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Witness IDs Powhatan man accused of murder Published: June 24, 2009 By Marc Bowes A Powhatan County man accused of fatally stabbing and beating two Cumberland County residents was seen near the scene of the slayings out of breath, sweating and stained with blood about the time of the killings, court documents say. Authorities also say Tyrone Tyree Roads, charged with capital murder in the deaths of Ricky Thurston and Barry Shaver, was treated in Powhatan for a laceration to his hand sometime after the slayings. Roads, 22, was positively identified as being at the crime scene after authorities showed a witness a photograph of him obtained from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, according to an affidavit for a search warrant filed in Powhatan Circuit Court. The state medical examiner’s office has determined that Thurston died of stab wounds and blunt-force trauma. Shaver, a female friend of Thurston’s, died of stab wounds. Investigators recovered a rock with red, bloodlike stains, along with a knife handle and a knife blade from Shaver’s home on Beach Drive near Columbia, where both victims were found in the yard, according to a search warrant filed in Cumberland Circuit Court. In addition, investigators recovered a knife from a bush in the front yard of Roads’ home in the 2300 block of Red Lane Road, a Powhatan search warrant says. Authorities also recovered two swabs of blood from the kitchen and front porch and seized several articles of clothing and a bath towel. In Cumberland, police also recovered from Shaver’s home a shoe impression, a pair of glasses, a black sandal, a white sock, six cigarette butts and swabs of blood from 23 areas inside and outside the house, a search warrant says. A state medical examiner told authorities that the killings likely occurred between 11 p.m. Friday and midnight Saturday, according to the Powhatan affidavit. Cumberland authorities have not released a possible motive for the killings, but Sheriff Darrell Hodges said he believes the victims knew their assailant. Roads pleaded guilty three months ago in Powhatan to felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of marijuana charges. Authorities declined to say whether they believe the slayings were drug-related. A judge deferred final disposition of his cases until April 13, 2010, which means the charges can be dismissed if Roads — who qualified for first-offender status — stays out of trouble The charges stem from his April 23, 2008, arrest at his father’s home on Red Lane Road, after an investigator responded to reports of suspicious activity. Roads was seen leaving a vehicle holding two smoking devices, and the detective subsequently found a small quantity of drugs, which Roads admitted was his. Marc Bowes is a Staff Writer for the Richmond Times Dispatch. |
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need not 2 know of Goochland
Aug. 1, 2010, 07:34 PM
Mr. Walter Ring it sound’s like it is a color thing to you. It should not be about a Black or White. It should be about our children. To anyone that read’s this sit back an think to yourself. Where do I live? Who do I have to answer to? County to county Powhatan an Goochland are no different they do what they want to do. We as parent’s have to remember. Know one have our young Black children back’s but their parent’s. Who heard such the county employ family member’s for job’s!!!!!!Walk in any office or court building an just look around. What do you see? Friend of Richmond
Jul. 30, 2009, 03:25 PM
The Parrish cousins invited Taliek in his friends to follow them, if they wanted to fight. The whole chasing and self defense theory got a lot of holes in it. Parrish cousins stated under oath they invited Taliek and friends to fight. The Parrish cousins were the ones that made a you turn on sixty to come back and continue the fight. Mr. Ring you never mention any thing about the drugs the Parrish cousins was doing that day. Mr. Ring you are painting Taliek and friend as gang members and drug users. What about the Parrish cousins doing LSD, WEED, and beer. You never mention none of these facts in your post. Why is that? Is it ok for the Parrish cousins to go and get wasted and kill a person? Were the Parrish cousins members of a gang like the Pagans? Friend of Richmond
Jul. 30, 2009, 03:03 PM
Walter Ring, What was the name of gang? Are you going by hear say? How was the fight suppose to fair? When Ethan admitted on the stand that he was going to fire his gun before he seen the bb gun. Joey had that plan as soon as he seen Taliek at Sheetzs. The media knows that the case on the black guy killing the white people in Cumberland is a done deal. Planning on shooting at a car as it go by is self defense? Walter Ring of Chesterfield County, VA
Jul. 30, 2009, 02:02 PM
The black guy who killed the two White people in Cumberland was not being chased by those two White people like Ethan and Joey Parrish were.In fact, the Parrishes were being chased by TWO carloads of armed black gang members and feared for their lives. If it had been a fair fight between Taliaferro and the Parrish kid, which what was supposed to take place, none of this would have happened. However, two carloads of blacks versus three White kids, one a female, is not a fair fight. All of the occupants in those two cars chasing the Parrishes were gang members for all I know, but I do know Taliaferro was a gang member. Friend, you are just another one trying to excusing black crime by comparing the Taliaferro case to this one. There is no comparison, especially in the amount of coverage they got. We all know there is an anti-White double standard in the media. Friend of Richmond
Jul. 21, 2009, 01:08 PM
The guy who killed the two people in Cumberland was high on drugs just like the Parrish cousins. The guy who killed the two people in Cumberland will have a quick trail. I think he should rot in jail for the rest of his life. The NAACP know that this kid was wrong. That’s why the NAACP is not getting involved with this trail. They want to fight for the injustice that was present in Taliek’s trail. Friend of Richmond
Jul. 21, 2009, 12:51 PM
Walter Ring, Which one the kids was a gang member? The self defense theory is when Joey picks a fight with Taliek and Taliek accepts the fight. I thought self defense was when the victim protects his self from a violent attack. The Parrish cousins started the whole thing on June 24 and ended it in a hail of bullets. Walter Ring of Chesterfield County, VA
Jul. 21, 2009, 11:11 AM
The Parrishes were followed by Taliaferro and his two carloads of armed black gang members. They felt that their life was in danger when the shooting took place. A strong case could be made, and was made, for self defense, by the Parrishes. Taliaferro and his gang could have avoided trouble simply by not following the Parrishes. This guy simply went to a house and beat and stabbed two White people to death for no apparent reason. The same justice, you say? For whom? Friend of Richmond
Jul. 20, 2009, 11:41 AM
Bloggers on this forum have a lot of harsh feeling toward the NAACP. The murderer in this case will not walk away with a slap on the wrist. I bet this case will not take a year to go to trail. The only hope this guy have is to get the same jury the found Ethan the trigger man not guilty of capital murder. The main goal for the NAACP is to help the minorities get the same justice. Walter Ring of Chesterfield County, VA
Jul. 14, 2009, 12:12 PM
This case certainly has not gotten the attention of the Powhatan Yesterday like the Taliaferro case did. No new developments or information on this case has been reported on in over TWO WEEKS. Add yet two more forgotten White victims of black violence to the countless others while gallons of crocodile tears are shed for a black woman beating, drug dealing gang banger who went looking for trouble and got it. Walter Ring of Chesterfield County, VA
Jun. 29, 2009, 11:07 AM
The FBI, NAACP and the Powhatan Yesterday get involved ONLY in those very rare cases where the VICTIM is BLACK and the SUSPECT is WHITE. When we have the far more common case of a BLACK SUSPECT/WHITE VICTIM(S), the FBI, NAACP and the Powhatan Yesterday are only concerned that the black suspect gets a fair trial. They could not care less about the White victim. Also, where is the Taliaferro faction screaming for justice and hollering racism? Oh, yes, I forgot to include them in this group. BTW, the black man mentioned that was acquitted was involved in the murder of a prominent White businessman in Petersburg. There was a march there to demand justice for the White murder victim, but as much anti-White racism as there is in Petersburg, I seriously doubt there will be any justice, just as I am sure these two White murder victims will not be assured of justice because of the intimidating tactics of the Taliaferro gang. Submit Your Comments Below Commenting is not available in this weblog entry. |