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POLICE REPORTS: June 21
Jared Lavar Newman, 28, of South Boston, faces felony charges of strangulation, felony assault with the intent to main, disable, disfigure or kill, entering a structure to commit assault and battery or another felony, and misdemeanor charges of injuring a phone line/obstructing messages and destruction of property without the intent of stealing the property resulting in less than $1,000 in damages, according to Halifax County Sheriff’s Office records. Deputy G.L. Jones served the warrants on June 12 for the offenses reported occurring on June 10.
North Carolina man among 3 dead after boat capsizes
HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has reported a fishing trip to Banister Lake ended with three people dead when their boat capsized on June 16. DWR says around 8:41 p.m. on Sunday, the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office was informed that three people were missing on Banister Lake after […]
‘Justice for Emma’ rally hosted in unsolved death of Nathalie woman
It’s been seven years since Emma Compton Layne was last seen alive just miles from her northern Halifax County home. It was the evening of June 17, 2017, and the 52-year-old woman was seen locking up the Cody convenience store that she owned.
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