Courts and Crime

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.

    Now that the Casey Anthony story is winding down, could CNN’s Nancy Grace be turning her focus to Bedford County?

    It’s not out of the question. The  prosecution of Kristina Pongracz may now be in her crosshairs.
    And if it is, there will be cameras allowed in the courtroom, following a hearing held earlier this month on the issue.