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 Teen accepts plea deal in ax attack By Jim Ridolphi For The Mechanicsville Local After accepting a plea agreement, Hanover Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris handed out a blended sentence to a youth convicted of attacking a fellow student with an ax. Omar Abdelaal will remain in juvenile detention until his case is reviewed in two years, and could spend up to his 21st birthday incarcerated. Abdelaal pleaded guilty to malicious wounding in the attack, reduced from aggravated malicious wounding, which he and his attorney maintain was prompted by aggressive bullying on the victim’s part. “This is the best we could do for my son. I thank everyone for the community support we received,” father of the defendant Kahlid Abdelaal said.  Sheriff retiring Melody Kinser .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) He always wanted to be a policeman, and, after a 45-year career in law enforcement, V. Stuart Cook has decided it’s time to retire. For 20 years, he has been Hanover County’s No. 1 law enforcement officer as sheriff. On Oct. 1, Lt. Col. David R. Hines will step into that position. “My last working day will be Sept. 15,” Cook said last Tuesday in an exclusive interview with The Mechanicsville Local. He officially leaves office on Oct. 1. A strong and confident man, Cook has a presence when he enters a room. He is the epitome of a sheriff. “I have had a great career,” he said while seated in one of the conference rooms in the Vaughan-Bradley… Read more... Published Jul 29, 2010 Sheriff’s Office releases list of National Night Out events Contributed Report .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) The Hanover County Sheriff’s Office has released a listing of activities planned for National Night Out, which will be observed on Tuesday, Aug. 3. According to Capt. Michael J. Trice, the list includes neighborhood, start and end times, location and event type. —Ashland Heights – 6 to 8:30 p.m., 12202 Ashland Heights Road (Palmore residence), cookout/children’s events. —Ashland Towne Square Apartments – 6 to 8 p.m., pool pool party/cookout. —Ashland Woods Apartments – time not available, pool, pool party/cookout. —Beaver Glen Estates – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 13021 Beaver Glen Dr. (Hamilton residence),… Read more...  Who ran down Clinton Terrell? By Melody Kinser .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Clinton Terrell was known as a hard worker and a man who traveled on foot. He was walking toward his residence in the early morning hours of July 31, 2005, when his life ended. The 39-year-old became the victim of a vehicular homicide between 2:45 a.m., when he was last seen alive, and 3:36 a.m., when a newspaper carrier discover-ed his body in the 17000 block of Coatesville Road in the Beaverdam area. Investigator Dave Klisz of the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office has been working Clinton’s case since he was found lying in the road near the intersection of Annfield Road. Clinton, who had been to a party in the 16000 block of West Patrick Henry Road, was walking… Read more... Published Jul 28, 2010 Chimps get brief taste of freedom By Melody Kinser .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Freedom was brief for two chimpanzees that managed to escape from a private facility off Beatties Mill Road in Mechanicsville last Wednesday. According to Kevin M. Kilgore, chief of Hanover County Animal Control, one of the apes was “almost immediately captured,” while the other was captured at first light Thursday morning. The one rounded up soon after the escape was located on the property. Kilgore said the other chimp was found nearby. “When it got dark, it bedded down and ended up on Little Florida Road, where it was captured. They’re not nocturnal animals; they will nest at night.” He also said there was no danger at the Little Florida… Read more...  Former prosecutor found dead in Az. By Melody Kinser .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) A body found July 12 at the Grand Canyon has been identified as Mechanicsville attorney Kirby Porter, 50. Shannan Marcak, public affairs specialist for Grand Canyon National Park, confirmed the former Hanover County commonwealth’s attorney’s identity on Thursday. The Coconino Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be injuries sustained in a fall. “The manner of death,” Marcak said, “cannot be determined at this time.” According to Marcak, a body was retrieved last Monday just below Moran Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Around 9:15 p.m. Sunday, July 11, the Grand Canyon Regional… Read more... Published Jul 21, 2010 Summer school projects on schedule By Jim Ridolphi For The Mechanicsville Local A list of summer projects slated for Hanover schools is moving ahead at a steady pace according to Hanover Construction and Planning Manager Paul Carper. Several roofing projects and HVAC improvements top the list of changes going on in Hanover schools while the students are on vacation. Carper said the original planned list of projects was expanded when additional monies became available due to low bids on some of the projects. He said the county took advantage of a favorable construction market and added several more projects to the already ambitious list. “Due to the wonderful market conditions as well as the opportunity to have some referendum funds, we were able to… Read more... |
