Courts and Crime

Virginia State Police and Bedford County Sheriff's deputies are on the scene at Haven Heights Road, approximately two miles west of the city of Bedford, responding to a shooting.

A brother allegedly shot his brother and his brother's son, the result of a feud that neighbors say that has been going on for several years. One neighbor said that they were always at each other's throat. The mother of one of the men shot said the brothers have been to court several times over the feud.

A shootout, just before midnight, Thursday, left one dead and one wounded.

    According to Sheriff Mike Brown, the county's dispatch center got several calls around 11:30 p.m. reporting gunshots being fired at a residence on Johnson Mountain Road. Witnesses reported that a green Mustang was in the area and the people in the car were firing a firearm and Michael Loboshefski, 29, who lives at 5402 Johnson Mountain Road was returning fire with a .22 caliber rifle.

Bedford’s observance of National Night Out drew twice as many people to the Farmers Market area as it did last year. According to Bedford

Police Lt. Todd Foreman, a little more than 300 people turned out on a warm, humid summer night for the event.
    Members of Bedrock Community Church cooked up free hamburgers and hot dogs and China Tastes, a local restaurant brought food. A wide selection of other Bedford restaurants also provided free food in the form of a number of gift certificates which were given out as door prizes.

    According to Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Randy Krantz, Tammy Dell Spencer is “crazy like a fox.”

    Now, more than two-and-a-half years after her live-in boyfriend was shot in the head at their Bedford County home near Vinton, she’s been sentenced for the shooting.