|
|
||
Arrest made in Caroline break-ins; fire-truck driver cited after Culpeper accident; appeals court upholds murder conviction of state trooper's killer Date published: 8/21/2009
Deputies make arrest in Caroline break-ins After a brief pursuit last night, Caroline County deputies arrested Brendan Lucas Conley on several charges related to break-ins. Conley, 19, was spotted about 8:15 p.m. during a traffic stop in the Chilesburg area, Sheriff Tony Lippa said. Lippa said Conley attempted to run from police but was soon captured. A woman with Conley was charged with obstruction of justice. Additional information on her arrest was not available. --Portsia Smith Firetruck driver The driver of a Reva Fire Department engine was charged Wednesday after an accident on Lover's Lane in Culpeper. About 8:30 p.m., 18-year-old Brittany M. Settle of Culpeper was driving west when she crashed her 1994 Ford Taurus into the back of the fire engine. That vehicle, according to the Culpeper County sheriff's office, was parked on the road with its flashers on. A deputy charged 28-year-old Brent R. Emerson of Reva, the driver of the engine, with unlawful stopping on the highway. The deputy's report did not indicate why Emerson was stopped or whether he was on an emergency call. --Donnie Johnston Blanton's appeal denied by court A Virginia Court of Appeals panel upheld Donna Blanton's murder conviction and life sentence last Friday. In March 2008, the Caroline County woman was convicted by a Virginia Beach jury of fatally shooting her state trooper husband, Taylor Blanton, in the couple's bed in 2003. The jury recommended that Blanton, 43, spend life in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for the murder conviction. The jurors also sentenced her to spend an extra three years behind bars for a conviction of using a firearm in commission of a felony. Blanton can still take her case to the Supreme Court of Virginia. --Portsia Smith
1. Be respectful. No personal attacks.
|
|
||||||||||||
