Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, December 3, 1994 TAG: 9412050045
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RICHARD FOSTER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Richard Jeffrey McKinney, 32, was indicted on one count of malicious wounding and a felony count of larceny. McKinney was suspected of shoplifting some electrical equipment from the Wal-Mart store in Bedford on August 6. When he was accosted by Wesley LaVanchy, a guard, he told LaVanchy he had HIV and bit him.
Assistant Bedford County Commonwealth's Attorney Joe Kuster said McKinney has agreed to take a blood test. LaVanchy has tested negative for the virus. Kuster could not say when results of McKinney's test would be complete.
McKinney was convicted on seven previous counts of grand larceny in Bedford County in 1984. He faces up to 10 years in prison on the new charges. His case will be heard Jan. 24 in Bedford County Circuit Court.
The Grand Jury also indicted Terry Calvin Myers Jr., 19, of Bedford, on one count of felonious destruction of a church cemetery.
Myers wrecked his car June 25 near Hickory Grove cemetery, as he rounded a curve near Virginia 43 and Virginia 723. He was arrested after state police responding to the accident found two tombstones near his car. Fifteen other tombstones in the cemetery had been overturned.
Myers was found guilty Oct. 31 of reckless driving as a result of the accident. His trial on the cemetery vandalism begins Jan. 11. If found guilty, he could face one to five years in prison.
by CNB