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UVa, Charlottesville Police Department at odds over investigation into brawl
UVa, Charlottesville Police Department at odds over investigation into brawl that involved football players, track athlete
By Nolan Stout | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress 23 hrs ago
Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney hopes to use an accusation that the University of Virginia Police Department didn’t cooperate in the investigation of a bar fight and stabbing to reexamine the operating agreements between the two agencies, but other officials don’t back up her characterization of the case. ... Brackney has accused UPD and UVa of withholding evidence and conducting an internal investigation into a Nov. 17 melee at Asado Wing & Taco Co. that involved several people, including two UVa football players and a UVa track athlete.
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The fight
City and university police agree that at least one person was injured in the bar fight. Beyond that, the stories diverge. ... City police responded to nearby calls at 12:31 a.m. and 1:48 a.m., according to CPD Capt. Jim Mooney, but no department was dispatched for a fight at Asado. ... According to CPD, UVa and UPD, a group that had been fighting at The Standard, an apartment complex near the University of Virginia, later got into a brawl at Asado.
According to several sources, at least two UVa football players were involved in the scrum at Asado and a track athlete may have been involved, as well. At least one football player was suspended for the team’s two games following the fight for violating team rules. ... The Daily Progress is withholding all names associated with the case because no one has been charged with a crime.
The melee spilled out onto the street and someone was beaten and stabbed, according to CPD. CPD spokesman Tyler Hawn told the Progress that the victim was treated and then released from the UVa Medical Center. ... Brackney called the event a “severe beating, stabbing and possibly attempted homicide,” while UVa officials said the injuries and incident appeared much less serious.
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A $1,000 reward leading to an arrest is available through Crime Stoppers. Tipsters can call (434) 977-4000 or city police Detective Cundiff at (434) 970-3280.
By Nolan Stout | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress 23 hrs ago
Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney hopes to use an accusation that the University of Virginia Police Department didn’t cooperate in the investigation of a bar fight and stabbing to reexamine the operating agreements between the two agencies, but other officials don’t back up her characterization of the case. ... Brackney has accused UPD and UVa of withholding evidence and conducting an internal investigation into a Nov. 17 melee at Asado Wing & Taco Co. that involved several people, including two UVa football players and a UVa track athlete.
....
The fight
City and university police agree that at least one person was injured in the bar fight. Beyond that, the stories diverge. ... City police responded to nearby calls at 12:31 a.m. and 1:48 a.m., according to CPD Capt. Jim Mooney, but no department was dispatched for a fight at Asado. ... According to CPD, UVa and UPD, a group that had been fighting at The Standard, an apartment complex near the University of Virginia, later got into a brawl at Asado.
According to several sources, at least two UVa football players were involved in the scrum at Asado and a track athlete may have been involved, as well. At least one football player was suspended for the team’s two games following the fight for violating team rules. ... The Daily Progress is withholding all names associated with the case because no one has been charged with a crime.
The melee spilled out onto the street and someone was beaten and stabbed, according to CPD. CPD spokesman Tyler Hawn told the Progress that the victim was treated and then released from the UVa Medical Center. ... Brackney called the event a “severe beating, stabbing and possibly attempted homicide,” while UVa officials said the injuries and incident appeared much less serious.
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A $1,000 reward leading to an arrest is available through Crime Stoppers. Tipsters can call (434) 977-4000 or city police Detective Cundiff at (434) 970-3280.