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Two women sentenced in death of baby left in car
Two women convicted in the death of a baby who was left in a hot car in Danville have been sentenced.
Danielle Clark and Maiqian Deshazor were found guilty last month and were sentenced Wednesday.
A 1-year-old boy, a 3-year-old girl and a 78-year-old...Tags: Punishment, Punishment, Prisons
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Virginia Tech football kicker released from jail
News 7 ReporterHe won't be in New Orleans with the football team, but Cody Journell will be out of jail. Journell was released on a $100,000 secured bond from the Montgomery County jail Wednesday morning. He's been in jail since getting arrested for breaking and...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Justice System
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Roanoke Police offers suspected drug dealers a second chance
Anchor/ReporterThere is a poem by Robert Frost which talks of a wood and a road, of one choice and the difference it makes. Tuesday night it was inside the Hurt Park Elementary gymnasium where four choices were decided. A year from now, maybe sooner, we will know what...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Cocaine, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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Lynchburg man indicted on child pornography charges
A Lynchburg man is among nine people indicted on federal child pornography charges.
The Department of Justice says the defendants conspired to receive, distribute and view child pornography. Prosecutors believe that over the past two-and-a-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), FBI
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Agents bust moonshine operation in Roanoke County
The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says they've busted a moonshine operation in Roanoke County.
Agents have charged 61-year-old James Ricky Lyle Sunnyvale Street.
According to a news release, agents seized two active copper stills,...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Firearms, Roanoke County, Prisons
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Sentence slightly amended for Morgan Lockett
Anchor/ReporterAn apparent slip of the tongue by Roanoke City Circuit Court judge Clifford Weckstein caused Morgan Lockett to once again be in court Wednesday afternoon. At the time of her original sentencing in early January, Weckstein sentenced Lockett to 30 years...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Justice System, Abusive Behavior, Judges
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Brandon Lockett gets 50 years in prison for the death of 2-year-old child
News 7 Anchor/ReporterA man found out Friday that he'll spend 50 years in prison for the murder and child abuse of his two-year-old stepson, Aveion Lewis. Aveion would have turned five years old next week, but he wasn't given that chance. His mother and step-father killed...Tags: Punishment, Abusive Behavior, Prisons, Punishment, Child Abuse
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UPDATED: Subject of Wythe County manhunt dies
UPDATED 10:05 a.m. Friday: The superintendent of the New River Valley Regional Jail has confirmed to NEWS7 that Joseph Samuel Peak died Thursday night.
Peak was the subject of a manhunt over the weekend.
He was found hanging in his cell Tuesday night....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rentals, Services and Shopping, Crimes, Trials
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New Montgomery County Courthouse is 80% complete
ReporterIt's been talked about for more than a decade. Now, construction on the new Montgomery Courthouse is 80% complete. It is located next to the current courthouse in downtown Christiansburg. The new $20,000,000 facility is two and a half times bigger than...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Montgomery County (Virginia), Justice System, Prisons
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UPDATE: Mother of murdered two-year-old sentenced to 40 years
News 7 ReporterUPDATED: 5:05p.m. Nearly two-years after little Aveion Lewis went missing, his mother was sentenced for his death. Wednesday, a judge gave Morgan Lockett 40-years in connection with the toddler's death in 2010. Morgan Lockett could have gotten 50-years...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Justice System, Prisons
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Seal Beach Jail Officer Convicted of Accepting Bribes
KTLA NewsWESTMINSTER (KTLA) -- A detention center officer at the Seal Beach City Jail was convicted and sentenced Tuesday for accepting bribes, including an iPad and money, in exchange for allowing an inmate prohibited contraband and visitor contacts. Jose Alday,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles Times, Apple iPad, Crimes, Methamphetamine (drug)
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