News about Richard Roberts

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Roberts was stunned to learn that he had been fined by ULEZ for his SORN car because its number plate had been found on an Enfield council van. TfL has since apologised to Richard and said that it is a'very unusual occurrence.'

Mary Todd, 21, entered a guilty plea as part of a pre-arranged plea deal for the viral Alabama boat brawl, which erupted in August and attracted millions of viewers. Allen Todd, 24, Roland Ray, 42; Richard Roberts, 48; and Zachary Shipman, 26 were among five people charged in the August melee to face allegations. Todd, Ray, and Shiman's cases continued on Friday, while Roberts is still waiting for his appeal to be heard.

According to sources, those accused in the notorious Alabama riverfront brawl that occurred in August will go to court today and then find their fates. Allen Todd, 24, Jane Todd, 21, Reggie Ray, 42; Richard Roberts, 48; and Zachary Shipman, 26, all arrested for their participation in the fracas, which many believe to have been racially motivated. The Todds and Shipman are charged with third degree assault, while Roberts is facing two counts of third-degree assault with Ray facing a disorderly conduct charge.

Dameion Pickett, 43, was assaulted on August 5th while attempting to dock Harriott II, a riverboat in Montgomery, Alabama, where she was stabbed. In the tourist boat's place, a private pontoon had unlawfully parked. Pickett moved the other boat to make room for the Harriott II, but four white people allegedly yelled racial insults while beating him. Some people jumped in to assist the Harriott as soon as they had been docked. Pickett was charged with four assaults.

The mayor of Hertfordshire has agreed not to put up sings alerting London's newly extended ultra-low emission zone. Richard Roberts, the current Hertfordshire County Council manager, told BBC Radio 4's Today show that the local authority will not have installed a system to identify the area. The Tory council leader said that putting up signs for Ulez on London's border would be an endorsement of Sadiq Khan's proposals to extend the zone's boundaries. Drivers in high-emission vehicles are compelled to pay £12.50 a day to enter the low pollution zone in London. Ulez, the capital's first-tier newspaper, is set to be extended to include all 32 London boroughs on August 29th, 2023.

Up to 25% in London has been outraged over proposals to raise parking fines. The London Councils, which represents authorities and enforces fine limits, is reviewing the proposed changes, which could result in higher parking fines by a quarter. No exact figures for the fines have been revealed yet, but the discussions seem to have referred to a recent 23 percent increase by Transport for London (TfL), which increased fines from £130 to £160.

After seeing a shocking video of two groups of people on a bench seen by millions of viewers online, the two men emerged in Montgomery, Alabama, Alabama. After being asked to move their boat on the dock to make room for a riverboat, the brawl was reportedly started. One of four men facing felony charges was convicted of assaulting a black riverboat crew co-captain. Since being introduced, the two photographers have been photographed for the first time since being seen in exclusive DailyMail.com photos.

Reggie Ray, 42, faces allegations of disorderly conduct as a result of a viral brawl on an Alabama jail where he allegedly used a folding chair as a weapon. Ray's surrender comes just days after Alabama authorities announced charges against three white men, Richard Roberts, 48, Alan Todd, 23, and Zachary Shipman, 25. Mary Todd, 21, has been arrested, and police have ordered Ray to turn himself in for questioning after they announced the arrests. After seeing a video of the battle gone viral, he became known as a 'folding chair guy' as he was seen wildly swinging a folding chair at a group of white boaters after they broke into a tumultuous rage. According to reports, a group of white boaters became outraged when they were told to move their boat to make room for a riverboat.

Zachery Chase Shipman, 25, is one of three white men facing assault charges for the brawl at an Alabama boating dock. Melissa Calvert, a 50-year-old boy, told DailyMail.com, "This wasn't a racial thing, which is well known." But now some are attempting to claim that it wasn't'. A black riverboat crew member was attacked by one of the sunburnt, shirtless white boaters before the fight broke out, according to a viral cell phone video.

According to Major Saba Coleman of the Montgomery Police Department, Mary Todd (pictured left), 21, surrendered herself in. She is the fourth individual charged with assaulting a black riverboat crew co-captain in a riverside brawl in Alabama's capital city. Richard William Roberts, 48, Allen Todd, 23, and Zachery Chase Shipman, 25, were among the suspects arrested in Montgomery's state capital. Allen Todd and Mary Todd are not related, and it is not clear if they are linked.

Allen Todd (pictured low center), 23, and Zachery Chase Shipman (pictured top center), 25, were photographed by police in Montgomery, Alabama, and viewed on dailyMail.com. They join Richard William Roberts, 48, who is in jail on warrants charging 3rd degree misdemeanor assault for the spectacular scenes at Montgomery's Riverfront Park on Saturday afternoon. Damien Pickett, the black co-captain, was caught on cell phone footage requesting white boaters to move their pontoon vessel a few feet in order to allow the Harriott II river cruise vessel to dock in its designated slot on the Alabama River.

Crystal Warren grew up to the point of seeing the entire confrontation and has admitted that one of the white attackers threatening to run and get a pistol, according to legal records. Warren, a riverboat employee, said the racial insult and danger had been yelled by one man who heard deckhand Damien Pickett driving the boats blocking the dock. Pickett begged the men to move their boat, prompting the middle finger and cursing responses from the white men, according to the woman. In addition, Warren said her son Daniel was in one of the videos when he attempted to escape the attackers and bruised his ribs after being kicked in the chest. Richard Roberts, 48, a man accused of punching 16-year-old Daniel, 48 (center), has been arrested and charged with assault, and police say the probe is now underway. Roberts is one of three suspects in the incident. At this moment, it's unclear if the n-word or threatened to buy a gun.

As a mugshot shows one of the men charged with assault, the captain of an Alabama river cruise where black people were involved in a viral brawl with white pleasure boaters has said the assault was racially motivated. Richard Roberts, 48, Allen Todd, 23, and Zachary Shipman, 25, have been charged with assault after they crashed the deckhand of the Harriot II, which was on the designated spot for the river cruise at the Montgomery Riverfront, according to police. In an interview with The Daily Beast, captain Jim Kittrell said that the black deckhand must have been shot because of his ethnicity.

Authorities in Alabama have given an update on the now-famous brawl that erupted on Saturday at Montgomery's Riverfront Park. The incident occurred after a private boat owner and his family took the Harriet, a tourist vessel that accommodates passengers up and down the Alabama river, according to Chief Darryl Albert. Richard Roberts, 48, Alan Todd, 23, and Zachary 'Chase' Shipman, 35, have been charged with assault, all white men.

An Alabama captain has spoken out about what happened before a now-famous brawl between white pleasure craft boaters and black staff from a riverboat, as well as several crewmembers suing charges. Before the riots broke on Saturday at Montgomery's Riverfront Park, Jim Kittrell, the Harriot II's captain, said he and his crew had had prior problems with the pleasure craft boats. He said he had been attempting to dock the ship but was unable to do so because the pontoon boat had already taken the docket.

The pensioner at the centre of an eviction battle to stop her own daughter kicking her out of her £600,000 flat declared today 'I've worked all my life - where am I supposed to live now?' Norma Gibbons, 82, and Dawn, 52, have been rowing for six years after being denied charges that she had raised her voice to her young granddaughter. The pair live in upstairs and downstairs apartments in a converted house in south London worth a total £1.4 million. They had previously shared Norma's upstairs apartment.

After a bitter family feud, a pensioner who pledged over her house to her daughter 'for inheritance tax purposes' is now battling in court against being barred from participating in it. Mother Norma Gibbons, 82, lives in the upstairs apartment of the converted house in south London worth £1.4 million, while daughter Dawn, 52, lives in the downstairs flat. Both the two girls, who have been rowing for six years after losing out due to allegations that the elder woman had risen her voice to her teenage granddaughter, had previously lived in Norma's upstairs apartment together. A judge heard that she converted it into her daughter's sole name for 'inheritance tax reasons' in 2004. Now Norma is being kicked out of her three-bedroom home after she said she is refusing to allow workmen into to fix a water leak that is destroying the electricals in her daughter's downstairs apartment.

Antoin Gray, 26, is suing the Ministry of Justice at Central London County Court, alleging that heavy-handed officers stamped on his arm and broke it when he complained about being refused his shower while in jail during his appeal. The MoJ denies liability, refusing a stamp and insisting that no crime used was justified and that there are "no signs of any distress or injury to his feelings."

Adam McGeady, pictured inset, was assaulted on a street in Islington, north London, during a brazen daylight robbery. The 32-year-old ambushing the schoolgirl as she walks along the street shows a video of the horrific ordeal. McGeady blocks the girl's path with his bike and threatens to stab her. He then yanks the scooter and dabbles away, leaving his bicycle behind. McGeady, a resident of Stoke Newington, north London, pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.