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UPDATE: New River Valley Mall shooting suspect bought 12-gauge shotgun legally
Neil MacInnis, the teenager accused of opening fire Friday at the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, was taken into custody with a 12-gauge shotgun that he legally purchased two days before the shooting, investigators say. MacInnis wounded two...
Tags: Firearms, Prisons, Labor Legislation, Teachers, Human Interest
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Man arrested for trying to steal medicine from Radford pharmacy with a shotgun will enter guilty plea
A man arrested for trying to steal medication from a CVS Pharmacy in Radford back in 2011 will enter a guilty plea in court on Friday. According to a news release, Derek Stevenson attempted to rob the CVS Pharmacy on Main Street in Radford on...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Halloween, Theft, CVS Corp., Trials
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Federal judge rules that Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' prayer is unconstitutional
A federal judge says the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' practice of opening meetings with sectarian prayer is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski issued a permanent injunction Wednesday barring the board from opening...
Tags: Judges, National Government, Government, Justice and Rights, Lawyers
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Former Virginia school employee faces charges for indecent liberties with a child, conspiring to kill husband
Police say a former security assistant at a Virginia school conspired with a 15-year-old student to kill her husband. Officials say the two had a consensual sexual relationship away from Renaissance Academy in Virginia Beach. Patience Justine Perez...
Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Trials
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UPDATE: Former Bedford County Supervisor found guilty of money laundering, embezzlement charges
A former Bedford County Supervisor was found guilty Tuesday of money laundering and embezzlement charges. Tony Ware took a plea agreement and pleaded no contest to six counts of felony money laundering and six counts of embezzlement charges in Bedford...
Tags: Organized Crime, Punishment, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Corporate Crime, Embezzlement
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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: Criminals, Business, Defendants, Peanuts, Justice System
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UPDATE: Smith pleads guilty to accidentally shooting his brother in Radford
A man who was previously charged with second-degree murder for accidentally killing his brother will have his jail time suspended after accepting a plea deal on Friday. As part of the agreement, Samuel Smith pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter....
Tags: Firearms, Prisons, Accidental Death, Prosecution, Trials
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Voter Registration fraud case delayed again in Harrisonburg
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- A preliminary hearing for a Pennsylvania man accused of throwing away Virginia voter registration forms has been delayed again. Media outlets report that Colin Small was scheduled to appear in Rockingham County General...
Tags: Rockingham County (Virginia), Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Trials, Politics, Elections
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Two Virginia Tech football players charged with setting off explosive device near Blacksburg apartment
From the Associated Press Virginia Tech spokesman Bryan Johnston says that under university policy, players facing felony charges are suspended until charges are resolved. A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 24. The Hokies play Rutgers in the...
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Virginia Tech Hokies, Prosecution, Sports, Trials
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Former Buchanan Volunteer Fire Chief denied bail in rape case
A former fire chief will have to stay in jail a little while longer. On Monday morning a judge denied bail for Billy Joe Carter. Carter is accused of rape in Botetourt County. This summer, he resigned as Buchanan's Volunteer Fire Chief after...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Fires, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Christiansburg woman sentenced to 40 years for planning her husband's death
A Christiansburg woman who planned her husband's murder will serve 40 years in prison. 23-year-old Danielle McPeak was sentenced Friday in Montgomery County. She had already pleaded guilty and been convicted on first-degree murder. In December 2010,...
Tags: Judges, Prisons, Punishment, Lawyers, Justice System
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Botetourt County judge Louis Campbell hangs up the robe
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterFor decades he served the people of Botetourt County. But, at the end of August, District Court Judge Louis Campbell hung up his robe for the last time. If you ever been caught speeding along Interstate 81, then maybe you've been in Judge Campbell's...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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