A federal grand jury in Roanoke has indicted two Central Virginia men with multiple federal crimes in connection with a 2023 drug robbery and homicide where one defendant sought to dispose of the victim’s body in Bedford County by setting it aflame.
A Vinton man was found guilty in Bedford Circuit Court on Tuesday of one felony count of election fraud, making a false statement on paperwork, while attempting to run for the District 1 seat on the Bedford County Board of Supervisors last spring.
A Florida man pleaded guilty in Bedford Circuit Court on Tuesday to one felony count each of abduction and computer solicitation in a case involving a minor victim. Alexander Gene Baab was sentenced to a year and 10 months in jail after entering the pleas.
BEDFORD — A Roanoke County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence and maiming causing serious injury in connection with a May 2021 crash in Bedford