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Zig Howard Sentenced to Life Plus 10 Years in Historic Case Zig Howard , 63, of Raven, Virginia was convicted this past Friday in what Buchanan County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald Arrington called a historical case for his county. After hearing evidence for most of the day, it took a Buchanan County jury less than an…
Violent Sexual Predator Receives Life Plus Twenty Years in Tazewell County On Wednesday, a Tazewell County jury found Roy Darnell Vance, Jr., 55, of Tazewell County guilty of Inanimate Object Sexual Penetration of a Victim Thirteen Years or Younger and Aggravated Sexual Battery, being a Second or Subsequent Offense. In December 2015, Gerald Arrington, Buchanan…
Prater to Serve 6 Years for Assaulting Officers and Hit and Run Leon Ferrell Prater, 34, of Big Rock, Virginia, was sentenced to 17 years in prison with 11 years of that sentence suspended on the condition he serve a 6 year active sentence and 9 years of supervised probation. Prater had previously pled guilty…
Methamphetamine Manufacturer to Serve 15 Years Ervin Dwayne Ratliff, age 37, of Maxie, Virginia received 70 years in a Virginia Prison with 15 years of that sentence remaining an active sentence on the condition that Ratliff successfully complete 7 years of active supervised probation. Prior to sentencing, Ratliff previously plead guilty to charges of Manufacturing…
Jury Convicts Waters of Theft and Recommends Maximum Sentence Donnie Waters, 43, of Home Creek, was convicted by a Buchanan County Jury on Thursday, March 24, 2016 of Felony Third or Subsequent Petit Larceny. Immediately following conviction, the jury reconvened and recommended a sentence of 5 years, the maximum sentence allowed for this offense. On…
Buchanan County Man Receives More Than 50 Years for Shooting His Son On October 26, 2015, Scotty Ray Whitt, 48, of Hurley, Virginia appeared before the Buchanan County Circuit Court and was sentenced on the following charges: Aggravated Malicious Wounding, Assault and Battery on a Family Member, Use of a Firearm in the Commission of…
Child Molester Sentenced to 115 Years With 34 Years to Serve In Buchanan County On October 21st, 2015, David Lee Bowman, 43, of Michigan, was sentenced to 115 years of incarceration with 81 years of that sentence suspended on the condition that the Defendant be placed on active supervised probation for the rest of…
Gerald Arrington Elected to the Board of Directors for the Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys On August 9, 2015, Buchanan County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Gerald Arrington was elected to the Board of Directors for the Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys (VACA). The VACA is divided by Congressional District, with Buchanan County lying within the…
Greenbriar Drug Dealer Sentenced to 40 Years In Prison With 7 Years To Serve On August 26, 2015, Melena Deel, age 40, of the Greenbriar area, pled guilty in the Buchanan County Circuit Court to one count of Distribution of Schedule I/II Controlled Substance, and one count of Distribution of Schedule III Controlled Substance. …
Keen Mountain Inmate Sentenced to 5 Years for Procuring Drugs While in Prison On August 26, 2015, Thomas Durham, age 34, pled guilty in the Buchanan County Circuit Court to one count of procuring, selling, secreting or possessing a chemical compound which he did not lawfully receive. Thomas Durham was an inmate at Keen Mountain…