Hotels Series Part 5: Up to Codes
After speaking to EMS and Police about potentially crime-ridden areas of Richmond, WBON-TV’s Marisa Hempel went to the Health Department in order to clarify exactly what the process of looking into complaints at local businesses are. Senior Environmentalist Woody Arvin explained how the Health Department investigates complaints, and if it is feasible to shut a […]
Part IV of Investigating Hotels Series: Police Presence
In Part Four of the Investigating Hotels series, Marisa Hempel sat down with Richmond Police Chief James Ebert to discuss the police presence in Richmond regarding these areas. Chief Ebert agreed that there is some truth to the the notion that these areas are high crime, and said that he had seen the open records […]
Overwhelmed by Overdose: Part III of Investigating Hotels Series
In Part III of the Investigating Hotels Series, WBON-TV reached out to Madison County EMS Director Carlos Coyle to ascertain how many overdoses are actually occurring in Madison County, and if these instances are in fact concentrated in certain locations. He responds that there is an overwhelming amount of calls regarding overdoses to these locations. […]
Investigating Hotels Series: Part I
To begin our series on local motels/hotels, WBON TV spoke with Richmond City Commissioner Jason Morgan regarding his open records request with the city involving the large amount of overdoses and crime which seems to occur at certain areas around town. In Part One, Morgan explains that this has been an identifiable problem for years, […]