Courts

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District Court

These sentences were recorded in January in the Grayson County General District Court office, Independence. Sentences may be appealed:

HILLSVILLE — A Carroll County grand jury on Monday issued a total of 149 indictments, three of them sealed.
An indictment is a formal charge, not a conviction.
Those named in the indictments include:
• Alan Lloyd Alexander - possession of methamphetamine, a schedule II drug; possession of a firearm while in possession of a schedule II drug; possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony
• Ricky Gene Alexander - grand larceny (two counts) of property belonging to Richard Burnett and Joseph Miller

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.

District Court

These sentences were recorded in November of 2012 in the Grayson County General District Court Office, Independence. Sentences may be appealed:

RICHMOND — Starting this summer, the state’s Parole Board will have to justify why it has denied a prisoner’s petition for release under a bill that passed the General Assembly last month.
HB2103 requires the board to conduct a “timely and thorough review” of parole petitions and, if denied, to provide specific reasons.
Virginia did away with parole in 1995, but several thousand prison inmates – about 4,500 in 2012 – sentenced prior to that remain eligible for early release each year.