Police believe the same man who robbed a Wachovia Bank branch in the 3500 block of West Broad Street yesterday also attempted to rob a BB&T bank in the 5600 block of West Broad Street in Henrico County.  The two incidents occurred within 30 minutes of each other. 

In the Wachovia robbery police say the suspect approached a teller, indicated he had a gun and demanded money.  The man then fled the bank and headed east on Broad Street.

The suspect in the BB&T robbery ran from the bank before getting any money.

The suspect in each incident is described as a bearded thin black male, between 5 feet 8 inches tall and 5 feet 10 inches tall.  He wore a dark Kangol-style cap, a black jacket, black pants and white tennis shoes.

Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.

Henrico County Police are trying to identify the suspects who broke into a Little Caesar's pizza store in the Gayton Crossing Shopping Center, 9730 Gayton Road.  Investigators say the suspects entered the Little Caesar's in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 25th.  Police say the suspects vandalized some items, stole food and attempted to pry open the store's cash registers.

Three of the four suspects covered their faces.  One suspect is clearly visible in the surveillance video below as he discovers a security camera.  The suspect is wearing a green "Dunder Mifflin" shirt.

Police ask anyone with information about the break-in to call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. 

According to Henrico County Police, around 10:00 Tuesday morning a School Resource Officer at Henrico High School responded to a fight in a classroom.  Police say During the fight a 16-year-old student produced what investigators descibed as a "sharp object" and stabbed a 17-year-old student in the torso.  The 17-year-old was taken to VCU Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and, as of Thursday afternoon, was in stable condition.  The 16-year-old was taken into police custody and transported to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hanover County for treatment of minor injuries.

Police say the school was placed in lockdown "so as not to effect the overall student population" and to allow investigators to process the scene.  Authorities say an investigation into the stabbing is ongoing and, depending on the outcome of the investigation, charges may be pending.     

The body of a man Henrico County police described as "missing and endangered" was found yesterday in Powhatan County.  46-year-old John Michael Tyler was seen leaving the area of Three Chopt Road near Pemberton Road on April 4th.  He was driving a gray Infiniti sedan. 

On April 7th, in a media advisory, Henrico County Police asked the public for assistance locating Tyler. 

Last night, just before 7:00, the Powhatan County Sheriff's Office located Tyler's body behind the Shiloh Baptist Church on Monte Road in Powhatan.  Tyler's body was transported to the state Medical Examiner's Office for a cause of death determination. 

Police have not said if Tyler's remains showed obvious signs of trauma and Henrico Police have not elaborated as to why Tyler was considered "endangered."     

Just before eight o'clock Thursday morning, a Henrico County resident discovered a body floating in a lake just north of the intersection of Patterson Avenue and Maybeury Drive in the county's west end.  Police were called to the scene as another resident of the neighborhood launched a kayak, checked the body for a pulse and, finding none, moved the body to the south edge of the lake.

Lieutenant Eric Owens of the Henrico County Police Department said rescue workers recovered the body of a deceased female from the lake.  The body was transported to the state Medical Examiner's Office for identification and determination of the cause of death.

Owens said the victim's body showed "no obvious signs of trauma." 

"The body will be evaluated further by the Medical Examiner's Office," Owens said.  "There was a missing persons report [Wednesday] of a female, however until positive identification can be made we cannot say at this time that the body recovered is the body of the person reported missing."

According to police, a female resident of Midway Road was reported missing Wednesday.  Midway Road is less than a mile from the lake where the body was discovered.

UPDATE:  Thursday afternoon, Henrico County police identified the deceased as 53-year-old Yan Fang Li of the 9000 block of Midway Road.  The cause of death has been ruled a drowning.  Li was reported missing early Thursday morning.  Police say Mrs. Li's daughter informed them that her mother had been missing since Wednesday afternoon and was known to walk around the neighborhood. 

Investigators say a witness passing the lake Wednesday afternoon saw a person in a gray hooded sweatshirt walking into the lake "with water up to her chest."  According to police, the witness did not call police because she believed the person was trying to retrieve something from the lake.               

Early this afternoon, Henrico County fire crews were called to the 1500 block of Split Oak Lane in the Honey Tree apartment complex in the county's west end.  When they arrived, firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming from one building in the complex and immediately called a second alarm. 

Fire crews attempted to enter the building but were forced back by the flames.  As a third alarm was called, Henrico Fire teams used ground ladders to rescue two people from the third floor of the building. 

Several residents suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene and released.  One firefighter was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  The Red Cross is assisting residents displaced by the blaze. 

The Honey Tree apartment complex was the scene of another fire in March of this year that gutted one of its buildings. 

     the Red Cross arrives to assist displaced residents

Henrico County Police and Fire officials yesterday announced the preliminary findings of their investigation into a house fire in the 1700 block of Debbie Lane .  Friday morning, the bodies of a family of three were discovered by fire fighters after they entered the home near the Richmond Raceway Complex.

Authorities say 56-year-old Robert Ware and his son, 20-year-old Ashton Ware, each died of a single gunshot wound.  Robert Ware's wife, 44-year-old Virginia Ware, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Henrico County Fire Marshall's Office says the fire was likely started in an attempt to destroy the home.

A joint investigation is continuing as fire and police investigators await lab reports from the Virginia State Lab and the Medical Examiner's Office.

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The Henrico County Fire and Police departments are conducting a joint investigation into a house fire that claimed multiple lives this morning in the 1700 block of Debbie Lane in the county's north side.  Assistant Fire Marshall Will Shumate said the fire department initiated an aggressive response when they received the call because reports indicated there were people trapped in the home.

"With the report that there may be victims trapped, Henrico Fire upgraded it to a second alarm which brought an additional two engines and another specialty unit as well as multiple ambulances...there's a bunch of people out here today," Shumate said. 

The fire was marked under control around 11:00 this morning.  The number of fatalities was unknown when fire and police officials conducted a press briefing at 11:30 this morning and the victims have not been identified.  Lieutenant Eric Owens with the Henrico Police Department said police investigators are exploring all possibilities as to the cause of the blaze.

"On fires where there is a fatality, we normally work as a group - Police and Fire together.  Everybody has resources that compliment each other," Shumate said.

On scene, 1700 block of Debbie Lane in Henrico County        

Just after midnight Tuesday morning, Henrico County police received a 9-1-1 call and responded to the 5600 block of Tumbleweed Circle in an apartment complex.  When they arrived at the Old West Apartments, police found the body of 42-year-old Verna Ileo.  A police press release says Ileo's body showed "obvious signs of trauma." 

According to Henrico Police, 33-year-old Christopher Lynn Walker of 4th Avenue in the City of Richmond was immediately taken into custody. 

Walker faces a First Degree Murder charge in Henrico County.