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News Archives for July, 2008
Defendants sentenced in Charles City Circuit Court
After being convicted in May on a felony charge of failure to appear in court, a Charles City woman set to remain free on bond received a stern warning from a county circuit court judge not to make any bad decisions that could adversely affect her sentencing. Unknown to the judge, she already had. Karen Louise Barker, 40, of 9201 Willcox Neck Road, had been found guilty during a May 16 trial. She had been indicted at first for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and failed to show up in court for a hearing last October. Since it was…
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Thefts lead to grand larceny charges heard in NK court
A Quinton man stole a nail gun and a Lanexa man stole a go-cart, but both crimes amounted to grand larceny charges and separate trials in New Kent Circuit Court. Christopher Woodrow Holt, 40, of 14636 Rockahock Road in Lanexa, was convicted of stealing a $400 nail gun from Andrew Michael Wiggins on May 5. At sentencing on July 7, Judge Thomas B. Hoover reduced the charge to petty larceny and sentenced the defendant to 12 months in jail with all but 10 days suspended. Hoover agreed to a motion by defense attorney Todd Duval to reconsider the grand larceny…
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NK business building joins ranks of those going ‘green’
Developers of a two-story, 24,000 square-foot retail/commercial building in Quinton are touting the $3 million structure’s “green” design as well as its potential to contribute to the New Kent County business scene. Billy and Peggy Cunningham, developers of “the Corner at Rock Creek,” are accepting tenants for the business cornerstone of their housing development, Rock Creek Villas, on Route 60. Already, owners of Jones & Hawkes Restaurant, formerly near Providence Forge, and Domino’s Pizza, have signed on. Expected to be on board soon are a coffee/ice cream shop and a hair salon along with dental and insurance offices. Up to…
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Event, food bank to honor legacy of New Kent student
Drive and determination along with weariness with the high school scene prompted Jenna Grace King to graduate at age 16, a year earlier than her New Kent High School classmates. Last fall, she entered Randolph College in Lynchburg to pursue a degree in political science. During her freshman year, she forged ahead with her goal of becoming an attorney, contacting several law schools. The world of politics would lie beyond. In the meantime, her passions included helping other people and standing up for animal rights. “She was just on fire all the time about something,” her mother, Melanie King, said….
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Charles City man handed 9-year term
A Charles City man, originally indicted on 15 sex charges involving underage girls before those charges were dropped, has pleaded guilty in county circuit court to two counts of firearm possession by a convicted felon. Forrest Everett “Skeeter” Evans, 74, of 5901 Courthouse Road, must serve nine years in prison. The sentence was part of a plea deal reached last Friday that averted a jury trial scheduled for July 17. Evans’ saga began last November when a circuit court grand jury handed up indictments on the 15 sex counts. The alleged victims were girls ages 7 and 10 at the…
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Estate home, lake project proposed
Plans for a 24-lot subdivision of single-family estate homes in the $600,000 price range are in the works for the Eltham area of New Kent. But a rezoning application for the land involved must first pass scrutiny of the county’s Planning Commission and ultimately win approval from the Board of Supervisors. Planning Commission members are hosting a July 21, 7 p.m. public hearing on the application for the project, dubbed Lake Christopher. The subdivision is being proposed by county resident and landowner Isabel Davis White and the developers, Yorktown-based Mid-Atlantic Communities. The applicants are requesting rezoning for just over 120…
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Group lacks basis for NK assessment appeal, county says
No legal precedent exists to back up a New Kent citizen group’s appeal of the county’s recent real estate reassessment, the county’s attorney is claiming in a response filed last week to a challenge by the New Kent County Citizens Coalition. “I’m saying there’s no basis for them to go forward with the suit,” County Attorney Jeff Summers said on Monday. “Part of that basis is they have no standing.” Meanwhile, the county commonwealth’s attorney, who filed the appeal on behalf of the coalition, is seeking to withdraw from the case. Linwood Gregory entered a motion to withdraw on July…
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Newly formed NK ham radio club recruiting members
A newly formed amateur radio club in New Kent County is enlisting new members who can volunteer to assist with radio communications during emergencies. The club, New Kent for Amateur Radio, formed in April and held its first meeting on June 7. A week before, the group obtained its FCC call sign “NK4AR” that spells the club’s initials. Amateur radio operators provide volunteer emergency back-up communications to county officials during natural and man-made disasters when normal communications systems often fail. “Now, the New Kent Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will be known on the amateur radio bands and nets as NK4AR,…
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Newly formed NK ham radio club recruiting members
A newly formed amateur radio club in New Kent County is enlisting new members who can volunteer to assist with radio communications during emergencies. The club, New Kent for Amateur Radio, formed in April and held its first meeting on June 7. A week before, the group obtained its FCC call sign “NK4AR” that spells the club’s initials. Amateur radio operators provide volunteer emergency back-up communications to county officials during natural and man-made disasters when normal communications systems often fail. “Now, the New Kent Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will be known on the amateur radio bands and nets as NK4AR,…
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Judge hands Richmond man 28 years in NK shooting
A Richmond man must serve 28 years in prison as a result of a shooting last year in New Kent that wounded a county man. Judge Thomas B. Hoover imposed 70 years in all on Danny Maurice Bullock, 27, of 2217 Ferrand St., during a June 16 sentencing hearing in New Kent Circuit Court. Bullock had been found guilty of four felony charges during a March 6 trial. For aggravated malicious wounding, the judge imposed 50 years with all but 20 years suspended. On a shooting into an occupied vehicle count, 10 years, all suspended were handed down, but on…
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