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Police &
Court Briefs
Edwards
pleads guilty in
Boutetourt County
Former basketball coach Waymond James Edwards, Jr. plead guilty December 8 in Boutetourt County to charges relating to alleged sex crimes committed against a Rappahannock County juvenile. The charges stem from incidents that occurred between Edwards and his victim while on a basketball road trip. Edwards has already been convicted of similar charges in Rappahannock County and Fauquier County. Prior to being convicted in Rappahannock, Edwards had plead Not Guilty to the Boutetourt charges and was convicted. He appealed that conviction, leading to the December 8 court proceedings at which he plead guilty. His sentencing in Boutetourt County has been continued to January 12, 2006. Edwards is currently serving a combined sentence of four years for his convictions in Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties. Hammered post office
On Thursday, December 8, Hammond Coates, 59, of Amissville threw a sledge hammer through the window of the Amissville Post Office. The Post Office was open at the time and postal workers inside were startled by the shattering glass. Coates was charged with felony destruction of Post Office Property by Lt. Connie Smith. According to the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department, it is not known at this time why Coates, who was not intoxicated at the time, threw the hammer but he was described as “uncooperative.”
Shots fired
over cattle
William Burke, 63, of Boston, has been charged with Brandishing a Firearm by Lt. Connie Smith of the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department. The charges stem from the latest in a series of incidents between Burke and one of his neighbors in a long running property dispute. On Sunday, December 4, a female neighbor was retrieving cattle that had escaped near Burke’s home when Burke spotted her from the porch of his home. Burke claims that he fired a rifle into the air in order to scare the cattle away from his property. The complainant maintains that Burke fired the weapon in her direction while yelling threats. “This thing has a history of crossing accusations,” said Sheriff Larry Sherertz of the case.
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