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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. - Hunt Harris has spent the past two months agonizing over an armed robbery he said he didn’t commit. That anguish likely began to subside Thursday after a preliminary hearing in Spotsylvania County.
The proceeding lasted all of 10 seconds as Spotsylvania County Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Thomas Shaia declared the prosecution would not pursue the felony charges against the longtime Rappahannock County resident.
The judge immediately granted the request and - without a word from Harris or his attorney, Blair Howard - the hearing was over.
The quick proceeding brought some closure to a saga that began in November, when Harris was accused of robbing a Fredericksburg liquor store. The 54-year-old man, who has no criminal background, maintained his innocence from the outset.
“Hunt is very relieved as is his family,” Howard said after the hearing. “It has caused him a great deal of anguish.”
Howard said as soon as local residents learned he was representing Harris, his office in Warrenton was inundated with calls from people vouching for Harris’s reputation as a nonviolent environmentalist and accomplished tennis professional.
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