The last 30 days have given CMPD Homicide Detectives plenty of work. The official homicide count for November is 8 but Cedar Posts adds up 12 in the last 30 days.
Through September 30, 2011 CMPD reported 40 homicides vs 48 during the same period last year. CMPD's Year end number for December 2010 is 58, so at this point CMPD's bragging rights to lowering the city's homicide rate have vanished.
As for Chief Monroe's promise to personally respond to every homicide, well he's not even close. Cedar Posts finds that of the last 12, Chief Monroe reported to 3. Cedar Posts asked CMPD to provide an official number but nothing but "Crickets" from CMPD. Although they did tell Cedar Posts that they are recording 8 homicides for November. There were 5 homicides in October.
Here's the run down listing by date and victim in reverse chronological order.
November 30, 2011 Jamie Thomas Rea
Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department A/D/W and Homicide Units are conducting an investigation into a shooting which took place in the parking lot of 3000 East Independence Boulevard in the Providence Division which left Jamie Thomas Rea deceased. The call for service was reported at 11:44 pm. on Wednesday, November 30, 2011.
November 29, 2011 Victim Unknown
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are investigating a shooting death at the Apartments at Blakeney in south Charlotte near Rea Road and Ardrey Kell Road.
Police were called to the apartment complex just before 5:45 p.m. Monday and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics rushed him to Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville where he died from his injuries.
November 28, 2011 H'Luon Siu
Police said Eric Jonathan Cox was speeding and driving while impaired when he ran a red light at East Sugar Creek Road and The Plaza, hitting a white Nissan driven by H'Luon Siu. Cox has been charged with murder and DWI.
November 24, 2011 Justin Glenn
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have arrested two men in connection with the Thursday night shooting death of Justin Glenn, who was killed in what police said was a drug deal gone sour.
Glenn, 22, was shot just after 10:30 p.m. on Ambassador Street, near Tuckaseegee and Berryhill Roads. Police arrested Zamario Delandro Blakeney, 20, and Lakeem Roamele Baker, 19, for Glenn's murder.
November 21, 2011 Benjamin Acahua-Itehua
CMPD reported that they received a call for service at 6:45 p.m. on November 21, 2011reporting that victim and another man were missing.
When officers arrived at the residence, they located evidence that was consistent with foul play. Another complainant arrived at the residence to check on his employee who had not shown up for work.
The officers then contacted Missing Persons and Homicide Unit detectives to take the lead on the investigation. Based upon information developed during the course of the investigation Aquilino Tzompaxtle, Dominick Vershon Cole and Efrain Tzompaxtle were arrested and charged with murder.
November 21, 2011 Floriberto Acahua-Itehua
CMPD reported that they received a call for service at 6:45 p.m. on November 21, 2011reporting that victim and another man were missing.
When officers arrived at the residence, they located evidence that was consistent with foul play. Another complainant arrived at the residence to check on his employee who had not shown up for work.
The officers then contacted Missing Persons and Homicide Unit detectives to take the lead on the investigation. Based upon information developed during the course of the investigation Aquilino Tzompaxtle, Dominick Vershon Cole and Efrain Tzompaxtle were arrested and charged with murder.
Novemeber 19, 2011 - Valerire Miranda
The CMPD Major Crash Investigation Unit received information about the driver and vehicle involved in this collision on 11/19/2011. This information led to the arrest of Amber DeJesus. She was subsequently charged with Felony Hit and Run and possession of drug paraphernalia.
CMPD's Homicide Detectives are currently conducting an investigation into a shooting that occurred in the CMPD South Division on Dianthus Court. The victim has been identified and his name will be released once family notification is made.
At 5:43pm, CMPD Officers arrived on scene and located a male subject suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Medic transported the victim to Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville for treatment. A short time later, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased by physicians.
The other individual involved has voluntarily been transported to the Law Enforcement Center for questioning and is cooperating fully with detectives. This is not a random act of violence; both parties are known to each other.
November 16, 2011 Bridgette Nicole Evans
Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Homicide Unit and A/D/W Unit are conducting a homicide investigation at 1018 North Tryon Street in the Metro Division. The call for service was reported at 7:02 pm, on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. The victim has been positively identified as Bridgette Nicole Evans.
November 15, 2011 Mikal Lee Legrande
CMPD Homicide Officers have arrested Jeremiah Lamont Luke charging him with the murder of Mr. Legrande. The victim was shot to death at the Steeplechase Apartments parking lot located off of Wallace Road, in the Independence Division.
November 11, 2011 Leonard Gaskins
Anka Lynne Thompson was arrested and charged with the murder of Mr. Gaskins. The incident took place at 1824 Northcliff Drive in CMPD's Metro Division.
November 10, 2011 Catherine Barca
CMPD Homicide Unit Detectives arrested Kayie Wright and charged him with the murder of Catherine Barca. Additionally Wright has been charged with, Robbery and Auto Theft.
The incident took place in the parking area outside of 8110 Runaway Bay Drive, where the victim was found lying unresponsive in the parking lot, was naked from the waist down and severely beaten over the head.
October 30, 2011 Autum Lynn Soyka
On October 30th around 1:00am, Autumn Lynn Soyka, was attempting to cross the 1900 block of E. 7th Street when she was struck by the left front bumper of a 2004 Cadillac CTS being driven by Stephen Watts.
The collision occurred in the inbound right lane of E. 7th Street. Autumn Soyka was not crossing at an intersection and was not in a marked crosswalk at the time of the collision. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene of the collision due to injuries sustained during the crash.
Mr. Watts stopped and remained at the scene of the collision until police arrived. Field sobriety tests indicated Mr. Watts was impaired and he was placed under arrest and charged with DWI, Involuntary Manslaughter and License Restriction Violation.
October 30, 2011 Francis Xavier Stewart
The incident took place at 4718 Cinderella Road in the North Tryon Division. The call for service came in at 12:15 am, on Sunday October 30, 2011. North Tryon Division officers received a call for service in reference to a male subject that had been stabbed by his wife. When officers arrived, they located the victim suffering from a stab wound. Medic arrived and pronounced the victim deceased on scene.
14 comments:
Do the 2 Oct 30th incidents go into the Oct report or November?
Of the incidents that show arrest dates, did the murders occur on the same day?
I certainly would not put it past CMPD to reduce the body count to make themselves look better, just want to make sure that they actually did it.
Honestly, that Monroe has not done what he said he would is a surprise to anyone?
And that they are refusing to answer questions about just how many scenes he has been to is how Rodney's CMPD
operates.
Just like he has refused to answer questions about if he is taking college courses towards a legitimate degree? Maybe he is getting it online, he can be a "Phoenix"' ..or someone can do it for him.
They believe they are truly above the law, that they don't have to follow rules or directives, or LAWS.
And it seems all in his "inner circle" have way too easily adopted his way of doing business.....lying, misdirecting, using people, bullying, abuse of power, intimidating, bribing with promises, did I say LYING?
Do they report a double homicide as ONE homicide?
Two issues with your count.
First, traffic charges including murder are typically not included in the homicide totals unless it's intentional. Someone who is DWI and kills someone else is charged with 2nd Deg Murder but it's not included in the Homicide totals but in the HITS totals.
I am not sure if justifiable homicides are included or not.
And no, Chief Monroe is not "hiding bodies" by not claiming those who were killed in a traffic accident were murdered. I don't believe they were ever counted in the homicide totals.
If someone can be charged with murder on any level, the number should be included in the homicide totals regardless of degree.
The definition of Homicide is the killing of one human being by another. period.
Rodney will do whatever he can get away with to give the perception of lower crime...period!! Whether or not it is legal, matters not to him, if he can get away with it, to him it's "okay". And if he has to shred, manipulate, misinform, threaten, bribe, coerce, whatever he has to do to get what he wants, by whatever mean it's all "good "to him.
Seems at CMPD It's all grey areas.
Until it strarts to unravel, until there are way too many lies, coverups and unreliable people involved.
I mean, really, is it worth going to jail, or being disbarred, to do his bidding?
We have heard how Deputy Chiefs and Majors have lied and covered up for him and for one another......who can you trust???
Below are two links to the FBI who runs the UCR crime reporting statistics. Basically, justifiable homicide and traffic fatalities are not included in UCR statistics of murder.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/frequently-asked-questions/ucr_faqs_incspec
http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/expanded_information/homicide.html
IMO I can see justifiable homicide and manslaughter not being included, but if they feel that the crime should be charged as a murder regardless of it being traffic related, it should be included in the homicide numbers. That is like saying its not a real murder, we are just charging it that way.
CMPD needs to read the FBI restrictions on reporting all crimes. Monroe and his cohorts are not given real numbers and still hiding truth.
Well, we ALL know Rodney will huide the bodies if he can!
Come on guys, Monroe isn't shooting them.
very few murders are the first crime someone commits.
when you lie about the other crimes, for your own benefit and others, the city becomes more unsafe.
crime and violence increase.
Monroe is doing something awful to all of us, even if it stops short of shooting (yet to be proven).
Well, he has certainly shot CMPD in the foot!
What he has done is kill a once ethical, well respected Police Department, killed it dead.
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