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Courts and Crime

  • R.I. man sentenced on sex crime charges

    The father of a 13-year-old girl who disappeared for a day in February 2009 with a Rhode Island man, testified of the horror the family faced of not knowing where their daughter was for that 24-hour period. And, he said, the ramifications of that event have continued to be felt by their daughter and the family.

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  • Shifflett withdraws embezzlement pleas

    A Hardy woman, accused of embezzling money from the Hardy Volunteer Fire Department, will stand trial on those charges, after all.

        Deborah Lynn Shifflett, 39, entered no contest pleas last month in Bedford County Circuit Court on 10 felony embezzlement charges, but withdrew those pleas during a hearing Friday. Her trial has now been scheduled for Jan. 18.

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  • Woman could face murder charge

    Authorities are waiting for results from an autopsy report to decide if a 28-year-old Goode woman, accused of attacking her 77-year-old boyfriend, could be charged with murder following his death a week ago.

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  • Nelson County jury will hear murder case against Wesley Earnest

    A Nelson County jury will decide the fate of Wesley Brian Earnest in November.

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  • Forest man sentenced on sex charge

    In all likelihood, Allen Lee Ford of Forest, a decorated marine combat veteran, will spend most, if not all, of the rest of his life in jail.

        Ford, who turns 63 next month, was sentenced Friday to four years, five months in jail on one conviction of aggravated sexual battery in Bedford County Circuit Court. But he’s facing similar charges in other jurisdictions and once those are finalized, his sentence will be considerably more, according to Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Randy Krantz.

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  • Bedford man arrested for felony murder

        On February 7, 2010, Bedford Police responded to a residence in the 1000 block of Quarles Street in the city of Bedford.  On arrival, officers found Matthew Stewart Hamilton, 26, deceased.  Further investigation, along with information from the medical examiner, established that Hamilton had died from an overdose of methadone.  

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  • BCSO releases CVS theft video

    On 8/30/2010 at 2:16 p.m. an unidentified black male entered CVS located at 18665 Forest Rd, Forest  and allegedly walked out with two Craig 13’’ HD LCD Televisions valued at $300 without paying for the items, according to a news release from the Bedford County Sheriff's Office.

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  • Man pleads to computer solicitation

        What started out as a motions hearing quickly turned into a discussion of split infinitives and diagramming sentences Friday in Bedford County Circuit Court. The hearing would eventually end with 25-year-old John Edward Pressley of Martinsville entering four no contest pleas to computer solicitation of a child less than 15 years old.

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  • Two men charged by BCSO with selling dogs for fighting

        Members of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division arrested two individuals, Monday, at 11268 West Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike in Montvale, charging them with violating Virginia’s animal fighting laws.  

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  • Man pleads guilty to burglary at restaurant

    A 24-year-old Bedford man pleaded guilty to 32 felonies in connection with a burglary at the Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Bedford this May.

        Jordan Lee Davidson, a former employee of the restaurant, entered his pleas during a hearing Tuesday in Bedford County Circuit Court. Those pleas included one count of burglary, one count of grand larceny, one count of property damage, one count of possessing burglary tools, one count of larceny with the intent to sell and 27counts of credit card larceny.

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