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Jury acquits county man on 140 counts of sexual molestation |
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Saturday, 12 May 2007 |
After a rare two-day trial that lasted into the evening hours of Thursday night, a Floyd County Circuit Court jury of seven women and five men needed just an hour and a half to acquit 41-year-old Stanley Ernest Hinckley of 140 counts of sexual molestation of an underage girl.
As Hinckley's accuser sobbed in open court, the jury returned "not guilty" verdicts on charges that included 49 counts of rape, 49 counts of animate sexual penetration, 21 counts of forcible sodomy and 21 counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.
The verdict followed two days of often-contentious legal wrangling between Commonwealth's Attorney Gordon Hannett and defense counsel Bev Davis of Radford and a rebuke of Hannett in open court by Circuit Judge Ray W. Grubbs. |
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Road funds may be restored |
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Saturday, 12 May 2007 |
Virginia Department of Transportation district engineer Bob Beasley told Floyd County Supervisors this week he had some good news "for a change."
Increases in the state's transportation budget means the county might get some badly needed funds for its long-overdue secondary road improvement program.
"The good news is that we have some more money," Beasley said. "I'm not sure just how much yet because we don't have the final numbers but it looks like we may be able to restore some projects that were delayed." |
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