Vandalism and theft reports across Mercer Street area
Police logged multiple incidents including vandalism at two Mercer Street businesses the Vet Center and Alma's Beauty Shop, a $300 radio theft from Princeton Junior High, and a suspect investigation. Other items include DUI arrests in Ball and Townley cases, a beech street hit and run, trailer vandalism at General Tire, a potentially stolen Corvette crash, a $500 typewriter theft, and various disturbances and property damage reports.
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Mercer Street
Vet Center
Alma
R.C. Martin
Princeton Junior High School
C.N. Poe
Shopview
M.K. Johnston
J.J. Weis
Bluefield State College
BSC
Cora Vance
Rock St
Georgia
Gerald Duane Ball
Park Place
Cummings
M.K. Summers
Bluefield Avenue
Summers
Ball
Bastian
Samuel Dwain Townley
J.D. Lawson
Route 52
Lawson
Townley
City Court
Beech Street
G.W. Lightfoot
Icy bridges blamed for several Bluefield crashes
Icy conditions on area bridges caused multiple Friday morning accidents in Bluefield Virginia. A Clinch Valley Head Start van carrying five children overturned after hitting an ice patch on an eastbound Route 460 bridge. No injuries occurred beyond minor damage. all occupants wore seat belts. A second vehicle struck the same slick bridge, then a third vehicle, with no charges filed. A Raven Virginia resident also struck a bridge edge on a separate Bluefield bridge. Police urged caution as bridges ice first on cold mornings.
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Bluefield
D.E. Olinger
Virginia State Police Department
Clinch Valley Community Action, Inc
Tazewell
Olinger
Richard Sefcik
Memphis
Tenn
Oblinger
Sefcik
Marla Jackson
Pounding Mill
Charlotte Thompson
Thompson
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
P. Beaver
Madge State
Raven
Jack Asbury
Asbury
Autopsy identifies remains of Emery Chaffin in case tied to fraud
A state medical examiner identified bones found under a Wyoming County couple's home as Emery Chaffin. U S Secret Service Agent Michael Young said no death cause could be determined due to the remains' condition. Kathy Kelly faces a single charge of receiving black lung benefits in Chaffin's name after years of undisclosed death benefits totaling $91,631. Her husband Henry Kelly also faces fraud related charges.
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Bluefield
Wyoming
Emery Chaffin
U.S. Secret Service
Michael Young
Young
Kathy Kelly
Pineville
U.S
Michael Carey
Kelly
United Mine Workers
Carey
Chaffin
Health and Human Services
UMWA
UMW
Fendant
Henry P. Kelly
Mary Feinberg
West Virginia
McDowell
Big Creek Hollow
Judge limits Raleigh jail inmates to 41 by December
Federal judge orders Raleigh County Sheriff's Department to cut jail population to 41 by December 10 and provide outdoor exercise. A plan for secure outdoor activity must be ready by December 1, with daily outdoor and indoor exercise mandated by December 15. The jail housed 66 inmates Friday and currently offers one hour of indoor exercise with roof use only.
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Daily Record
Princeton Police Department
Bluefield — 911
James Fox
3605
Scenic Heights
Greenville
Ohio
Fox
General Tire
Bluefield Avene
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
West Main Street
Princeton
D.B. Bailey
Dennis Taylor
Sandlick
Montcalm
Tina Farmer
Rich Creek Road
Spanishburg
K.R. Earnest
W.O. Lawson
Brushfork Baptist Church
Old Bramwell Road
Palma Smith
Bent Mountain Area
Jimmy Clemons
R.A. Hill
Or Visa
Basset
Jan
E. Main St
Dowator Marion
By-Pass College Plaza
Rulaski
Charles Owens
The
Daily Telegraph
Beaver
Raleigh
Rica
Cra Schools, Inc
Mercer
Brushfork
Westgate
Richlands
Foodland
Elizabeth’s Boutique
Wal-Mart
Holiday Inn
Brushfork Armory
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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