Viola Higgins
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Community
Father of six was begging his high school friend for mercy while the woman and her accomplices were loading him in a truck to dump him in a ditch after she shot him several times over an argument that ultimately resulted in his death
A woman faced a substantial prison sentence for her involvement in the murder of a high school acquaintance. The 32-year-old…
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Parents kept their toddler girl in extremely unsanitary conditions just feet from drugѕ and used ѕyringeѕ in a cradle filled with cigarette butts and uгine-ѕoiled bed sheets before the girl ingested various drugѕ resulting in her death; sentenced
Court records show that the 30-year-old mother and 38-year-old father of a 2-year-old girl who was kept in extremely unsanitary…
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Local News
Berglund Center to host Rodney Carrington’s comedy and music show
Roanoke, Virginia – Get ready for a night to remember as Rodney Carrington, a multi-talented comedian, actor, singer, and writer, is…
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Mom who “got stoned” and fell asleep with her chest pressed against her 2-month-old son’s face and was awoken by her friend’s screams only to realize she suffocated her baby to death will serve no jail time
According to court records, a 26-year-old mother accused of suffocating her two-month-old son to death after falling asleep with her…
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Elderly woman dies of “sharp force injuries” on her neck and back after nephew, whom she offered shelter to, stabbed her multiple times before handing the crime weapon to his mother to put it in the storage
Authorities said a 30-year-old man was arrested for fatally stabbing his elderly aunt, who offered him shelter during a difficult…
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52-year-old man caught on video exposing and “swinging his private parts” to minor students as they got off the school bus ends up in prison
A middle-aged man has been arrested and will face serious consequences for what he did to several minors between the…
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Woman who kept minor daughter locked in her room for years, neglected basic needs, denied food for days and for no reason refused to provide medical help even when she was very ill is now charged
A woman was arrested and charged with neglecting her daughter for years until police arrived at the woman’s home and…
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Toddler dies after mother gives him strong medicine then leaves him alone in the bathtub for 90 min. as she fell asleep before finding him ‘laying, partially submerged and unresponsive’; pleads guilty
A woman is facing charges in regards to her toddler’s death after she left him in the bathtub for nearly…
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Crime & Safety
Man who administered “dangerous anesthetics” to his girlfriend through an IV station and watched her condition deteriorate daily to the point where she weighed 83 pounds at the time of her death faces up to 55 years in prison
In a case that has captured the attention of the whole country, a renowned dentist has been declared guilty of…
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Crime & Safety
Three criminals led police on a chase for a second time in just one week and crashed in a field; one of them was passing in and out during the arrest due to the amount of drugs he ingested
A dramatic high-speed chase resulted in the exposure and subsequent dismantling of a suspected fentanyl distribution ring that spanned two…
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