JURY RECOMMENDS A 22 ½-SENTENCE FOR BRADLEY HURLEY FOR BREAKING & ENTERING, CONSPIRACY, FELONY PETIT LARCENY, AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

Jury Recommends a 22 ½-Sentence for Bradley Hurley for Breaking & Entering, Conspiracy, Felony Petit Larceny, and Destruction of Property   On June 3, 2015, a Buchanan County Circuit Court jury recommended a sentence of 22 years 6 months for convicted felon, Bradley Dewayne Hurley, 45, of Vansant, Virginia.  According to Commonwealth’s Attorney, Gerald Arrington,…

METH COOK TO SERVE LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

    METH COOK TO SERVE LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE   On May 26, 2015, Jonathan Michael Duty, 32, of Hurley, Virginia was sentenced to serve 9 years in a Virginia prison following a sentencing hearing in the Buchanan County Circuit Court.  In March, the 32 year-old Buchanan County man pled guilty to Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Conspiracy…

THE 2015 “SO, NOW YOU’RE 18” PROGRAM KICKS OFF

  THE 2015 “SO, NOW YOU’RE 18” PROGRAM KICKS OFF              On April 23rd, Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald Arrington kicked off his annual So, Now You’re 18 program. This year, Arrington’s program kicked off at Grundy Senior High School, and included multiple topics ranging from financial responsibility to the legal issues facing adults.  Arrington began working…

C.O.P.E. HOUSE CONSPIRATOR SENTENCED TO JAIL

C.O.P.E. HOUSE CONSPIRATOR SENTENCED TO JAIL             On March 19th, 2015, Marshall Lineberry, 44, of Wytheville, was sentenced in Buchanan County Circuit Court after he pled no contest to Conspiracy to Commit Embezzlement over $200 and four counts of Embezzlement over $200, on July 7th, 2014. Lineberry was sentenced to 15 years of incarceration with…

WISE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS

WISE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS             On March 4th, 2015, Terry Church, 32, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia was sentenced for malicious wounding and child endangerment. On December 10th, 2014 Church pled guilty to both charges in Wise Circuit Court. Church was sentenced to 30 years in prison with 19 years suspended on…

CHILD MOLESTER SENTENCED TO 101 YEARS

CHILD MOLESTER SENTENCED TO 101 YEARS             On January 27th, 2015, Bernard Joe Kennedy, 29, of the Hurley, Virginia was sentenced to 101 years of incarceration with 86 years of that sentence suspended on the condition that the Defendant be on active supervised probation for the rest of his life. Kennedy had previously pled guilty…