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Courts

  • Cox sworn in as judge

    INDEPENDENCE — Surrounded by her family, friends, fellow judges and others, Monica Dawn Cox was sworn in June 22 as Juvenile and Domestic Relations judge for the 27th Judicial Circuit.
    Cox, the former commonwealth’s attorney for Grayson County, was a partner in The Grayson Law Firm P.C. and was appointed judge by the Virginia General Assembly last month.
    The courtroom at the Grayson County Courthouse was packed, with several people standing around the walls.

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  • Linville waives hearing in rape case

    Tropical Tanning Salon owner Jimmy Ray Linville, 51, who is charged with rape of a child less than 13 years of age, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Galax Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court last Friday.
    Linville was arrested March 28 at his business, located at 209 Oldtown St. in Galax, after the Galax Police Department conducted an investigation.

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  • Public record for 6/20/12 edition

    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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    District Court

    These sentences were recorded in March in the Galax General District Court Office, Galax. Sentences may be appealed:

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  • Public record for 6/27/12 edition

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    District Court

    These sentences were recorded in April in the Carroll County General District Court Office, Hillsville. Sentences may be appealed:

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  • Carroll grand jury issues 219 indictments

    HILLSVILLE — A Carroll County grand jury has leveled new charges at Richard Austin Williams, who allegedly tried to steal a car in January but got shot instead by his would-be victims,
    The grand jury issued a direct indictment for new charges during Monday’s session.
    Williams, 23, of Woodlawn is charged with trying to steal a Chevy Impala that was parked for sale at Dawn Auction in Hillsville.

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  • Training center residents protected

    RICHMOND — A federal judge added certain protections for residents of Virginia’s intellectual and developmental training centers before signing off on the settlement negotiated between the state and the Department of Justice.
    Judge John Gibney Jr. on June 13 gave his blessing to the settlement agreement that arose from a federal investigation of the civil rights of people institutionalized in the Central Virginia Training Center. That inquiry then spread to the other four facilities in the state, including the one in Carroll County.

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  • Public record for 6/13/12 edition

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    Land Transfers

    These land transfers were recorded April 21-May 16 In the office of Carolyn H. Honeycutt, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville:

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  • Carjacking suspect's case headed to grand jury

     

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  • Public record for 6/6/12 edition

    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 March 27-April 20 in the office of Carolyn H. Honeycutt, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville:

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  • Jury finds former teacher not guilty

    INDEPENDENCE — A former Grayson County High School teacher and volunteer football coach was found not guilty in Grayson County Circuit Court last Friday of a felony charge of taking indecent liberties with a child, following a two-day trial.
    Robert Eugene Pope of Elk Creek was charged Aug. 30, 2010. The alleged incident involved a student that was 17 years old at the time.
    A jury of six men and six women deliberated 35 minutes before rendering their verdict of not guilty.
    Pope testified in his own defense that the incident never happened.

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