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Explosion shakes central Prague, some injured and trapped
An explosion in central Prague on Monday injured about a dozen people and others were trapped in a building damaged by the blast, a Reuters witness and emergency services officials said. The explosion, a few dozen metres (yards) from Prague's National...
Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Air Transportation Industry, Prague (Czech Republic), Prosecution
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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: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, Theft, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Shell sentenced to 18 years in prison for beating, robbing Moneta store owner
The man accused of beating up and robbing a longtime store owner in Bedford County is headed to prison. Jason Shell of Roanoke is charged with badly injuring Bob Terry, the 83-year-old owner of a country store in Moneta. Shell will spend the next 18...
Tags: Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Theft, Punishment
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UPDATE: Roanoke Police Department releases surveillance video of gas station triple shooting
Roanoke Police Department Seeks Public's Assistance in Identifying Individuals at the Scene of an Aggravated Assault from Roanoke City PD on Vimeo. The Roanoke Police Department has released surveillance video of a fight and subsequent shooting at a...
Tags: Prosecution, Hospitals and Clinics, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Firearms, Human Interest
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UPDATE: Roanoke police still searching for three men in connection to string of fires
What may have been teenage mischief resulted in a series of arson fires in Roanoke, and now police are looking for the people who started them. Police think these fires are related. Officers responded to the fires within an hour-and-a-half. They were...
Tags: Prosecution, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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UPDATE: Attempted abduction charges certified against South Carolina man after incident near Virginia Tech
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterCharges have been certified against a South Carolina man accused of trying to abduct a college student near Virginia Tech's campus in June. 33-year-old Arlex Flores Cardenas is accused of trying to abduct a woman around 2 a.m. June 29. During a...Tags: Prisons, Vehicles, Colleges and Universities, Virginia Tech, Police Arrests
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UPDATE: Former Franklin Co. Sheriff Ewell Hunt expected to be back in court by end of the year
WDBJ7 ReportersYou can expect to see former Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt back in court in by the end of this year. That's the word from his attorney, Bill Stanley. A judge found Hunt guilty of misconduct in office on Tuesday night. It all stems from Hunt's...Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Misdemeanors, Trials, Shootings, Justice System
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Citizen tips lead to quick arrest in Lynchburg murder case
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefDrivers entering Diamond Hill Tuesday probably had no idea they were passing by a murder scene. A grassy spot in the 1900 block of Grace Street, just feet from the Lynchburg Expressway, was the site of a deadly stabbing Monday night. "There was an...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Murder, Prosecution
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Pulaski County Sheriff's Office investigating attempted abduction of 8-year-old boy
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is investigating a report of an attempted abduction of an 8-year-old child. The incident happened Sunday afternoon in the Highland Road/Ruebush Road part of Pulaski County. That's in the Dublin area. An 8-year-old boy...
Tags: Prosecution, Kidnapping
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Justin McLeod's Blog
August 15
Goodbye
They say all good things must come to an end. With that, I'm leaving WDBJ and the news business. I've accepted a position as the community relations coordinator for Roanoke City Schools. There are several reasons why I'm switching...Tags: Kwanzaa, Annette Bening, Music Industry, Geoffrey Rush, Winter's Bone (movie)
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Judge certifies charges against man accused of beating Bob Terry
New details in the case of Bob Terry.
He's the 80-year-old store owner in Moneta who was brutally attacked at his country store last October.
Jason Shell, the man arrested for assaulting Terry, was in court Monday.
During his hearing at the Bedford...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Court Preliminary, Theft, Trials, Prosecution
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Investigators looking for very tall suspect wanted in connection to Rockbridge County suspicious fires
The Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office is looking for a very tall man wanted in connection to several suspicious fires that were set Friday. According to witness descriptions, the man is in his 20's and stands about 7-foot-1. Investigators are on the...
Tags: Prosecution, Rockbridge County
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