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UPDATE: 19-year-old Roanoke woman charged in connection to Abbott Street murder
A 19-year-old Roanoke woman has been charged with murder following a shooting last week. Anita Otey was arrested Sunday in connection to the May 7 shooting on Abbott Street in Roanoke. 30-year-old Wilson Lenin Abarca-Mejia was killed. Another man also...
Tags: Murder, Shootings, Police Investigations, Prosecution
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Protests for equality become a battle for justice leading up to Bloody Monday in Danville
WDBJ7 ReporterJune 10th, 1963. It's a day Danville would rather forget, but at the same time one remembered as a turning point during the Civil Rights battle. Tonight we continue our month long series of reports on Danville's darkest day 50 years ago. Last week the...Tags: Justice and Rights, Music, Broken Wrist, Human Interest, Entertainment
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UPDATE: N.C. high school student arrested on gun charge will be able to graduate
PRINCETON, N.C. (AP) -- A lawyer for Johnston County schools says a teen who said he left two unloaded shotguns in his car at school will be allowed to graduate. Eighteen-year-old David Cole Withrow was arrested Monday on a felony charge of bringing a...
Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Awards and Prizes, Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice
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UPDATE: Second juvenile arrested for making bomb threats at Amherst County High School
A second juvenile has been arrested for making bomb threats at Amherst County High School. A boy was arrested Thursday in connection to two bomb threats at the school. The boy is being held at the Lynchburg Detention Home. He is charged with making...
Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Amherst County, Explosions, Trials, Emergency Incidents
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UPDATED: Three men arrested in relation to a string of Danville burglaries
Three arrests were made on Thursday night in relation to a string of burglaries at Daniels Electric Motors in Danville. According to a news release, Pittsylvania County deputies arrested Alphonso Robertson, Jr., 26, Jamand Edmonds, 24, and Quentin...
Tags: Pittsylvania County
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UPDATE: New charges for Radford University professor
Now an update to a story we've been following since last week: He's the one who taught a seminar on drugs and police say they found bath salts, a mirror and a rolled up dollar bill. Tonight, he's in jail facing new charges. He had been out on bond...
Tags: Bath Salt Drugs, Pornography, Teaching and Learning, Radford (Radford, Virginia), Drug Trafficking
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UPDATED: Two men arrested for armed robbery in Roanoke County
Officers arrested two people this week in relation to an armed robbery at a Stop Inn Food Store in Roanoke County. On March 22, a masked man walked into the store on Brambleton Avenue and pulled out what witnesses said looked a pistol, demanding money....
Tags: Witnesses, Trials, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice
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Martinsville man arrested for giving false ID, several outstanding felony gun and drug charges
A wanted Martinsville man was arrested on Friday for giving false identity to police in addition to a host of outstanding felony drug and gun charges. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office searched a Ridgeway apartment on Friday and found the suspect,...
Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Drug Trafficking, Trials, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice
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UPDATE: JMU suspends its leading scorer for first half of NCAA game
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- James Madison coach Matt Brady has suspended scoring and rebounding leader Rayshawn Goins for the first half of the Dukes' NCAA tournament game after Goins was arrested over the weekend. The school says the suspension for the...
Tags: Long Island University, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports, College Sports, James Madison Dukes
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UPDATE: Martinsville man arrested for throwing rubbing alcohol on girlfriend, causing burns to face and body
The Martinsville man arrested for causing his girlfriend to suffer second and third degree burns on Thursday reportedly threw rubbing alcohol on her, then lit her hair and face on fire with a lighter. The victim, who has been confirmed as Goins's...
Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics
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"Moonshiners" star Tickle arrested in Danville
One of the stars of the TV show “Moonshiners” has been arrested for public intoxication in Danville. Steven Ray Tickle was arrested Thursday in a convenience store parking lot. Police were originally called to Charley’s Stop and Shop...
Tags: Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Moonshiners (tv program), Crimes, Television
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UPDATE: New details released in murder-for-hire plot in Franklin County
UPDATED: We now know who tipped off police to that murder-for-hire plot centered around a kindergarten teacher in Franklin County Angela Nolen and Cathy Bennett are charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill Nolen's ex-husband. She and Bennett...
Tags: Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Safety at School, Abusive Behavior
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