Courts

Editor’s Note: This information is taken from open court records and is a matter of public record.  The listings are complete. The newspaper, as a matter of fairness, will not honor requests to omit any listing.  
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Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded Dec. 14-Jan. 3 in the office of Carolyn H. Honeycutt, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville:

ROANOKE — A 23-year-old Galax man will spend 78 months in federal prison for dealing methamphetamine, after a sentencing hearing Monday.
Allen Michael Mallory, along with one co-defendant, was named in a federal grand jury indictment in August 2011, charging him with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing meth, a schedule II controlled substance.
Mallory pleaded guilty to the charge in November 2011.

By LARRY CHAMBERS
Staff

INDEPENDENCE — A Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury met last Friday and returned 29 indictments against 10 people.
A Troutdale man, Frank Jermaine Valentine, 28, was indicted on a charge of abducting a 15-year-old juvenile, according to the arrest warrant.
Valentine was arrested by Cpl. Adam Horton of the Grayson County Sheriff’s Department and placed in the New River Valley Regional Jail in Dublin.

Editor’s Note: This information is taken from open court records and is a matter of public record. 
The listings are complete. The newspaper, as a matter of fairness, will not honor requests to omit any listing. 
For information on this column or questions, call 236-5178, ext. 213.

Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded Oct. 13-31 in the office of Carolyn H. Honeycutt, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville: