Courts and Crime

    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.

    Ricky Martin, a Bedford County man, pleaded guilty in Circuity Court Tuesday, to 12 counts of possession of child pornography.

    According to Commonwealth’s Attorney Randy Krantz, the charges came to light after his relationship with a girl under the age of 15 that Martin knew came to light. Martin told the girl’s mother about an incident in which Krantz believes was Martin’s attempt to put his own spin on the story before the girl, herself, told her mother.

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The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) Law Enforcement Division investigated a hit and run boating accident that occurred on Smith Mountain Lake on Sunday, June 26,. This accident occurred in the Franklin County portion of the lake in the vicinity of the No Wake Zone at Bridgewater Plaza at approximately 3:30 p.m.

Just who is lying isn’t clear.
    But it doesn’t really matter. In the end, both Andrew Clay Ottinger and Susan Dudley face convictions of helping dispose of the murdered body of Sean Peter Placko in the James River in March 2010.