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You may recall that Chamberlayne Ave. has about 35% of the crime in all of Census Tracts 102 and 104. The 3900 block is the hotspot on Chamberlayne Avenue, and 3916 is the hotspot in the 3900 block. On July 7, 2000 the City sent the owner of the Redwood a notice that they knew about the ongoing drug activity there. What do you think happened next?
Well, as you will see below, the cops were trying but the rest of the City has been doing
Here to start out are the raw data for calendar 2000 from the City web site. Note the multiple entries per incident that are typical of the new NIBRS reporting system:
INCIDENT_NO DATE TIME NO STREET OFFENSE_DESCRIPTION 20000105-0610 1/5/2000 16:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE BURGLARY 20000105-0610 1/5/2000 16:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE THEFT FROM BUILDING 20000113-0922 1/13/2000 20:45:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000113-0922 1/13/2000 20:45:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000113-0922 1/13/2000 20:45:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000113-0922 1/13/2000 20:45:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000114-0331 1/14/2000 11:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE HIT AND RUN 20000118-0184 1/18/2000 3:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE BURGLARY 20000118-0184 1/18/2000 3:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE BURGLARY 20000118-0184 1/18/2000 3:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE THEFT FROM BUILDING 20000123-0022 1/23/2000 0:10:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000131-0893 1/31/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000131-0893 1/31/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000131-0893 1/31/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE ALL OTHER OFFENSES 20000131-0893 1/31/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE ALL OTHER OFFENSES 20000131-0893 1/31/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE ALL OTHER OFFENSES 20000131-0893 1/31/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE ALL OTHER OFFENSES 20000217-0581 2/17/2000 16:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000218-0076 2/18/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000304-0385 3/4/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000304-0453 3/4/2000 4:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE BURGLARY 20000304-0453 3/4/2000 4:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE THEFT FROM BUILDING 20000314-0440 3/14/2000 21:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE BURGLARY/B&E/RESIDENTIAL 20000314-0440 3/14/2000 21:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE THEFT FROM BUILDING 20000314-0559 3/14/2000 15:10:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000323-0242 3/23/2000 22:05:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 20000323-0242 3/23/2000 22:05:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 20000324-0430 3/24/2000 12:25:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000406-1203 4/6/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000410-0830 4/10/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000412-0863 4/12/2000 20:20:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000414-0846 4/14/2000 19:20:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000414-0846 4/14/2000 19:20:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000414-0846 4/14/2000 19:20:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000414-0846 4/14/2000 19:20:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000414-0893 4/14/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000512-0323 5/12/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000519-0014 5/19/2000 1:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000519-0014 5/19/2000 1:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000601-1092 6/1/2000 21:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000603-0549 6/3/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE COURT DOCUMENTS 20000605-0922 6/5/2000 21:27:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE ROBBERY 20000614-0718 6/14/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000615-0446 6/15/2000 15:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 20000615-0446 6/15/2000 15:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 20000615-0446 6/15/2000 15:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE 20000621-0141 6/21/2000 6:44:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE FALSE PRETENSES/SWINDLE/CONFIDENCE GAME 20000625-0355 6/25/2000 8:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE BURGLARY/B&E/RESIDENTIAL 20000625-0355 6/25/2000 8:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE THEFT FROM BUILDING 20000630-0227 6/30/2000 8:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE SIMPLE ASSAULT 20000630-0961 6/30/2000 20:46:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE PROSTITUTION 20000726-0983 7/26/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000726-1001 7/26/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000803-0373 8/3/2000 10:15:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE PROSTITUTION 20000803-0802 8/3/2000 18:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20000803-0802 8/3/2000 18:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20000803-0802 8/3/2000 18:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000803-0802 8/3/2000 18:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000812-0784 8/12/2000 20:15:03 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000824-0321 8/24/2000 0:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DESTRUCTION PROPERTY/PRIVATE PROPERTY 20000825-0031 8/25/2000 0:52:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 20000825-0031 8/25/2000 0:52:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 20000901-0553 9/1/2000 13:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000901-1065 9/1/2000 22:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20000902-1156 9/2/2000 23:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE SIMPLE ASSAULT 20001005-0514 10/5/2000 10:25:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE ARSON 20001006-0465 10/6/2000 19:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DESTRUCTION PROPERTY/PRIVATE PROPERTY 20001020-0957 10/20/2000 23:50:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE SIMPLE ASSAULT 20001101-0662 11/1/2000 17:15:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE PROSTITUTION 20001101-0662 11/1/2000 17:15:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE PROSTITUTION 20001101-0662 11/1/2000 17:15:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20001101-0662 11/1/2000 17:15:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20001111-0397 11/11/2000 12:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 20001112-0710 11/12/2000 20:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE THEFT FROM BUILDING 20001115-0978 11/15/2000 23:14:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE PROSTITUTION 20001130-0920 11/30/2000 21:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20001222-0936 12/22/2000 23:50:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT Carving this down to show the individual narcotics violations we get:
INCIDENT_NO DATE TIME NO STREET OFFENSE_DESCRIPTION 20000113-0922 1/13/2000 20:45:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000123-0022 1/23/2000 0:10:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000217-0581 2/17/2000 16:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000414-0846 4/14/2000 19:20:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000414-0893 4/14/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000512-0323 5/12/2000 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000519-0014 5/19/2000 1:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 20000803-0802 8/3/2000 18:30:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20001101-0662 11/1/2000 17:15:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20001130-0920 11/30/2000 21:00:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION That's ten separate drug offenses at this address during the year. Also ten drug arrests. In a building with 24 apartments. You might even call that "ongoing drug activity."
The other activity at 3916 was not exactly benign. Here we count separate incidents:
OFFENSE_DESCRIPTION Total TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 15 DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 10 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3 BURGLARY 3 PROSTITUTION 3 SIMPLE ASSAULT 3 BURGLARY/B&E/RESIDENTIAL 2 DESTRUCTION PROPERTY/PRIVATE PROPERTY 2 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 2 ARSON 1 COURT DOCUMENTS 1 FALSE PRETENSES/SWINDLE/CONFIDENCE GAME 1 HIT AND RUN 1 ROBBERY 1 THEFT FROM BUILDING 1 Comparing 3916 to the rest of the block, the Redwood continues to be the standout. Counting separate incidents:
NUMBER Total 3900 17 3902 3 3906 2 3910 6 3912 3 3914 8 3916 49 3918 15 3920 4 Grand Total
107 (Note that the "3900" entry may be an anomaly -- If you didn't know what address to assign, which one would you pick?) At 3916, as you can see, especially from the trespass arrests, the police are trying. It's still not working (policing alone hardly ever works); as to the rest of the City government, what they are doing is
and this carbuncle of crime continues to fester in our neighborhood.
The first two months of 2001 have been less busy but they produced another drug incident that looks to have resulted in an arrest:
INCIDENT_NO DATE NO STREET_NAME OFFENSE_DESCRIPTION 20010103-0837 1/3/2001 21:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20010103-0837 1/3/2001 21:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE DRUG/NARCOTIC VIOLATION 20010103-0837 1/3/2001 21:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20010103-0837 1/3/2001 21:00 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY 20010127-0842 1/27/2001 23:45 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE COURT DOCUMENTS 20010127-0884 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE SIMPLE ASSAULT 20010131-0028 1/31/2001 0:45 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE COURT DOCUMENTS 20010211-0679 2/11/2001 18:30 3916 CHAMBERLAYNE ALL OTHER OFFENSES Perhaps a civil nuisance suit under Va. Code 18.2-258.01 will solve this problem. Doubtless there are other solutions. For sure, the solutions we have tried to date have not worked. Please pitch in if you can help do something about this outrage in our neighborhood.
Last updated 02/24/02
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