Press Releases, Announcements, & Common Talk
In keeping with its public service function, the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney regularly posts press releases, announcements, and other materials relating to crime and its prosecution in Buchanan County, as well as featured articles on selected topics.

Be sure to read Tamara's regular discussions of local problems and the important work being done by the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney to address them.

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2011
Press Releases Jan 24: Former Buchanan County Attorney David Eugene Cecil sentenced 3 years Apr 5: Justin Charles sentenced for attempted robbery of a used car lot owner Apr 5: Larry Michael Stacy and Larry Stacy Sr. sentenced for stealing copper Apr 5: Jimmy Douglas Collins sentenced to additional time for attempted escape Aug 8: Governor McDonnell appoints CA Tamara to Virginia Board of Juvenile Justice Aug 15: 90 year sentance recommended for Cecil Ronald Hamilton, Jr. Common Talk
2010
Press Releases Feb 15: Keen and Vandyke to be arraigned for First Degree Murder Feb. 22: Ruey Childress Jr. gets to 25 years for sexual contact with a child Mar 2: Jack Slone pleaded guilty to distribution, child neglect charges Mar 15: Free service notifies victims of offender release, transfer, escape Mar 29: Charles Hurley sentenced to 14 years in prison for drug distribution Mar 29: Johnny "Smoke" Dotson pleaded guilty on drug charges Mar 29: Substance abuse/treatment program run as special docket of the court Apr 5: Multiple DUI offenders barred from buying alcohol in Buchanan County Apr 5: National Victim Rights Week Celebration Apr 6: 54 arrested in largest Buchanan County drug bust ever Apr 9: Settlement Reached for Restoration of Variegate Darters, Habitat Apr 12: Frank Carl Thomas Jr. indicted in triple homicide case Apr 13: Grand Jury returns 117 true bills against 31 defendants Apr 26: 1,000 Indictments in First Quarter Oct 22: Levisa Coal Company and Buchanan Realty give donations to STAR Court Oct 22: Roger McCoy to serve 20 years for drug distribution Oct 22: Ferrell Thomas to serve 9 years 11 months for drug distribution Oct 22: Christopher Shawn Lester sentenced to 3 years Dec 13: Michael Anthony McClanahan receives 10 years on DUI charges Dec 13: Rhonda Whitt receives 7 years for narcotics distribution Dec 13: Michael Darrell Stacy receives a 90-year sentence for narcotics distribution Dec 28: Steve Whitt receives 2 life sentences on Attempted Capital Murder Dec 28: Carter Matney sentenced to 5 years for felon in possession of a weapon Common Talk Common Talk - Buchanan County Wanted
2009
Press Releases Jan. 27: Herman Jackson Jr. sentenced to 12 years Jan. 27: Matthew Andrew Stacy sentenced to 27 years Jan 27: Marijuana bust leads to additional out-of-state arrests Feb 6: Seven defendants arraigned on 93 indictments related to drug trafficking Feb. 23: Elizabeth "Beth" Marie Owens sentenced to 30 years Feb. 27: Ida Jane Looney sentenced to 24 years on robbery, grand larceny Apr. 7: Brandon Adkins sentenced to five years on charge of Malicious Wounding Apr. 13: The 29th Narcotics Task Force holds Spring Drug Seizure Auction Apr. 15: Travis Wade Spence arrested by U.S. Marshals in Tennessee Apr. 15: New Victim Witness Coordinator approved by BC board of supervisors May 5: No cause determined for KFC fire following state police investigation Jul. 21: First defendant from Race Fork drug bust sentenced Jul. 21: Daniel Lee Looney sentenced eight years for unlawful wounding Jul. 21: Victim Witness Program fully restored and will continue Aug. 18: Dennis Roger McClanahan sentenced to 10 years for Child Abuse Sep. 1: John David Barnette Jr. sentenced to 11 years Sep. 21: Loretta Lynn Coleman sentenced to 40 years for drug distribution Sep. 23: Jason Lee Meadows sentenced for vehicle break-ins and thefts Sep. 24: Frank Carl Thomas Jr. has preliminary hearing on felony charges Sep. 25: Anti-Drug Rally to be held in Grundy Sep. 30: Rodney Hurley sentenced to 25 years for counts of drug distribution Oct. 22: Quentin Demarco Stacy to serve 4 years for probation violations Oct. 30: Peggy Hurley sentenced to 40 years Nov. 5: Adam Stewart Young sentenced for child pornography Nov. 12: Matthew Wayne Stacy sentenced for child pornography Dec. 7: Travis Wade Spence sentenced to life plus 10 for First Degree Murder Dec. 9: Bradley L. Coleman sentenced to 35 years Common Talk Common Talk - 402 Indictments last term Common Talk - Boating Regulations Common Talk - Fireworks Common Talk - Criminal Background Checks Common Talk - Sentencing Guidelines Common Talk - Concealed Weapons Permit Common Talk - Seatbelts Common Talk - Bail
2008
Press Releases Jan. 7: Peck Brothers charged with First Degree Murder and Conspiracy Jan. 15: Grand Jury indictments handed down against Peck Brothers Jan 30: Carter Varney sentenced to 10 years Jan 30: Ronnie Dean Burks receives 5 years for felon in possession of a firearm Feb. 22: BC Commonwealth's Attorney's office announces new prosecutor Mar. 18: Allen Leon Sammons charged with posting death threats on-line Mar. 18 Update: Allen Leon Sammons charged with posting death threats on-line Mar. 19: James Thacker sentenced on charges related to selling prescription drugs Mar. 26: Commonwealth's Attorney's Office issues Legal Food Frenzy Challenge Apr. 22: Shelby Winebarger and Kenneth Ray Stevens facing federal prosecution May 15: Adam Stewart Young charged with possession of child pornography Jun. 3: Buddy Lester sentenced to 10-years for growing 56 marijuana plants Jun. 3: David Shelton sentenced following a hearing on a probation violation Jun. 3: John Franklin Scruggs found in Panama City, Florida, extradited Jun. 10: Two men charged in connection with home invasion and shooting Aug. 19: Archie Denver Stiltner sentenced for assaulting officer Aug. 19: Scott Douglas Scarberry sentenced for probation violation and felony Aug. 19: Two women sentenced 22 years in armed robbery of gas station Sep. 16: Child pornography charges against Adam Stewart Young certified Sep. 16: Two men set to continue on to Grand Jury on murder charges Oct. 13: Drug Awareness March date set Dec. 9: Matthew "Cotton" Rasnake sentenced on charges of selling drugs Dec. 22: Nolan Eddie Hall pleads guilty to a misdemeanor Common Talk Common Talk - Tips Ads Working Common Talk - Suboxone