Assistant Commonwealth s Attorney Joshua Dietz said the sentence needed to send a message to the community: "We re not going to tolerate this kind of behavior."
After testifying during a jury trial Tuesday, Kara Lee Wells, 41, of Roanoke, was sentenced to the time she had already served for failing to appear in court and released
"I m hoping that you can probably find some different people to hang out with based on what happened on this night," Judge Christopher Clemens told Nashawn Smith on Wednesday.
Roanoke Commonwealth’s Attorney Don Caldwell said he has noticed “more instances in the last five to seven years of people just, for whatever reason, not being willing to come to