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No criminal charges to be filed in deadly police shooting
Assignment ManagerA special prosecutor reviewing the deadly shooting of an Altavista woman will not file any criminal charges. Delma Towler was shot and killed by an Altavista police officer on September 19, 2012. Towler was 83 years old. Roanoke Commonwealth's Attorney...Tags: Criminals, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice
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Vinton police say string of armed robberies may be connected
The Vinton Police Department and other Roanoke Valley law enforcement agencies are investigating whether or not a string of armed robberies may have been committed by the same man. The first robbery happened Friday at a tobacco shop on Washington Avenue...
Tags: Theft
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Bedford County woman accused of shooting at two people, including ex-sister-in-law
A Bedford County woman is accused of shooting at two people, including her ex-sister-in-law. The incident happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday night on Roach Town Road in Huddleston. Jody Roach has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding, using a...
Tags: Prisons, Prosecution, Crimes, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Shootings
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Roanoke College posts poll results about Virginians and hot-button issues
There are some interesting results from a new Roanoke College poll. It asked respondents about important social issues nationally, and polled people across Virginia. On immigration reform, when offered a choice of how to deal with immigrants in the U....
Tags: Research, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, Opinion Research Corporation, Interior Policy
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Senate rejects expanded gun background checks
The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control. Wednesday's vote was a jarring blow to the drive to curb firearms sparked by December's massacre of...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Gun Control, National Rifle Association of America, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Barack Obama
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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: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Colleges and Universities, Lobbying, Crimes, Criminal Laws
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Pittsylvania County man charged in deadly Longwood University shooting
A man from Pittsylvania County is in jail tonight after a deadly shooting on the campus of Longwood University Saturday night. State Police say Darryl Elmore shot and killed a man from Mechanicsville in a trailer on a construction site at Lancer Park, a...
Tags: Prisons, Colleges and Universities, Murder, Shootings, Pittsylvania County
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Five men arrested for breaking into Danville home on Thursday
Five men were arrested in Danville on Thursday for breaking into a home on Seminole Drive. According to a news release, Danville Police received a report of a burglary going on in the 400 block of Seminole Drive. Officers arrived around 11:40 a.m. and...
Tags: Theft, Prisons
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Liberty University makes a change to its gun policy on campus
While lawmakers continue the debate over gun control in Washington, one school in our region is making a clear statement on the issue. Some people at Liberty University will get to carry guns to class if they want to. The university's general counsel,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Gun Control, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Students, Interior Policy
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Connecticut lawmakers pass wide-ranging gun control law
Connecticut lawmakers gave final approval early Thursday to a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown that one lawmaker...
Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , U.S. Senate, Justice System, John McKinney, Barack Obama
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Three-people arrested after early morning robbery in Blacksburg
Blacksburg, Virginia, March 30, 2013 –On March 30th, at 0245 hours, Blacksburg Police responded to a 911 call reporting an armed robbery that had just occurred at a residence in the 600 block of Washington Street, SE. After arriving at the scene,...
Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Theft, Blacksburg, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Montgomery County (Virginia)
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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: Theft, Prosecution, Witnesses, Police Arrests, Crimes
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