Courts

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Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded March 4-13 in the office of Carolyn H. Honeycutt, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville:

HILLSVILLE — The Carroll County Circuit Court recently released several sealed indictments, revealing charges made by the grand jury.
It is common practice for court officials to seal indictments in the interim until those named are officially served.
An indictment is a formal charge, not a finding of guilt, but indicates that the grand jury found enough evidence to go forward with court proceedings.
A number of these indictments were issued at the June 17 grand jury, including:

A former newspaper carrier has pleaded guilty to tampering with a coin-operated newspaper vending machine in Galax.
Terry Wayne Hale, 49, of Mount Airy, N.C., pleaded guilty June 10 to the tampering charge in Galax Combined Courts.
Hale was sentenced by a judge to 12 months in jail, which was suspended, according to court records. He was placed on probation for one year.
The vending machine was owned by the Winston-Salem Journal.

HILLSVILLE — Carroll County Circuit Court has confirmed that it will be several more weeks before a sentence is handed down to Jimmy Ray Linville, a Galax man who was found guilty of raping a 12-year-old.
Linville, 52, was arrested at his business, Tropical Tanning Salon, on March 28, 2012, after the Galax Police Department investigated a report from a minor and her family. He was convicted after a jury trial June 6 and 7.