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PEARISBURG â An attempt to recover stolen property ended with a group of people chasing a homeowner out of his residence and shooting him as he ran, a Giles County prosecutor said Tuesday. William Dee Martin, 44, of Newport, was in the countyâs General District Court to ask for bail â a request that was denied after Commonwealthâs Attorney Bobby Lilly said security camera footage showed Martin running after a man, then shooting him with a long gun from about 10 feet away. The April 20 incident left Calvin Dale Riggs Jr. with a gunshot wound in his leg, Lilly said. It led to the arrests of Martin and another member of the group that confronted him, along with a third person charged with possessing drugs but who also was seeking a stolen item at Riggsâ home, a search warrant said. ....
CHRISTIANSBURG â Montgomery County is launching a new court program aimed at steering some defendants with mental health issues back to stability â and away from incarceration. Later this month, a special court session called a Behavioral Health Docket is to meet in the countyâs General District Court. An initial group of five defendants, all diagnosed with serious mental illness â but still deemed to be mentally competent legally â and convicted of minor, non-violent misdemeanor offenses will meet with a judge and a support team, probably twice each month for a year. They will receive mental health treatment and encouragement to establish a healthier, law-abiding routine in their lives. ....