Firebomb bandit captured after Tazewell robberies
Lee Samuel Myers, 67, of New Richmond Wyoming County, was arrested at 1 18 am in Tazewell. He is charged with two counts of armed robbery and two counts of manufacture or possession of a firebomb for the Pop Shop No 1 in Tazewell and Pop Shop No 6 in Baptist Valley. The Molotov cocktail was used but did not ignite. about $560 taken. Myers arraigned and jailed without bond. preliminary hearing set for Jan 22 1999. No injuries reported.
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Lee Samuel Myers
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Tim Sargent
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Mike Dennis
Dennis
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Tazewell County General District Court
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Charles Stacy
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Tazewell County
Media center named for librarian who worked to make it happen
Mary Chmara lauded as Bluefield High School unveils the Mary Chmara Instructional Resource Center in a ceremony attended by about 100 people. Principal Ted Gillespie and Mercer County Schools Superintendent Dr. Deborah Akers praised her decades of effort to build a 21st century library while her husband, former BHS coach John Chmara, led applause.
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Debbie Akers
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Chmara
BHS
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Deborah Akers
Mercer County Schools
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John Chmara
Mercer man facing charges dropped after border dispute
A Montcalm man, Timothy Leon Poore, 45, had kidnapping and wanton endangerment charges in Nicholas County, with five counts of first degree sexual assault in Mercer County. The charges were dismissed after investigators found the assaults occurred in Wyoming County, near the county line, shifting jurisdiction. Poore remains jailed with possible 15 to 30 year terms per count for the sexual assaults.
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Borders
Montcalm
Nicholas County
Mercer County
Timothy Leon Poore
Poore
Wyoming County
Mike Flanigan
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