[7-11Walton]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=03-21 TC50:31]
[GRAPHIC=PErcy Walton]
A federal judge makes a ruling on a capital case out of Danville, but the case is far from closed.
Judge Sam Wilson said yesterday that death row inmate Percy Levar Walton is not mentally retarded, but he may not be competent to be executed.
Walton was sentenced to death for the 1996 murders of an elderly couple and a neighbor.
The judge agreed to hear evidence to sort out whether
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Danville/File Tape]
Walton is capable of understanding the nature of the death penalty.
Walton had chosen to die in the electric chair, rather than by lethal injection... a decision HIS attorneys believe confirms his incompetence.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
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The state maintains Walton "clearly understands that he is to be executed because he was convicted of murder."
No date has been set for the hearing.
[7-AM-Residents-Hours]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=jus]
[TAPE#=03-]
[GRAPHIC=none]
New regulations are putting restrictions on the hours that hospital residents have to work.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
It's common for residents to work more than a 100 hours a week.
New regulations now cap their work week at 80 hours and no more than 24 straight hours.
Carilion has been working for months to implement the new rules for its hundred or so residents.
Roanoke Memorial's chief resident believes the changes will have both positive and negative effects.
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[SOT 14:32:39]
[IN Q=I think it's going to be]
((KELLY STACY/CHIEF RESIDENT: I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO TRYING TO GET AS MUCH EDUCATION IN WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY HOURS, YOU TRY TO SEE AS MANY AS PATIENTS AS WHAT RESIDENCY IS ALL ABOUT IS SEEING PATIENTS, THE MORE PATIENTS YOU SEE THE MORE YOU'LL LEARN, SOMETIMES YOU GOING TO HAVE LITTLE BIT LESS PATIENT INTERACTION.))
[SUPER=01-Kelly Stacy/Chief Resident;]
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[OUT Q=patient interaction]
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[VO-NAT]
The changes could also lead to higher costs for hospitals.
Since residents will be working fewer hours, someone will have to pick up the slack.
Roanoke Memorial for example plans to have its attendees work more.
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[7-11Shoreline-Plan]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Beginning today, residents can review American Electric Power's new shoreline management plan.
It's just a first draft, but it will eventually govern how the shorelines along Smith Mountain Lake and Leesville Lake are developed.
A-E-P is taking public comments on the plan until August 15th.
You can see it at a variety of locations, including the Smith Mountain Lake Visitors Center, the Bedford and Franklin County Planning Departments and at libraries in Bedford, Franklin, and Pittsylvania Counties.
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You can also check it out by going to our website at wdbj7.com and clicking on Websites in the News.
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[45-11Shell]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=03-25 TC51:22]
[GRAPHIC=Robert Shell]
A Radford photographer charged in connection with the death of one of his models will no longer be behind bars.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Radford;]
Robert Shell was granted 50-thousand dollars bond and placed on house arrest yesterday.
The 56-year-old is in jail on sex charges, in connection with the death of 19-year-old Marion Franklin of North Carolina.
Shell is accused of drugging Franklin, who was found dead in his studio June 3rd.
Prosecutors say they are still waiting on an autopsy report before deciding if they will charge Shell with homicide.
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[45-11Interstate-Shooting]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=mjo]
[TAPE#=03-17 TC1:19:09]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A bullet abruptly ended a day trip with her boyfriend, but a Franklin County woman says she's just glad it didn't take her life.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
19-year-old Kimberly Bede (Bee-dee) is back at home near Scruggs, recovering from a gunshot wound to her pelvis.
[SUPER=03-Cocke Co., TN/Last Wednesday;]
Last week, Bede was shot on a Tennessee interstate as she rode in a car with her boyfriend.
The man in a truck behind them was shot in the head and killed.
[SUPER=03-Cocke Co., TN/Friday;]
Two teenage stepbrothers, ages 13 and 15, have been charged with the shootings.
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[SOT 17:42:57]
[IN Q=We were]
((KIM BEDE: WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD LISTENING TO OUR MUSIC AND JUST DRIVING AND TALKING AND CARRYING ON. AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW THERE WAS A BULLET IN ME.))
[SUPER=01-Kim Bede/Shooting Victim;]
[RUNS=:10]
[OUT Q=bullet in me.]
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[VO-NAT]
Bede has eight bullet fragments still in her body and may need surgery.
But she says she just feels lucky to be alive.
She plans to testify when the teenagers are tried on the charges later this summer.
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[45-11Giles-Training]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=myr]
[TAPE#=03-18 TC1:55:10]
[GRAPHIC=None]
If the unthinkable was to happen in Giles County High School, officials will be well prepared.
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[NATS @ 33:21 Shots fired!"]
((NAT GUNSHOT AND SCREAM))
[SUPER=03-Giles Co.;]
[RUNS=03]
[OUTQ=NAT GUNSHOT AND SCREAM]
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[VO-NAT]
What you just saw wasn't real, it was a TRAINING exercise for police to learn what to do in a school shooting.
About 50-law enforcement officers, students and school administrators took part in the exercise, which officials say can sometimes get a little scary.
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[IN Q=it's like a combat]
((RANDY FERRELL/NEW RIVER POLICE ACADEMY: IT'S LIKE A COMBAT SITUATION THE LIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE OFF, THE FIRE ALARM IS GOING TO BE GOING OFF THE SMOKE DETECTORS THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM KIDS GOING BE RUNNING SCREAMING TRYING TO FIND HELP 58))
[SUPER=01-Randy Ferrell/New River Police Academy;]
[RUNS=11]
[OUT Q=trying to find help.]
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[VO-NAT]
Officials say they hope the training will never be put to use, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
The New River Police Academy conducts the training each summer to about 15 agencies throughout the valley.
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[8-11City-Schools]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=03-]
[GRAPHIC=None]
A team will visit Roanoke City Schools to review their procedures for reporting incidents of discipline, crime and violence next week- though state education officials say it's not an official audit.
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[VO-NAT]
Superintendent Wayne Harris requested the review, and members of the team will interview him on Monday.
They'll also talk with others including school administrators, central office staff, and resource officers.
Education Department Spokesman Charles Pyle says the visit should produce a report and recommendations.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=The reporting requirements]
((THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DATA REGARDING DISCIPLINE CRIME AND VIOLENCE CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR WITH CHANGES IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, SO THERE IS A LOT TO KEEP UP WITH. WE'VE TRIED TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS ON OUR END AND OUR GOAL HERE IS TO HELP ROANOKE IMPROVE THE PROCESS ON ITS END SO THE END RESULT IS MORE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE DATA.))
[SUPER=01-Charles Pyle/Education Department Spokesman;]
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[OUT Q=more accurate and reliable data.]
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[VO-NAT]
Meanwhile, members of Roanoke City Council say they expect to discuss the recent reassignment of School Resource officer Butch Lewis when they meet next week.
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[8-11Missing-Girl]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=ssm]
[TAPE#=502-12 1:40:08]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Some quick-thinking hair stylists helped nab a man who police say was on the run with a 14-year-old girl.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg]
Monday afternoon, the man brought the girl into the Shear Perfection shop on Wards Road to get her hair dyed and nails done.
The pair's suspicious behavior alerted several employees who then called the police.
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[SOT 13:43:07]
[IN Q=And then the]
((ANDREA RUCKER/NAIL STYLIST: AND THEN THE COPS CAME IN AND HE TOLD THE COPS THAT THAT WAS HIS FIANCE AND SHE WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I'M HOLDING HER HAND, POLISHING HER NAILS, SHE TOLD THE COPS ANOTHER STORY, SHE SAID IT'S A FRIEND. AND THAT WOULD RAISE AN EYEBROW FOR ANYBODY.))
[SUPER=01-Andrea Rucker/Nail Stylist]
[RUNS=13]
[OUT Q=an eyebrow for anybody.]
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[VO-NAT]
Police say the girl.. Jennifer Lynn Hudgins.. has been missing from the Tampa, Florida area since June 6th.
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[ANCHOR=None]
39-year-old Charles Benjamin Twyford has been charged with carnal knowledge of a child 13 to 15 years old.
[8-11Snow-Leopards]
[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=cutin]
[WRITER=eki]
[TAPE#=03-13 TC2:03:53]
[GRAPHIC=None]
The Mill Mountain Zoo is getting a lot of surprises.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
The female snow leopard Tasha unexpectedly gave birth to two cubs a week ago. She's now feeling less protective of her little ones.
The zoo's curator says even for a leopard being a parent is easier the second time around.
The male and female cubs are healthy and gaining weight.
Delighted zoo keepers say the public can enjoy them too in August when they go on display.
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by SS