Carlton Arnold: Convicted killer arrested in UVA robbery, assaults
One day after a gray hoodie-clad perpetrator accosted two female UVA students, taking one by the shoulder and forcing the other to withdraw money from an ATM before fondling her, police have made an arrest in the cases. And they say the suspect is a notorious local killer.
Thanks to a convenience store security tape, authorities arrested twenty-eight-year old Carlton William Arnold on Thursday, September 30, the day after the recent assault. He now faces a litany of charges that threaten to do what frustrated authorities failed to do before: put him behind bars for a long time.
Back in September 1998, when Arnold was 16, he was the shooter in the robbery/slaying at the Ivy Road Shell station. Clerk Osama Hassan, an Egyptian immigrant working the overnight shift, had been sitting in a wooden rocking chair on the store's front porch when he was gunned down by a reported eight shots from a handgun.
One of the attorneys at the time claimed Arnold was challenged by an unusually malleable will, comparing his mental depth to the sheen of petroleum in a parking lot puddle. The file from that case shows that a court-ordered test measured Arnold's IQ as 49 to 68, and a school psychologist reported that he had few social skills and could read no better than a first-grader.
As the myriad co-defendants–- including a UVA student who allegedly had foreknowledge of the crime–- lawyered up, then prosecutor Jim Camblos found himself dropping the charges against the UVA student and filing murder charges late against the alleged mastermind of the crime, Dylan L. Tyree.
"Justice wasn't served in this case," says political activist Randolph Byrd. "This was a pre-meditated robbery, and someone should have been charged and convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole."
Thirty-one-year-old Osama Hassan had hoped to make a new life in America. Instead, his life ended with eight bullets to his chest. A year after the killing, Arnold was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 40 years with 27 years suspended.
In July of this year, Arnold was released. Police are now looking to see if he may be responsible for any other recent crimes.
For the two alleged UVA assaults, Arnold faces charges of abduction by force, robbery with a firearm, aggravated sexual battery, two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
–last updated 4:14pm Friday
35 comments
Bullet to the back of the head
Thank god Camblos is gone....just another example of his incompetence. Well at least he will get the 27 years he has over his head, I believe only judges in Richmond suspend "suspended" time.
Cville Eye - it was Shiree Carr. Im pretty sure all 4 were locals in that murder
Why pay to house him? Needle.
If I remember correctly the UVA student was a locally grown female that hid one of the perpetrators in her dorm room in order to avoid arrest. She wasn't prosecuted because her family immediately got her a lawyer when her actions were discovered. I don't recall her name ever appearing in the papers so maybe she was under 18 at the time.
I know the issue is a perp problem and we should all feel safe anywhere, but what are these victims doing walking around alone at 1-3am?
These are supposed to be the intelligent, future leaders of our Country and corporations?
Get a grip kiddies- "smart up"!
It's a hunting ground out there.
as a victim and family member that has seen violent crime first-hand, i can tell you no amount of incarceration works in positively changing lives when it comes to violent felons and their cohorts. we're just stealing from those that need the resources now for kindergarten, primary education and later college and professional education to give to these private prison corporations and corrupt state institutions. for what? can a life ever be returned once taken? a child's innocence be restored, a rape victim made whole? never. we need to act as a society with the same cold conviction that the felons do in making sure they can never harm innocents again. talk about your rehabilitation. our prisons are nurseries for growing thugs and felons, providing shelter from all the havoc they bring to us. spare society, their families, and the families of the murdered the time and resources necessary to shelter these lost causes. take away non-violent offenders, leave the molesters, dui killers, and murderers and their accomplices together in one big room with a few weapons, sell the broadcast rights to Fox Reality Channel, funnel the profits to the families left behind by these cruel and insane sociopaths. what good is incarceration knowing what we know now about recidivism? we can never get rid of these 'weeds' but we can sure mow the grass every now and then.
and shiree carr should be stripped of her degree. talk about your honor code violation!
New twist- since the perp suppossedly has a low IQ, perhaps he criminal should get a year for every IQ point. That would satisfy the attorneys, doctors and the perp.
Picture this- "yes your honor it was a dumb thing to do, but I have a low IQ".
or
"yes your honor, it was a dumb thing to do, but I have a high IQ".
Who should get more time?
Offender Name: Tyree, Dylan Lopez
DOC Number: 1073420
Inmate Number: 342628
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Location: Baskerville Correctional Center
Projected Release Date: 12/19/2011
Our little Uva murderess is doing ok.
Apex Properties LLC to Shiree R. Carr, 2002 Captain Drive Salem VA 24153, $141,950 10/23/2009.
Any body know what Shiree Carr is doing?
He actually served just shy of 11 years. According to the article, he was convicted a year after the shooting, which would have been Sept. 1999, and he was released in July of this year. Of course, that doesn't account for time served, which would have been roughly another year, depending on when he was arrested, which I don't recall. Either way, it was less than 13 and faaar less than the 40 he should have served.
sorry, my mistake for not recognizing the "background" that would prove its a mugshot. I hope then that this picture is right in front of the judge so that he can sentence that smirk right off his face.
Anyone daring to draw broader inferences from this incident relating to who is the "existential threat" in this community would be pilloried and certainly his/her post would be deleted.
Anyone walking at night alone in that area best be armed and ready. There are scores of Carlton Arnolds slouching through certain Charlottesville neighborhoods and they're looking for you, ready to use force to take your wallet, your virtue, your life even at a whim. And they aren't interested in whether you're a "nice person".
Let's just chalk this up to another casualty of the pre-Lunsford era, where poorly prosecuted crimes led to dropped charges, light sentences, and aquittals. There is no excuse for this guy being on our streets. The justice system has failed us yet again.
If he's guilty I hope they leave this loser to rot in jail.
Wow at 16 he was robbing and killing. Got 7 years to "cook" with even worse...guess our "rehibilitation" system works. He gets out and continues on his "sheet" and gets caught (which mind you I am glad he did). So now he goes back for how long to "cook" again....imagine what he will be like when he gets out the second time (and he will due to overcrowding and the "system" just can't keep but so many of them locked away forever)...scary thought.
This guy ought to still be in prison for murder regardless of whether he had anything to do with these latest crimes. I hope they lock him away for a long time if he can be proven guilty.
I really have to wonder though what the author was getting at with her comments about his co-defendants from his earlier trial "lawyering up." They were accused of very serious crimes. What should they have done other than hire lawyers?
One of those lawyers apparently got the charges against his client dropped. Isn't that the way the system is supposed to work? If guilt can not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, then the accused is not guilty. If charges were dropped, then those charges may not have been so well founded in the first place.
He should be shot.
Strap a bomb to his chest and drop him off in the tribal region of Pakistan
maybe he'll get "time served"............who knows.
@13year plan, I'm assuming if he's found guilty of the new charges, he will also have to finish out the 40.
He has a nice smile and is innocent until proven guilty kids!
sept 1998? more awesome state legal system examples for this model federal funding darling and university endowment record holder!
@ BillMarshall...
Owned! ;D
I could tell this was a mug shot just from looking at the background.
"40 years with 27 years suspended"? Why bother with the 40year sentence. Unreal.
Courteney,
maybe i missed it, but when was he convicted and sent to jail? How long did he serve? 13 years?
@Billmarshall: That actually is his mugshot.-- Courteney Stuart
Why would the Hook show a picture of a murderer smiling? I am quite sure there is a mug shot available that shows him to be the animal he has proven at least twice to be.
Thanks, Tim B rown, that name is vaguely familiar.
WHY waste more tax dollars on this waste of skin?
To fix this problem: Make him walk around a city block w/ a gun stuck into his back, when bored of this, shoot him 11 times; cremate what's left, trash the ashes, & be DONE with this mistake.
I know carlton arnold. we went to school together. When he was arrested in 1997 for the murder charge we were at CHS. People were talking about and was on Channel 29 news at the time. so sad to see what has happend. I hope he gets help that he needs.
Lewis
Help? help? Who cares what he needs. What about the people whose lives he has ruined? Whose lives he has taken? Who have been scared for life by him?
He deserves nothing and is owed nothing by society. He has long ago forfeited his right to remain a member of our, or any free, community
DEAR READER-
HE HAD A CHANCE TO GET HELP IN JAIL. APPRENTLY IT DID NOT WORK! HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO A LOT LONGER IN PRISON. THE COURTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ALBEMARLE COUNTY HAVE BEEN MESSED UP FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I KNOW. I WENT THROUGH IT. UNLESS YOU LOSE YOU FREEDOM THEN THINK BEFORE POSTING. I HAD A FAMILY MEMBER DIE DUE TO VIOLENCE. HE WAS 28 YEARS OLD. CARLTON ARNOLD SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LONG SENTENCE. HE'LL BE IN PRISON FOR A VERY LONG TIME NOW!