Pair Indicted In Beef Theft
Two Mercer County men Dennis Hamlin and Teddy Gilpin were named in a federal indictment charging the May 24 theft of 5000 pounds of beef from a tractor trailer near Princeton. The beef valued at about 9600 dollars crossed state lines from Texas to Connecticut. The grand jury also charged McDowell County residents Jeffrey Davidson James Akers and James Blankenship with receiving and transporting explosive materials on Coaldale Mountain near Welch. Other indictments include Samuel Sink for receiving firearms after Florida counterfeiting convictions. The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
U. S. District Court
Bluefield
Dennis Winfred Hamlin
Teddy L. Gilpin
Hamlin
Gilpin
Princeton
Cactus
Tex
Windsor Locks
Conn
Jeffrey R. Davidson
James E. Akers
James A. Blankenship
McDowell County
Coaldale Mountain
Welch
Samuel R. Sink
Yee
Link
Florida
Barbara Cox
Federal Correctional Institution At
Alderson
Linda Ann Ricca
Juanita Kay Vitale
David J. Vickery
Western Union
Johnny Lee Beasley
Thomas Leo Black
Huntington
Three men jailed after Mercer County market robbery
Three suspects were arrested for the armed robbery of Blankenship's Market on Route 19 in Princeton. Christopher Dillard and William A. Hubbard of Bluefield, plus a 17-year-old juvenile, appeared or were jailed with bonds set at 5,000 dollars each. The robbery occurred around 7 15 p m Tuesday as three black men entered the store, demanded cash, and fled into the woods to a awaiting getaway car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Blankenship
Princeton
Christopher Dillard
William A. Hubbard
Bluefield
David Pedneau
W. O. Bivens
R. L. Lambert
Hattie Worrell
Sanitary Board Considers 80 Percent EPA Sewer Funds
Bluefield Sanitary Board in special session agrees to seek 80 percent funding from EPA and state agencies for a Spring Street sewer line replacement in Bluefield Virginia. Board hopes to pair EPA funds with local council funding, while noting contractor bid deadlines and extended processing time.
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Jimterry
Frankie's
Bluefield
W. Va
EPA
Sanitary Board
Davis
Princeton Men Plead Not Guilty In N W Book Falsification
Two Princeton area men Danie L. Reed 37 and E A Hedge 34 pled not guilty before Judge Dennis R Knapp in Bluefield to charges of falsifying railway bookkeeping. They were released on $1000 bond each with trial set for Oct 12. Reed is charged with false entries approving payments for a fictitious Dalton's Automotive Machine invoice and unrepaired GMC engine work. Hedge is charged with aiding Reed and obtaining auto parts worth about 400 dollars billed to the railroad. Both formerly worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway in Princeton and were dismissed from their jobs. The offenses carry penalties up to five thousand dollars fine and up to five years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton Area
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Princeton
U.S
Dennis R. Knapp
Bluefield
Danie L. Reed
E. A. Hedge
U. S.district Court
Reed
Hedge
U. S
Robert King
King
Federal Bureau of Inmene Pood
TRB Actiee
Weanthday Envestigation
Intimiet
Dalton
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The
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Mercer
Upper Beft Art Gallery
Bluefield Ave
Open For Business
Lyon—Show Inc
Lyon Show Inc
Prillaman & Pace
Spring Street
Department of Health
Department of Natural Resources
N&w
Dalton's Automotive Machine
Alges Reed
C. Lovely
Bowling Furniture CO
National Bank
Flat Top National Bank
Federal
Raleigh Street
West Virginia
Maror
OLE Carolina Bacon
PET
Franks
PEG
Pota
Maxwell House
Warden’ S Markets Inc
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