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A 46-year-old Danville man was sentenced last week to more than eight years in federal prison for a child porn crime.

ROANOKE, Va. – A federal grand jury in Roanoke, Virginia has indicted James Howard Spencer, the Mayor of Glen Lyn, Virginia, for his alleged violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The CWA was enacted by Congress to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological quality of the nation’s waterways. The indictment, returned under

A federal grand jury in Roanoke has indicted the mayor of Glen Lyn for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act.

Howard Spencer’s actions violated a permit issued to the Giles County town by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, federal government alleges.

William Riley Stump admitted to harvesting black walnut trees on federal property.

Michael Baudinet has been appointed environmental justice coordinator for the U.S. Attorneys Office.

Derrick Thompson was convicted of conspiring to cut and sell black walnut trees, but acquitted of remaining charges.

William Riley Stump is one of three men charged with taking the trees from federally protected land.

The U.S. Attorneys Office routinely participates in the Justice Departments nationwide Election Day program.

A Forest man who owned a Campbell County-based real estate management company was sentenced Wednesday to three and a half years in prison for an embezzlement scheme involving hundreds of