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Owner of Lynchburg-based peanut company among four people indicted for salmonella outbreak
A federal grand jury has indicted four people in a 2009 salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia peanut processing plant. The indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Georgia charges four employees with Lynchburg-based Peanut Corp. of America....
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Business, Health Organizations, U.S. Department of Justice, Food Industry
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Three sentenced in Danville for fraud ring
Three people have been sentenced for participating in a fraud ring that re-encoded gift cards with stolen credit card numbers. Sekou Fofana, Mory Keita and Ibraham Konte. Fofana, Keita and Konte pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy,...
Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Court Preliminary, Theft, Prosecution
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Plaintiff in Pittsylvania prayer lawsuit: county is "third-world country"
Anchor/ReporterSome fiery words in the battle over prayer in Pittsylvania County. Hundreds of pages of newly filed court documents show the woman filing suit against the county's board of supervisors called the area "a third world country." It's never been about the...Tags: Pittsylvania County, Christianity, Crime, Law and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Prosecution
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Bedford County trial postponed while defendant undergoes mental evaluation
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA Bedford man accused of holding deputies in a standoff before setting fire to his own house last summer will have to wait a few more months to stand trial. Dennis Caldwell's case was scheduled for jury trial in Bedford Circuit Court Tuesday morning, but...Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Former Valley Metro GM admits to stealing government money
The former general manager of Valley Metro Transit in Roanoke pleaded guilty in court Friday to charges that he stole government money. Dave Morgan now faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Morgan admitted in...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Politics, Theft, Government, National Government
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Man with extensive criminal background sentenced in Radford on drug charges
A Radford man with an extensive criminal background pleaded guilty Monday to selling cocaine on three different occasions. Derrick Chapman will serve five years in prison on the three drug charges. A special judge was appointed to Chapman's case because...
Tags: Pulaski County (Virginia), Montgomery County (Virginia), Judges, Drug Trafficking, Criminals
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Virginia Tech president Charles Steger no longer a defendant in lawsuit
Virginia Tech president Charles Steger is no longer an individual defendant in the lawsuit over the 2007 murders on the campus.
That leaves only the commonwealth as a defendant.
The case is currently set for a week-long trial starting March 5.
Here...Tags: Seung-Hui Cho, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Prosecution, Justice System
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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: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Pornography, Russia, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Sex Crimes
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Roanoke man sentenced to one year in federal prison
A Roanoke man was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison.
42-year-old Ahmad Abedallah Al-Mikdadi previously pleaded guilty to one count each of bank fraud, wire fraud and making a false statement to influence financial institutions.
Al-Mikdadi has...Tags: Credit and Debt, Corporate Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lynchburg woman admits to stealing $150,000 from Dominion Power
A Lynchburg woman has admitted to credit card fraud in excess of $150,000.
45-year-old Dianna Mobley pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to the charge.
Mobley was an administrative assistant at Dominion Power's Altavista Power Station when prosecutors...Tags: Credit and Debt, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Theft, Corporate Crime, Services and Shopping
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Five fraternity members plead guilty in the death of Sam Mason
News 7 Anchor/ReporterSix Five fraternity members charged with the hazing death of a college student accepted guilty pleas Friday. (3:39 p.m. This corrects a previous version. One member, Ryan Lawson, had his case continued for twelve months.)* All six were got two-year...Tags: Medical Research, Renewable Energy, Ethanol, Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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Major international child porn ring bust includes former Parry McCluer football coach
ReporterU.S. officials have dismantled what they call a major international child pornography ring, which allegedly includes a former Parry McCluer High School football coach. Joseph Matthew Wheeler is accused of being a member of an online bulletin board called...Tags: Pornography, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Burlington (Kane, Illinois), International Law, Online Advertising
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