Pendulum swings both ways for Bluefield men in court
Mercer County Circuit Court heard from two Bluefield men tied to separate cases. Roger Bell and Bobby Swim were convicted of battery after a dispute at Wade Elementary School with Bow man, who testified he was beaten with beer bottles and fists. Rodney Martin pleaded guilty to two counts of assault in January's Bluefield Avenue incident, admitting to placing Bell and Swim in fear and was released pending sentencing scheduled for August 31.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Mercer County
David Knight
Roger Bell
Bobby Swim
Michael James Bowman
Rebecca Bell
Bill Sadler
Bell
Swim
Bowman
Wade
Wadefield
Anthony Veneri
Rodney M. Martin
Greg Matney
Martin
Bluefield Avenue
Knight
Swith
Matney
Ealy Indicted Again Over Technicality in Pocahontas Killings
A Tazewell County grand jury re indicted Pocahontas resident Sam Ealy for the April 1989 shotgun killings of Robert Davis Una Mae Davis and Bobby Hopewell Jr. The new indict ment links the prior charges into a single capital murder count while stating no new charges.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Pocahontas
Robert
Una Mae Davis
Bobby Hopewell Jr
Final dispositions in Buchanan County General District Court
District Court action lists judge Keary Williams presiding on August 9. Defendants like David Baker, Debbie Boyd, Elzie Endicott Jr, Lisa Epling, and Sarah Goins faced fines, costs, and short jail terms for offenses including assault and battery, drunk in public, DWI, resisting arrest, shoplifting, and check charges. Some cases were dismissed or nolle prosequi due to payment, restitution, or inability to locate.
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Buchanan County General District Court
Keary PR. Williams
David Baker
Debbie Boyd
Commonwealth
Susan M. Stiltner
Capias
Nolle
David Caudill
Willard Thomas
Timmy Ray Dotson
Jerry Hall
Olucky
Keith Elswick
Oelzie Endicott Jr
Lisa Epling
Doug Rife
Olisa Gail Estep
Sarah Goins
Hester Davis
Brian Gordon
Richlands man indicted in abduction and shooting
A Richlands, Virginia man, Donald Elbert Horton Jr., 30, was indicted by a Tazewell County grand jury on one count of abduction and one count of using a firearm. Horton awaits trial August 22 in Russell County for related charges from the February 11 incident. Eleven other indictments were announced, including grand larceny, breaking and entering, malicious wounding, and aggravated sexual battery involving several defendants. Six sealed indictments will be released when arrests occur.
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Tazewell
Richlands
Tazewell County
Donald Elbert Horton Jr
Horton
Russell County
Robert Daniel Lowe
Havin
Jerry Wiley Jr
Steve Duff
Cony Lynn Dye
Earnest Lee Webb
Falls Mills Man Jailed For Pot Possession
A Falls Mills, Virginia man, Frank Rass, 41, will spend 30 days in jail and pay a 500 dollar fine after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor marijuana possession in Tazewell County Circuit Court. Rass was indicted February 14, 1989 for manufacturing marijuana not for his own use. he signed a plea agreement. He was represented by Zane Dale Christian of Bluefield, Virginia.
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Tazewell
Falls Mills
Frank Rass
Tazewell County
Don Mullins
Rasi
Commonwealth
Tom Bowen
Bluefield
Zane Dale Christian
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