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An early morning ride through the Town of Washington may prove ; costly to 18-year-old Steve E. Bald- ] win of Route 1, Washington. He faces 13 misdemeanor charges of destruction of private property, two ; felony charges of destruction of < property belonging to a public utility, driving under the influence and failure to stop at the scene of an accident (hit and run).
“In my 13 years in this business, I have never seen such a swath of destruction caused by one individual.” That was the reaction of one veteran of Rappahannock County law enforcement.
Baldwin, who lives just outside Washington on Route 211 Business, is alleged to have taken a joyride in his 1977 Ford pickup in the early morning hours of Dec. 17.
According to warrants filed against Baldwin by State Trooper C. A. Moore and Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department Lt. Jeff Brown, Baldwin and two juveniles drove through the area for several hours, using the truck to knock over road signs, mailboxes, private signs and gates, an electric fence and tearing out a wooden retaining wall.
In the process they knocked over a telephone relay pedestal belonging to Central Telephone Co. (Centel) and broke the guy wire off a utility pole on Blue Ridge Avenue, which knocked out power to Potomac Edison customers in Harris Hollow'.
According to the complaints, Baldwin was finally stopped and arrested after he sideswiped a 1987 Chevy pickup driven by Jerry Lee Thomas. Baldwin left the scene of that accident but was pursued and caught by Lt. Brown, the warrant alleges.
Around the Town of Washington, according to the arrest warrants sworn against him by Trooper Moore, Baldwin destroyed twro stop signs, one route marker, one directional sign, one speed limit sign, one
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