Charges reduced due to indictment error in Mercer trial
A Bluefield man and an Athens woman had first degree sexual assault charges downgraded to second degree after the indictment failed to state the victim received serious bodily injury or that a deadly weapon was used. Judge Frazier ordered the change before trial as defense argued and prosecutors sought re indictment. Trial opened with defense challenging the victim's credibility while prosecutors pressed the fatal fear narrative. If convicted, Hart and Emory face 10 to 25 years.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Athens
Robert Wayne Hart
Beverly Paulette Emory
John R. Frazier
Mercer County
Charles R. Smith
South Bluefield
Hart
Emory
Raleigh County
Coal City
Edgemont Drive
David Smith
Charles Smith
Rainbow case: Pot smoking sparked shooting fate at Rainbow gathering
MARLINTON AP Two women hitchhiking to a Rainbow Family gathering in 1980 were killed after a dispute over marijuana use in a van. Nancy Santomero 19 from Huntington New York and Vicki Durian 26 from Wellman Iowa were killed as the van carried seven suspects including Richard Fowler 40 of Gordonsville Virginia and Winters Walton 42 and William McCoy 36. Fowler was ordered held for a grand jury after a 31 hour preliminary hearing. Other defendants Walton and McCoy were charged in the killings.
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Marlinton
Nancy Santomero
Huntington
N.Y
Vicki Durian
Wellman
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Rainbow Family
R.A. Alkire
Richard Fowler
Gordonsville
William H. Hevener
Fowler
Winters C. Walton
William O. McCoy
Pamela Wilson
Police Blotter Highlights Local Incidents and Thefts
A busy set of Mercer and Bluefield area police reports recount a car partially over a hill near Jimmy Lewis Lake, rock throwing near East End Bridge, a stolen four wheeler from Route 1 Bluefield, mailbox damage on Falls Mills Road, and a two vehicle crash on Athens Road with no injuries. Additional notes cover a domestic disturbance at Hunter's Ridge, a truck window shot near Quail Valley, seven dump trucks entered and seven Midland radios stolen, a prowler sighting in Bluewell, a disturbance at Green Valley Skate Center, a theft of 1144 from a Hill Top Lane home, tools stolen from a Gott Street garage, radar detector theft from a Montcalm vehicle, and a DUI arrest of Boyce Mark Roberts in Bluefield after sobriety tests.
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Nemours
Jimmy Lewis Lake
G.E. Farley
East End Bridge
Bluefield
Cleavie Hager
L.J. McCarty
Falls Mills Road
Littlesburg
Brushfork Road
Mercer County
Athens Road
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jack Mitchem
Quail Valley
Quail Valley Manor
Les R. Catron
Department of Highways
New Hope Road
Route 20
Midland
D.B. Bailey
Bluewell
M.L. Gills
Green Valley
E. Burton
Gott Street
Johnny Nelson
Montcalm
North Carolina
Boyce Mark Roberts
C.S. Myers
F.C. Horne
G.W. Sarver
Roberts
Highland Avenue
Cherry Street
McPeak
Government meetings scheduled for June 8 across counties and towns
Mercer County Commission meets at 10 a.m. on Monday June 8. Tazewell County School Board meets at 2 p.m. on Monday June 8. Wytheville Town Council meets at 7 p.m. on Monday June 8. Bluefield Town Council in Bluefield Virginia holds session at 7:30 p.m. on Monday June 8.
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Mercer County Commission
Tazewell County School Board
Wytheville
Bluefield
MacDonald loses another appeal in Fort Bragg case
Former Army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald will appeal a 4th U S Circuit rejection of his bid for a new trial over alleged government evidence withholding in the 1970 triple murder trial. He is serving three life terms for the deaths of his wife and two daughters.
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Richmond
Jeffrey MacDonald
Philip G. Cormier
Boston
Cormier
MacDonald
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Green Beret
Fort Bragg
N.C
Oregon
Harvard University Law
Alan Dershowitz
Woodall seeks compensation for prison time
Huntington man Glen Dale Woodall, who cleared himself of two rape convictions after a five year fight, sues the state for compensation in the state Court of Claims. His lawyer Lonnie Simmons says the amount is not disclosed and that civil remedies will be pursued. The suit seeks an avenue against government since the state is immune from civil liability.
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Charleston
Huntington
Glen Dale Woodall
State Court of Claims
Lonnie Simmons
Simmons
Woodall
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Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
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PWO
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Donald Russell
Francis D. Murnaghan Jr
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