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LAST
WEEK'S
round-up
was
conducted
in
broad
daylight
as
defendants
named
in
sealed
indictments
were
picked
up
and
brought
to
the
local
jail
for
processing
before
being
arraigned
in
circuit
court,
or
transferred
to
the
Southwest
Virginia
Regional
Jail
Authority
to
await
bond
hearings.
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Drug
Sweep
18
Charged
in
Big
County
Roundup |
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Eighteen
defendants
were
picked
up
on
47
separate
charges
in
the
past
week
as
local
law
enforcement
officials
conducted
a
drug
sweep
in
the
county.
Sheriff
Ray
Foster
said
last
Thursday
that
the
joint
effort
between
the
Buchanan
County
Sheriff's
Department,
the
Virginia
State
Police
and
the
29th
Judicial
Circuit
Drug
Task
Force
had
been
a
success.
"We
got
what
we
went
after,"
Foster
said.
Unlike
past
drug
raids
conducted
recently
which
were
carried
off
in
the
wee
early
hours
of
the
morning,
last
week's
round-up
was
conducted
in
broad
daylight
as
defendants
named
in
sealed
indictments
were
picked
up
and
brought
to
the
local
jail
for
processing
before
being
arraigned
in
circuit
court,
or
transferred
to
the
Southwest
Virginia
Regional
Jail
Authority
to
await
bond
hearings.
"We wanted to do something a little different and
by
doing
it
in
the
daylight
hours,
the
community
can
see
and
knows
we're
at
work,"
Foster
said.
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School
Board
Suspends
TVHS
Coordinator
Suspension
Without
Pay
to
Remain
in
Effect
Pending
Outcome
of
Charges
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
Buchanan
County
School
Board
members
suspended
Twin
Valley
High
School
Student
Coordinator
Terry
Maxwell
without
pay
last
Thursday,
pending
the
outcome
of
charges
against
him
in
Buchanan
Circuit
Court.
Maxwell
also
served
as
a
cross
country
coach,
a
driver
education
teacher
and
school
bus
driver,
in
addition
to
his
duties
as
the
TVHS
student
coordinator.
He
had
also
been
recently
named
the
TVHS
athletic
director
and
assistant
baseball
coach.
He
was
the
former
Girls
Varsity
Basketball
Coach.
Maxwell
was
indicted
earlier
this
month
on
six
counts
of
indecent
liberties
with
a
child
by
a
person
in
a
custodial
or
supervisory
relationship.
The
allegations,
according
to
Special
Prosecutor
Dennis
Lee,
were
leveled
by
four
former
female
students.
The
alleged
incidents
on
which
the
charges
are
based
stem
back
to
the
1990s.
All
four
of
the
alleged
victims
were
under
the
age
of
18
at
the
time
the
alleged
incidents
occurred.
Maxwell
remains
free
on
bond
pending
a
November
8-9,
2006
trial.
The
school
board
action
to
suspend
Maxwell
last
week
followed
a
35-minute
closed
door
session
called
by
Rocklick
School
Board
Member
Rhonda
McClanahan.
Knox
School
Board
Member
Clarence
Brown
seconded
the
motion.
The
topics
identified
for
discussion
were
personnel
and
legal
advice.
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