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FLOYD — Twenty-nine years ago, Thomas Lonnie Helms Jr. was accused of the rape and murder of a 77-year-old Floyd County woman, then eventually declared not guilty by reason of
PEARISBURG â An attempt to recover stolen property ended with a group of people chasing a homeowner out of his residence and shooting him as he ran, a Giles County prosecutor said Tuesday. William Dee Martin, 44, of Newport, was in the countyâs General District Court to ask for bail â a request that was denied after Commonwealthâs Attorney Bobby Lilly said security camera footage showed Martin running after a man, then shooting him with a long gun from about 10 feet away. The April 20 incident left Calvin Dale Riggs Jr. with a gunshot wound in his leg, Lilly said. It led t...
540-381-1669 CHRISTIANSBURG â McKenzie Kyle Hellman should serve two life sentences plus another 45 years in prison for encouraging his girlfriend to sexually abuse her 2-year-old son, a Montgomery County jury recommended Monday after finding Hellman guilty of five child sex and pornography charges. The 27-year-old Christiansburg man also is accused of killing the toddler in a separate incident and still faces counts of second-degree murder and child abuse. These are to be tried in a separate, not-yet-scheduled court proceeding. At the conclusion of Mondayâs jury trial, Circuit Cour...