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From Roanoke County Police: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 –At 9:30 p.m. Monday, Roanoke County Police were conducting a routine security check at Vinyard Park and came across two vehicles in the parking lot. The officer spoke to the two males in the first vehicle and moved on to the second vehicle, a pickup truck parked about 40-feet away. The officer observed a male inside the truck holding a handgun. The male pointed the handgun at the officer and told him to go away. The officer retreated to cover behind the first vehicle and told the two males to seek shelter. The officer ordered the male in the truck to drop his gun. Subsequently, a gunshot was fired inside the truck and the male was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The male was a 50-year old resident of Roanoke. The officer did not fire any weapons and no one else was hurt. Police continue to investigate.
Dyimon Hills
From the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office: At 11:10 p.m. Wednesday night, Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call from 3525 Nicopolis Drive, Bedford. The caller, Laura Rawls, reported that her daughter had hit her in the head with a table leg and she was bleeding. Rawls and her daughter, Dyimon L. Hills, were visiting this residence when they got into a verbal alternation which turned physical. Laura Rawls was transported and hospitalized with an open head wound. Dyimon L. Hills, age 28, Blue Ridge Ave., Bedford, was arrested at her residence and charged with felonious assault and destruction of property. She is being held without bond in the Bedford Adult Detention Center.
Here’s the press release from the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office: At 9:52 a.m. on Sunday May 29, 2016, Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call from Wagon Wheel Trail, Moneta in reference a two year old child that had been found in the bottom of Smith Mountain Lake. Dispatcher Michael Miller took the call and asked if the child was breathing and was told no and that his lips were blue. Dispatcher Miller asked the caller if anyone there was trained to do CPR and was told no. The man handed the phone to a female who put the phone on speaker for Miller to provide instructions on how to perform CPR. After a short time, the child started making sounds and started breathing. Sheriff Brown said, thanks to Miller’s training, experience, composer under pressure, and ability to communicate instructions to those with the child, the child was able to be revived. His performance exemplifies the high caliber and professionalism of the members of the Bedford County 911 Communications Center. These are the same attributes the Bedford County Sheriff’s deputies see and rely on daily. Sheriff Brown will recognize Dispatcher Miller with the “Sheriff’s Life Saving Award” at a ceremony later this year.
From Kroger: Kroger Co. today announced it has expanded the store locations included in a recall of two green peas products, Pictsweet Steamable Green Peas and Kroger Green Peas, announced previously by The Pictsweet Company. Both products were included in a recall initiated earlier this month by supplier CRF Frozen Foods because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which could result in severe illness to those individuals who may consume these products. No customer illnesses have been reported to date.Kroger has removed the following items from store shelves and initiated its customer recall notification system that alerts customers who may have purchased recalled Class 1 products through register receipt tape messages and phone calls.
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Product |
UPC |
Code |
Size |
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Kroger Green Peas |
0001111081918 |
Best By: March 2016 |
32 oz |
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Pictsweet Steamable Green Peas |
0007056097901 |
Best By: 6/27/16 9/2/16; 9/13/16 |
10 oz. |
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From Roanoke City Police: On May 26, 2016 at 12:18 p.m. Roanoke Police were dispatched to the 2000 block of Carroll Avenue NW to investigate a shooting. The preliminary investigation indicates that two juvenile boys found access to a handgun inside the residence. Both boys were playing with the handgun when one of the juveniles, a 10-year-old boy, shot the other boy, an 11-year-old, with the handgun. The 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The 10-year-old boy called 911 after the shooting. At this time it appears that no one else was present inside the residence when this incident took place. Detectives are continuing to conduct interviews and evidence technicians continue to collect and analyze evidence. The investigation is on-going. Detectives have been in consultation with the Roanoke City Commonwealth’s Attorney’s. No charges have been placed at this time. Further evaluation of potential charges, if any, will be discussed with the Commonwealth Attorney after all interviews are conducted and all physical evidence is analyzed.
Here’s the press release from Roanoke County Public Schools: ROANOKE – Governor Terry McAuliffe and the state Board of Education announced May 24 that 278 out of 1,822 schools and two school divisions earned 2016 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement. The VIP incentive program recognizes schools and divisions that exceed state and federal accountability standards and achieve excellence goals established by the governor and the board. Three schools in Roanoke County earned the Board of Excellence Award and seven schools earned the Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award. Cave Spring Elementary, Cave Spring High and Green Valley Elementary are among 104 schools statewide that earned the Board of Education Excellence Award, the second-tier honor in the VIP program. These divisions and schools also met all state and federal accountability benchmarks and made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by the board.
The Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award was earned 166 schools that met all state and federal benchmarks and made progress toward the goals of the governor and the board. In Roanoke County, those schools that earned the Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award are:
- Back Creek Elementary
- Bonsack Elementary
- Cave Spring Middle
- Clearbrook Elementary
- Fort Lewis Elementary
- Hidden Valley Middle
- Penn Forest Elementary
Roanoke County Commonwealth’s Attorney Randy Leach says there are no grounds to place criminal charges against the police officers involved in February’s fatal shooting of 18-year-old Kionte Spencer. Leach says it is clear to him that the officers were justified in taking the action they did.
Roanoke County Police Chief Howard Hall says the evidence is clear that Spencer ignored repeated and clearly audible warnings to stop and to put down what appeared to be a handgun he was holding, and police fired when he turned toward them with his arm raised. Spencer was shot after police responded to a call in February of man walking with a handgun near Cave Spring Corner.
WFIR’s Gene Marrano was one of a select group of local media who viewed police dash-cam videos of that incident:
On Tuesday, May 24, at 9:02 a.m., personnel from the Salem Police and Salem Fire and EMS Departments responded to the 1600 block of Apperson Drive in reference to a City of Salem garbage truck that had been struck by a Norfolk Southern freight train. The accident occurred at the crossing that is directly across the street from Margaret Lane. Upon arrival, first responders found the driver of the city vehicle outside of the overturned truck with multiple injuries. They immediately began stabilizing him and transported him to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries. At approximately 11:15 a.m., Norfolk and Southern began moving the train and shortly afterwards hazmat crews began cleaning up the diesel fuel that leaked from the overturned dumpster disposal truck. The vehicle also was removed from the far side of the tracks. It was determined that the vehicle was traveling south after exiting a business located near the railroad crossing. As it approached Apperson Drive, the sanitation truck was struck on the passenger side by the eastbound train. Because of the direction of the crash, traffic on Apperson was not diverted at any time. The cause of the accident is still under investigation and the driver’s name is not being released at this time.
From Roanoke County Police: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 – Roanoke County Police have charged a student at Cave Spring High School with making a threat at the school on May 19. A threatening message was discovered written on a bathroom wall. The felony charge includes one count of threats to bomb or damage buildings or means of transportation; false information as to danger to such buildings, etc. (Sec. §18.2-83 of the Code of Virginia). On April 21, police charged a student at William Byrd High School with making threats at the school on April 7 and April 18. On April 22, police charged a student at Northside High School with making a threat at the school on April 15. Police continue to investigate similar threats made at Northside High School on April 18, Hidden Valley High School on April 19 and William Byrd High School on April 21.
The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs have begun building a team for the 2016-17 Southern Professional Hockey League season. The SPHL held an expansion draft yesterday allowing the Rail Yard Dawgs and the Evansville Thunderbolts to select 6 players from the unprotected lists of each SPHL team. Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs selected the following six players:
- Travis Armstrong – 6’5”, 220 lbs Defenseman, Played most of last year with the Louisiana IceGators of the SPHL with a brief stint with the Brampton Beast of the ECHL
- Steve Mele – 5’11”, 175 lbs Left Wing/Right Wing, Split time last season between the Huntsville Havoc and the Macon Mayhem of the SPHL as well as the Norfolk Admirals and Brampton Beast of the ECHL
- Jackson Brewer – 6’1”, 185 lbs Right Wing, Played for Knoxville, Huntsville and Macon of the SPHL last year as well as a short stint with the Evansville Icemen of the ECHL
- Massimo Lamacchia – 5’8”, 170 lbs Forward, Played with the Manchester Monarchs and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL before finishing this past season with the Louisiana IceGators of the SPHL
- Tim Boyle – 6’3”, 215 lbs Defenseman, Played the past season with the Mississippi Riverkings of the SPHL
- Ryan de Melo – 6’2”, 200 lbs Goalie, Played the past season with Huntsville Havoc of the SPHL With their picks, Evansville selected: Luke Sandler (Louisiana), Nick Lazorko (Fayetteville), Pat Murphy (Columbus), John Daniels (Louisiana), Steven Hoshaw (Fayetteville) and Mike Hill (Knoxville).
Season tickets for the inaugural season of Rail Yard Dawgs hockey are available now. Contact the Dawgs ticket office at (540) 344-DAWG (3294) to purchase or for more information.