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State police say a tractor-trailer loaded with 2,500 turkeys collided with a pickup truck on I-81 in Botetourt County before five o’clock this morning. The wreck has closed the right northbound lane near mile marker 154. Police and VDOT say it could take several hours to remove the turkeys and clear the wreckage.
Roanoke County Police are asking for help identifying two suspects after a burglary at the Magnolia Club in the Old Mill Plantation subdivision. The department says the man and woman are believed to have burglarized the club around June 13. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 540-777-8623.
From the Virginia Lottery: Kim Cook was packed and all set to leave on vacation. She stopped by the grocery store for some snacks to take along on the drive. While she was there, she bought an Extreme 13 Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery. When she scratched it, she initially thought she’d won $30. But when she showed the ticket to a clerk, she discovered the ticket was worth a lot more. “Girl, you won $130,000!” the clerk said. “Put the ticket in your purse and drive straight to the Lottery office.” The clerk was right. Ms. Cook had just become the game’s first top prize winner. She bought the winning ticket at Food Lion, 4387 Starkey Road in Roanoke. Extreme 13 is one of dozens of Scratcher games available from the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $5 up to $130,000. Since this is the first top prize claimed in the game, four $130,000 prizes remain unclaimed. Ms. Cook, who is a real estate agent, said she has no immediate plans for her winnings.
Virginia officials are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Arthur as it tracks up the east coast. David Watson with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management says they’re staffing the emergency operations center in Richmond, looking at the potential for heavy rainfall and coastal flooding for parts of Hampton Roads. Watson says anyone with plans to go to Virginia Beach or Coastal North Carolina in the next few days should keep an eye on this storm.
From Virginia State Police: Police are continuing their investigation into a fatal crash that killed a Floyd County resident yesterday afternoon around 2:30 pm on Route 221 approximately 4 tenths mile north of Route 750 in Floyd County. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 1993 Nissan pick up that was being operated by Charidy Lee Anders, age 70 of Willis, Virginia was traveling southbound on Route 221 when she ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree head on. Anders was wearing a safety belt at the time of the crash but was pronounced dead at the scene. Two young juvenile passengers in the vehicle were airlifted to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for injuries that they sustained in the crash.
From Virginia State Police: Police are continuing their investigation into a fatal crash that killed a Floyd County resident yesterday afternoon around 6:30 pm on Route 221 approximately 3/4 mile north of Route 654 in Floyd County. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle that was being operated by Larry James Scott, age 40 of Floyd, Virginia was traveling southbound on Route 221 when he attempted to pass a 2005 Chevrolet pick-up truck on a double yellow solid line that was also traveling southbound and was attempting to make a left turn onto Maple Springs Drive. The motorcycle collided with the pick up truck which caused the operator of the bike to be ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Larry Scott was wearing a motorcycle helmet at the time of the crash.
Kevin Colgan
(Photo credit: Bedford
County Sheriff’s Office)
A Roanoke man is in jail without bond, after Bedford County authorities arrested him for telling an undercover investigator that he would pay him to kill his estranged wife. The sheriff’s office says that since October 2012, Kevin Colgan, 61, has been in the process of divorcing his wife of 30 years. The final divorce hearing is scheduled for August. Authorities were made aware that Colgan had been threatening Mrs. Colgan. Colgan met with an undercover investigator on Wednesday. He then met with the investigator again Thursday morning and the two drove to Mrs. Colgan’s home in Bedford. Bedford County Sheriff’s investigators arrested Colgan at 10:10 a.m. yesterday. He’s charged with solicitation to commit murder.
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From Roanoke Police:The Roanoke Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating three women wanted on multiple charges involving shoplifting. The wanted subjects are: Jessica Nicole Taylor, age 24, of Roanoke. Wanted on multiple counts related to shoplifting, revocation of probation, and grand larceny. Emerald Topaz Sonja Swain, age 27, of Roanoke. Wanted on multiple counts related to shoplifting. Sierra Desarry Garrison, age 29, of Roanoke. Wanted on multiple counts related to shoplifting. If you can help officers find any of these three women, please call the Roanoke Valley Crime Line at 540-344-8500. You can remain anonymous and be eligible for a reward if your information leads to the arrests of any of the wanted subjects involved.
Sierra Garrion, Emerald Swain, Jessica Taylor (Roanoke Police photos)