Plus. The man accused of going on a shooting rampage in michigan. Appears in court. And. The Radford Police department receives thousands of dollars to upgrade its equipment. How the money will be used to help keep the community safe. Good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at seven. Im lindsey ward. And im dawn jefferies. A roanoke man charged in connection with a double murder changes his stance midtrial. Demetrius wade is facing murder and firearms charges involving the deaths of ronald ramey and lenard hamlett. January 2015 in shenandoah avenue. Wade initially pleaded not guilty to his charges. But changed his mind this afternoon and pleaded no contest. Wsls 10s ananda rochita has more. Ananda rochita roanok e prosecutors talked about some of the evidence they wouldve presented today like witness testimonies. Witnesses say wade was angry when someone hit him in the head that night and then he started firing. Evidence he was firing at someone specifically they were quote
Brie how much money are we talking about here . Close to 22 thousand dollars. Thats how much the county could have paid Erica Williams. But tonight they voted 4 to 3 to eliminate that pay. During a work session this evening, board chair chris tuck presented information about Erica Williams attendance and past evaluations of her former employees. There have been a lot of questions surrounding her decision to not rehire 4 people after she was reelected. Since then there have been a lit of back and forth between county leaders. Tonight, they voted to eliminate her supplemental pay from the county. That money would have been in addition to the roughly 120,000 she recieves from the state. Some residents spoke in support of williams saying the county do. But county leaders decided to move forward with eliminate williams supplemental pay. Mary Alison Galloway moco resident 10 08 08 you are not the micromanagers of the constitutional officers and by the voters of the county. Chris tuck moco bo
Crying. We talked to rameys daughter who said justice was served. My dad means everything to us. Weve already given everything to god and we knew this trial was going to be solved before we went into the courtroom today. For our family we had to deal with this backbone of our family. The assistant commonwealths attorney said victims family members are expected to testify sentenced. More on wades possible motive behind the shooting. John . Ananda. Like you mentioned there wasnt a trial but did the commonwealths attorney and defendants explain what kind of evidence they wouldve presented today . Most of the evidence was witness testimonies. Wades lawyers said this was an interesting case since there was no dna evidence the lawyers were relying on what people may have seen or heard. A Carroll County man is in against him. After the Sheriffs Office says he lead deputies on a dangerous high speed chase. Randall jones was wanted on an unrelated charge. When his pickup truck was seen travelin
Tuesday rain showers with highs in the middle 40s wednesday rain showers with highs in the lower 50s thursday breezy with highs in the middle 40s. Few morning showers west of the Blue Ridge Parkway friday sun clouds with highs in the lower 40s saturday mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s sunday sun clouds with highs in the upper 40s the Virginia Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of a lovingston man. Convicted in connection to the death of Alexis Murphy. Randy taylors request was denied by the high court. In 2013. A jury found taylor guilty of the murder of Nelson County teen Alexis Murphy. He was sentenced to two life sentences. Taylor maintains his innocence a Family Member of Alexis Murphy says theyre happy with the decision. But it doesnt bring them closure. They still want to know where to find her body. The man charged with first degree murder in the death of 13year old Nicole Lovell hires his own attorney. 18yearold David Eisenhauer is now being represented by Anthony