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Mr. Robinson argued that he had the court date mixed up; he thought he was to appear in court on Sept. 18, which is a Sunday. His attorney, Roy Bradley, told the court that Mr. Robinson had a place to stay and had a job, and hoped the bond could be reduced from $20,000 to $5,000.

A jury found Mr. Robinson guilty of brandishing a firearm, a misdemeanor, earlier this year. He is due to be tried in November for three felonies connected to the same incident.

Mr. Luke informed Judge Robertson that Mr. Robinson had been indicted for three drug distribution charges in June in Culpeper County. Mr. Robinson said, “I was just in the wrong place.”

Mr. Bradley argued that his client would not be a threat to society if he was released, and that his failure to appear in court on Aug. 18 was negligent, not willful.

Mr. Luke asked the judge to deny the bond reduction because a $10,000 bond was not enough to ensure his appearance in court on Aug. 18. He also said that Mr. Robinson had gone to Virginia Beach without notifying his parole officer and that he had not been on good behavior.

In Circuit Court on Tuesday, Leonard Morgan Eppard, Jr., 30, of Washington, pleaded guilty to two counts of dfcgravated sexual battery and two counts qf sodomy. His victim was a ten year-old boy.

Judge Carleton Penn sentenced Mr. Eppard to 40 years in the Vir

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