Boy in wheelchair struck by car near Martinsburg High
Berkeley County teen Ricky Britner Jr., 17, in a wheelchair waiting for a school bus, was injured when a white Jeep Wrangler allegedly driven by Matthew Scott Kitt, 20, ran a stop from a driveway. Kitt faced DUI with bodily injury charges after a blood alcohol level of 0.19. Britner was hospitalized, while Kitt posted $7,600 bail.
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Martinsburg
Berkeley County
Ricky Britner, Jr
Matthew Scott Kitt
Cotta Lane
Kitt
Britner
Martinsburg High
Deke Walker
T.L. Lind
Winchester Medical Center
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Virginia
93 arrests in Kanawha County after sniper shootings
Investigators have not arrested any suspects in three fatal sniper style shootings at Kanawha County convenience stores but 93 people have been arrested in other cases since Aug. 14. The operation covered eastern Kanawha County with arrests for assault burglary drug violations auto theft rape arson and more. A task force has logged over 1,000 leads as FBI agents and local officers patrol and interview witnesses.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Phil Morris
Morris
Kanawha
Ience
Gary Carrier Jr
South Charleston
Jeanie Patton
Okey Meadows Jr
Campbells Creek
Patton
Meadows
FBI
Family divided over life support for brain-damaged son in Virginia
In Charlottesville a court appointed guardian must decide whether Jason Childress, 26, in a vegetative state after a July crash, should continue life support. His father Jerry and his mother Theresa Spencer clash over care while relatives visit, argue, and seek the best outcome. The judge will weigh medical options including a possible tracheotomy and ventilator decisions amid no written instructions from Jason.
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Charlottesville
Jerry Childress
Jason Childress
Childress
Amy Little
Lawrence Nelson
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara
Calif
Nelson
Jason
Herbert A
Pickford III
Pickford
Campbell County
Virginia
University of Virginia Medical Center
Ross Bullock
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Richmond
Bullock
Lynchburg
Katrina Childress
Theresa Spencer
Elizabeth Hamlett
Insanity plea accepted in murder case
Angela Bowles, 34, charged with second degree murder in the April 2001 death of her ex husband, was ruled not guilty by reason of insanity. She will be confined to Central State Hospital in Petersburg under court order.
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Clarksburg
Toni J. Arcuri
Harrison County
James A. Matish
Matish
Arcuri
Anthony
Tiea Marie McIntire
Kayla
Tiea
Morgantown
McIntire
Terry McCloy
Bedford, Va
Montvale
Bedford County Commonwealth
Dirk Padgett
Bedford County
James Updike
Angela Michelle Bowles
Central State Hospital
Petersburg
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