WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 01/29/01

[7-Standoff]

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Roanoke County Police are holding one man in custody after a standoff. Officers say a domestic dispute continued as the husband and wife fought over a pistol and didn't end until the husband had fired a shot while police were outside.
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The wife ran from her home on Givens Tyler Road to a nearby one last night.. and that's when police were summoned.
When they arrived, the woman told them her husband was barricaded inside on the porch of their home, with a gun.
The standoff lasted about 20 minutes before the husband was taken into custody. No one was hurt.
Police say a decision on charges await the outcome of a psychiatric evaluation.
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[7-Roanoke-Fire]

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One woman is accused of arson, after residents at a Roanoke County apartment complex were evacuated after fire broke out.
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30-year-old Tara Kay Smith is charged with arson .. Investigators say Smith -
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
- set fire to a bedroom in her apartment at the (San Sues-E) San Souci complex around one yesterday afternoon. Neighbors called the fire department after seeing heavy smoke coming out of the windows and roof. It took only a few minutes for fire fighters to extinguish the blaze.
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((DAVID KILBANE: WHEN WE GOT HERE THEY HAD HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING FROM THE UPSTAIRS. WE TOOK A TEAM INSIDE AND DID A QUICK KNOCK DOWN.))
[SUPER=01-David Kilbane/Roanoke Co. Fire Chief]
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[OUT Q=quick knock down.]
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Investigators say the apartment sustained extensive heat and water damage. They say Smith lived in the two-bedroom apartment with her two children and another man. No one was home when the fire broke out. No other units were damaged.
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Investigators say they're not sure of a motive at this time.

[7-Montgomery-Fire]

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One home was destroyed in a fire in Montgomery County.
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[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.]
The fire broke out near this mobile home on Bradshaw Road yesterday afternoon. Authorities say the owner of the trailer was burning trash .. He told firefighters he left the fire unattended for a few minutes.
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((CLYDE HODGES/ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF, ELLISTON: WHEN HE CAME BACK OUT IT HAD GOTTEN INTO THE DRY GRASS, BEGAN TO SPREAD, GOT INTO THE OTHER MOBILE HOME THAT WAS JUST PARKED HERE AND IT SPREAD INTO THE WOODS.))
[SUPER=01-Clyde Hodges/Elliston Fire Department; ]
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[OUT Q=into the woods.]
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[VO-NAT]
Firefighters from Elliston and Roanoke County brought the fire under control .. No one was hurt - but investigators say the mobile home was a complete loss. There's no word on charges at this time.
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[7-Molotov-Cocktails]

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A woman walking her dog discovered three Molotov cocktails on the side of same road in Roanoke County.
Roanoke County Assistant Fire Marshal Rodney Ferguson says the woman found root-beer bottles containing gasoline and cloth in the 66-hundred block of Bradshaw Road. Authorities have NO suspects, but an investigation is underway.

[45-Robbery-Arrests]

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Franklin County investigators say they've caught four men suspected of a string of local hotel robberies.
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22-year-old Damien Lamont Hibbler, 18-year-old Marcus Purcel Johnson and 18-year-old Bryan Patrick Lowe, all from the Roanoke-Vinton area, were arrested Saturday night after allegedly robbing a Budget Host Inn in Franklin County at gunpoint. A fourth man turned himself in.
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Investigators believe the same men held up the Econo-Lodge off Interstate 81 in Daleville last weekend. Authorities say the men are suspects in other robberies in Virginia and Rockingham County, North Carolina.

[45-Red-Onion]

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Some of Washington D-C's most dangerous felons could be transferred to Red Onion prison.
They could be transferred this week.
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Up to 30 prisoners - currently being held at Lorton's maximum security prison - will be chained, cuffed and bussed to the Wise County supermax prison. Lorton's lock-up is formally shutting down, as part of the federal government's takeover of the D-C prison system.
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600 of the District's felons have been housed there .. The remaining inmates will be turned over to federal authorities Wednesday ..

[45-Superbowl-Preps]

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[GRAPHIC=Super Bowl XXXV]
The Super Bowl and food just go together. So, well before the Super Bowl kickoff, a number of restaurants planned their strategies for catering to the crowds. Kate Weidaw has more.
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[SUPER=01-Gladys Wright/Subway Manager;:23]
[SUPER=01-Todd Maxey/Pizza Delivery Man;:38 VERY QUICKLY!!!]
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((If heading out to a bar to watch the Super bowl wasn't your game plan, then you needed to make sure you had lots of food at home.

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((GLADYS WRIGHT/SUBWAY MANAGER: AT 3 O'CLOCK WE HAVE ANOTHER HUNDRED FOOT LONGS.))
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The lines at this Subway in Roanoke weren't long but the phone in orders were.

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((GLADYS WRIGHT: WE'VE DONE THIS FOR SO LONG WE HAVE IT DOWN PAT ONE OF US CHEESES, COME BACK AND MEATS, IT'S LIKE AN ASSEMBLY LINE.))
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Down the street at Dominos workers said the morning was like the calm before the storm.

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((TODD MAXEY/PIZZA DELIVERY MAN: IT GETS PRETTY HECTIC AROUND GAME TIME.))
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This is Todd Maxey's 13-th year delivering pizzas on Super bowl Sunday. He has a method to make sure the pizza is hot and fresh when it's delivered.

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((TODD MAXEY: I RUN, I HUSTLE, I RUN TO THE FRONT DOOR.))
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So while football fans are running for their Lazy Boys - delivery guys are running back for more orders .. All before kickoff. Kate Weidaw, News 7, Roanoke.))
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[8-Standoff]

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A standoff with Roanoke county police lands a man behind bars. Officers say it started with a domestic dispute between a married couple...and ended with the husband firing a shot while police were outside.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
The wife ran from her home on Givens Tyler Road to a nearby one last night.. and that's when police were summoned.
When they arrived, the woman told them her husband was barricaded inside on the porch of their home, with a gun.
The standoff lasted about 20 minutes before the husband was taken into custody. No one was hurt.
Police say a decision on charges awaits the outcome of a psychiatric evaluation.
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[8-Roanoke-Fire]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
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[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-55; 54:54]
[GRAPHIC=Arson Arrest]

Fire leads to the evacuation of residents at a Roanoke county apartment complex.
One of those residents is accused of setting the blaze.
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[VO-NAT]
30-year-old Tara Kay Smith is charged with arson .. Investigators say Smith -
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.]
- set fire to a bedroom in her apartment at the (San Sues-E) San Souci complex around one yesterday afternoon. Neighbors called the fire department after seeing heavy smoke coming out of the windows and roof. It took only a few minutes for fire fighters to extinguish the blaze.
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[SOT 13:36]
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((DAVID KILBANE: WHEN WE GOT HERE THEY HAD HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING FROM THE UPSTAIRS. WE TOOK A TEAM INSIDE AND DID A QUICK KNOCK DOWN.))
[SUPER=01-David Kilbane/Roanoke Co. Fire Chief]
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[OUT Q=quick knock down.]
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[VO-NAT]
Investigators say the apartment sustained extensive heat and water damage. They say Smith lived in the two-bedroom apartment with her two children and another man. No one was home when the fire broke out. No other units were damaged.
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Investigators say they're not sure of a motive at this time.

[8-Montgomery-Fire]

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A man's home is destroyed after a fire in Montgomery county.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.]
The fire broke out near this mobile home on Bradshaw Road yesterday afternoon. Authorities say the owner of the trailer was burning trash .. He told firefighters he left the fire unattended for a few minutes.
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[IN Q=When he came...]
((CLYDE HODGES/ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF, ELLISTON: WHEN HE CAME BACK OUT IT HAD GOTTEN INTO THE DRY GRASS, BEGAN TO SPREAD, GOT INTO THE OTHER MOBILE HOME THAT WAS JUST PARKED HERE AND IT SPREAD INTO THE WOODS.))
[SUPER=01-Clyde Hodges/Elliston Fire Department; ]
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[OUT Q=into the woods.]
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[VO-NAT]
Firefighters from Elliston and Roanoke County brought the fire under control .. No one was hurt - but investigators say the mobile home was a complete loss. There's no word on charges at this time.
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[8-Molotov-Cocktails]

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On the SAME road in ROANOKE county, a woman finds three Molotov Cocktails while walking her dog.
Roanoke County Assistant Fire Marshal Rodney Ferguson says the woman found root-beer bottles containing gasoline and cloth in the 66-hundred block of Bradshaw Road. Authorities are investigating, and don't believe fire is related.