CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Although part one crime, the most serious in the criminal code, including violence is down statistically by over thirty percent in both Charlottesville and Albemarle, there are still incidents of youth violence that are grabbing local headlines.
On Tuesday, Charlottesville police officers arrested an Albemarle teenager who is now a suspect in a September shooting that led to a high speed chase that originated in the city limits and then continued for several miles down Scottsville Road in Albemarle County. The police released to the public that the 18 year old was accompanied by two juveniles in the incident, a 14 year old male and a 15 year old male.
Youth violence with firearms has been an issue of great concern over the last three years, and the University of Virginia Law School just released the findings of a survey of those who perpetrate youth violence, citing fear and social media as factors that contributed to violent behavior…