEM
Description:
THU -- FIRST CAUGHT IN RUFFIN POND THAT FEEDS INTO THE RAPPAHANNOCK LAST JULY, THE SNAKEHEAD IS NOW BEING CAUGHT ALL UP AND DOWN THE RIVER
586 DAVID WHITEHURST
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00:00:03.3 OutCue:
AS MASSAPONNAX CREEK
Description:
THU -- BIENG THEY DON'T TOLERATE SALT WATER, HOW FAR DOWN THE RIVER THEY'VE BEEN FOUND SO FAR
587 DAVID WHITEHURST
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00:00:12.6 OutCue:
INTENTI0NALLY SPREADING THEM
Description:
THU -- THE GAME DEPT. HAS HAD EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS FOR FISHERMEN IN ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT THIS FISH FROM SPREADING ITS HABITAT
588 DAVID WHITEHURST
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00:00:15.9 OutCue:
YORK RIVER SYSTEMS
Description:
THU -- HOPING THEY WILL STAY ONLY IN THE POTOMAC AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVERS AREAS
599 DAVID WHITEHURST
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00:00:07.6 OutCue:
TIME WILL TELL
Description:
THU -- WORKING TO KEEP THEM FROM SPREADING THE THE JAMES AND YORK RIVER SYSTEMS
589 DAVID WHITEHURST
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00:00:07.2 OutCue:
WE INITIALLY ANTICIPATED
Description:
THU -- AS FOR HOW DESTRUCTIVE THEY'VE BEEN SINCE ONE WAS FIRST CAUGHT IN THE POTOMAC NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO
590 DAVID WHITEHURST
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00:00:14.2 OutCue:
TYPE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
Description:
THU -- THE GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW...
591 DAVID WHITEHURST
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00:00:13.1 OutCue:
SUPPOSED TO CALL
Description:
THU -- WHAT TO DO IF YOU CATCH ONE OF THESE
STORY: 091
MAILBOX WEEK
REPORTER: JAY HART
SOUND WITH: MICHELE MARTEL, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE SPOKESPERSON IN RICHMOND
CONTACT NUMBER: (If available)
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AS YOU DO YOUR SPRING YARD CLEANUPS AND PLANTING, THE U.S. POST OFFICE WANTS YOU TO INCLUDE MAILBOX MAINTENANCE AS THIS WEEK IS "MAILBOX IMPROVEMENT WEEK". MICHELE MARTEL WITH THE RICHMOND POST OFFICE SAYS EACH YEAR, THE POSTAL SERVICE ENCOURAGES YOU TO EXAMINE AND -- WHERE NECESSARY -- IMPROVE THE APPEARNCE AND FUNCTION OF YOUR MAILBOX. THIS COULD INCLUDE SHORING UP THE POST TO MAKE SURE IT'S STABLE AND WON'T FALL. YOU MIGHT NEED TO REPLACE LOOSE HINGES SO THE CARRIER CAN OPEN AND CLOSE IT -- AND KEEP YOUR MAIL DRY. IF THE MAILBOX IS RUSTED OR PEELING -- MARTEL SAYS PAINT IT. RUST CAN OPEN UP HOLES THROUGH WHICH RAINWATER CAN WET YOUR MAIL. IF REPLACING YOUR MAILBOX, ONLY DO SO WITH "POSTAL SERVICE APPROVED" MAILBOXES. FINALLY, PUT SOME ADDRESS NUMBERS ON THE SIDE OF THE MAILBOX FROM WHICH THE CARRIER APPROACHES. MARTEL SAYS MANY OF THESE THINGS THEY CAN REQUIRE YOU TO DO... BUT THEY DON'T RIGIDLY ENFORCE.
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603 MICHELE MARTEL
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ON WITH YOUR LIFE
Description:
WED -- STATEMENT OF FACT
604 MICHELE MARTEL
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00:00:08.1 OutCue:
MAILBOXES A DAY
Description:
WED -- GOOD MAILBOXES MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE PERSON WHO DELIVERS THE MAIL
605 MICHELE MARTEL
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00:00:09.9 OutCue:
PROTECT THEIR MAIL
Description:
WED -- CARRIERS EVERYDAY OPEN AND CLOSE ANYWHERE FROM 400 TO 800 MAILBOXES A DAY
606 MICHELE MARTEL
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00:00:10.0 OutCue:
OR FALL DOWN
Description:
WED -- MAKE SURE YOUR MAILBOX IS SECURELY IN THE GROUND
607 MICHELE MARTEL
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00:00:13.6 OutCue:
THAT FOR CUSTOMERS
Description:
WED -- REPLACE LOOSE HINGES ON A MAILBOX DOOR
608 MICHELE MARTEL
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00:00:12.8 OutCue:
HELPS THAT ACCURACY
Description:
WED -- YOUR ADDRESS NUMBER NEEDS TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE MAILBOX ON THE SIDE WHICH THE CARRIER APPROACHES
609 MICHELE MARTEL
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00:00:06.7 OutCue:
YOUR MAIL WET
Description:
WED -- KEEP YOUR MAILBOX PAINTED TO AVOID RUST
610 MICHELE MARTEL
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00:00:07.5 OutCue:
PAINT THE MAILBOX
Description:
WED -- YOU DON'T WANT YOUR MAILBOX RUSTING OR PEELING BECAUSE THAT COULD OPEN UP SOME HOLES
611 MICHELE MARTEL
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00:00:17.8 OutCue:
IT IS OKAY
Description:
WED - WHEN REPLACING A MAILBOX, MAKE SURE TO GET ONE THAT'S "POSTAL SERVICE APPROVED"
GOOD MORNING, STATIONS... HERE'S YOUR EARLYBIRD FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND:
STORY: 079 POLICE INVOLVED KILLING
REPORTER: JAY HART
SOUND WITH: JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE MAJOR STEVE RUBINO (pron: roo-BEAN-oh)
CONTACT NUMBER: (If available)
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A JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE OFFICER IS RECOVERING AT SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL FROM INJURIES RECEIVED BEFORE HE SHOT AND KILLED AN ASSAULT SUSPECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE MAJOR STEVE RUBINO (pron: roo-BEAN-oh) SAYS IT STARTED WHEN THE 44-YEAR OLD OFFICER RESPONDED TO AN ASSAULT CALL AT THE "COLONIAL MANOR" SENIOR LIVING FACILITY ON POCAHONTAS TRAIL. AS THE OFFICER ARRIVED AND GOT OUT OF HIS CAR, THE SUSPECT IN HIS CAR PLOWED INTO THE OFFICER -- PINNING HIM AGAINST THE PATROL CAR. RUBINO SAYS THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO PULL HIS WEAPON AND FIRE SEVERAL SHOTS INTO THE SUSPECT'S CAR. THE SUSPECT JUMPED OUT -- AND AS THE SUSPECT'S CAR ROLLED BACKWARD, THE SUSPECT ATTACKED THE OFFICER AND THREATENED TO KILL HIM. THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO FIRE SHOTS THAT KILLED THE SUSPECT. RUBINO SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS 26-YEAR OLD ANTHONY BLAND -- WHO LIVED IN THE SENIOR FACILTY (RUBINO DID NOT SAY THE REASON). THE OFFICER WAS MEDEVACED TO NORFOLK GENERAL WITH A BROKEN PELVIS AND BROKEN ELBOW. STATE AND JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE ARE BOTH INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
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566 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
Length:
00:00:12.1 OutCue:
POCAHONTAS TRAIL
Description:
TUE -- HAPPENED MONDAY AFTERNOON
567 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
Length:
00:00:03.6 OutCue:
AND AN ASSAULT
Description:
TUE -- POLICE RESPONDED SHORTLY BEFORE 4:30 MONDAY AFTERNOON TO THE "COLONIAL MANOR" SENIOR LIVING FACILITY ON POCAHONTAS TRAIL
568 MAJ STEVE RUBINO
Length:
00:00:08.8 OutCue:
HIS PATROL CAR
Description:
TUE -- RESPONDED TO AN ASSAULT CALL
STORY: 089 RAPPAHANNOCK SNAKEHEADS
REPORTER: JAY HART
SOUND WITH: DAVID WHITEHURST, STATE GAME DEPT. DIRECTOR OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
CONTACT NUMBER: (If available)
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HEADING INTO THE ANNUAL MEETING WITH "FRIENDS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK", THE STATE GAME DEPARTMENT'S FISHERIES BIOLOGIST WILL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE PREDATORY NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD IS NOW PART OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK'S BIOLOGY. STATE GAME DEPT. DIRECTOR OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES DAVID WHITEHURST SAYS THE FISH HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN THE RAPPAHANNOCK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES AS FAR DOWN THE RIVER AS MASSAPONAX CREEK. INTRODUCED -- PROBABLY BY ILLEGAL DUMPING BY AN EXOTIC SPECIES COLLECTOR -- THE SNAKEHEAD STARTED SHOWING UP IN THE POTOMAC RIVER IN 2004. THE GAME DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT ISOLATED, BUT IT SOMEHOW HAS GONE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK... AND WHITEHURST SAYS THEIR TRYING TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE YORK AND JAMES RIVERS. THE GOOD NEWS -- HE SAYS -- IS THE PREDATORY TOP-OF-THE-FOOD-CHAIN FISH WHICH EATS OTHER FIRST VORACIOUSLY HAS NOT HAD THE HUGE IMPACT ON POTOMAC AS FIRST FEARED. HE HOPES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE.
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585 DAVID WHITEHURST
Length:
00:00:08.5 OutCue:
MIGHT MOVE THEM
Description:
THU -- FIRST CAUGHT IN RUFFIN POND THAT FEEDS INTO THE RAPPAHANNOCK LAST JULY, THE SNAKEHEAD IS NOW BEING CAUGHT ALL UP AND DOWN THE RIVER
586 DAVID WHITEHURST
Length:
00:00:03.3 OutCue:
AS MASSAPONNAX CREEK
Description:
THU -- BIENG THEY DON'T TOLERATE SALT WATER, HOW FAR DOWN THE RIVER THEY'VE BEEN FOUND SO FAR
587 DAVID WHITEHURST
Length:
00:00:12.6 OutCue:
INTENTI0NALLY SPREADING THEM
Description:
THU -- THE GAME DEPT. HAS HAD EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS FOR FISHERMEN IN ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT THIS FISH FROM SPREADING ITS HABITAT
