Court lets Virginia death sentences stand
The Supreme Court upheld two Virginia death sentences, ruling fair trials and proper sentencing in the cases of Alton Waye and Ronald Hoke Sr. Waye, 33, confessed to the 1977 murder of Lavergne Marshall in Lunenburg County after entering her home to use a phone. Hoke, 31, stabbed and abducted Virginia Stell during Petersburg Nostalgiafest, later confessing after surrendering in Maryland.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Alton Waye
Ronald Hoke Sr
Waye
Lunenberg
Lavergne B. Mar
Hoke
Virginia Stell
Petersburg
Inmate Apologies for Movie Recruitment Scam Notes
A Virginia prisoner behind a movie recruitment scam will send apology letters and return photographs to hopefuls in Alabama and other states. James Mills, 29, at Staunton Correctional Center, admitted running the scheme by bypassing the phone system to contact students in Alabama, West Virginia, South Carolina and Arizona.
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Mobile
Ala
Hollywood
Virginia
Alabama
Paramount Pictures
Bill Dury
Staunton Correctional Center
Staunton
James Mills
Mills
Dury
Iwall
Troopers Expand Motorcycle Patrols In Virginia
Virginia state police plan to expand motorcycle patrols from Richmond to Petersburg along I-95 and I-64 by late month. The Harley units, part of an eight month Hampton Roads and northern Virginia effort, logged 3,068 summonses 246 accidents and aided 2,668 motorists. A motorist assistance program will begin July 15 in the Richmond area, adding more than 50 miles of es says to patrol.
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Richmond
Virginia
Petersburg
R.L. Suthard
Suthard
Hampton Roads
Families press for multi jurisdictional task force on Virginia murders
In eastern Virginia families of victims push the State Crime Commission for a coordinated police task force to tackle unsolved killings and disappearances. They say multiple jurisdictions hinder progress and seek shared information to solve cases across Th omas, Ragged Island, and surrounding areas.
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Norfolk
Cathleen Thomas
Rebecca Dowski
Thomas
Colonial Parkway
David Knobling
Robin Edwards
Ragged Island Wildlife Refuge
Christopher Newport College
Cassandra Hailey
Keith Call
Call
Richard Call
State Crime Commission
Virginia
Kathy Knobling
Virginia Pick 3 impacts instant tickets sales in state lottery
Four weeks into Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 computer game, daily sales run around 400 to 500 thousand dollars while instant ticket sales slip. Officials say declines begin as the new game nears its end, but overall computer game sales surpass 10 million dollars, and Double Play scratch-offs had spurred a brief spike.
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Richmond
Virginia
Paula Otto
State Lottery Department
Apparen
Tly
Ms. Otto
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