01/20/06

News 7 at Noon

CAPTION: Miners Missing


Two men are missing after a mine in
West Virginia catches fire.


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CAPTION: Fiery Rescue

A Chicago firefighter needs rescuing
HIMSELF.
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HEADLINE #3 HEADLINE #3


CAPTION: Winter Heat!

Near record highs today with showers
tomorrow. I'll have your forecast.

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GRAPHIC=News 7 at Noon Good afternoon, I'm Kimberly McBroom.


<< *CG standup Kimberly McBroom
kmcbroom@wdbj7.com


*CG 305 >>
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GRAPHIC=Murder investigation An autopsy shows a man murdered

in Old Southwest this week died of what
police call "blunt trauma."

Police also found Donald Seis on
the floor of his apartment, with a
large amount of blood all over the
bedroom and crime scene.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT


VO-NAT



*CG locator Roanoke
Tuesday Police found the body of the
44-year-old man in his apartment on
King George Avenue three days ago.

They went to check on him after
he failed to call his mother that
morning, something he did every day.

Friends and neighbors held a
candlelight vigil outside the Abinggdon
Apartments the day after he was found
dead.

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GRAPHIC=Legal Scales The verdict is in, a Lynchburg

jury has found a Forest man guilty of
murder.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT


VO-NAT 35-year-old Robert Earle Rambo

argued he shot Anthony Keith Nance in
self defense but prosecutors said the
killing was a result of an argument
over a woman. Prosecutors were pushing
for first degree murder but the jury
found him guilty of second degree

murder.
*CG locator Lynchburg (L'BURG SUPER)
@0:15 The shooting happened inside a
room at the Best Western Motel on
Candlers Mountain Road. An autopsy
showed Nance was shot in the groin,
chest and leg. Rambo is set to be
sentenced in mid-April.

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GRAPHIC=None It's becoming an all- too familiar

scene in West Virginia.

Less than three weeks after the Sago
Mine disaster, another rescue operation
is under way at a different coal mine.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Melville, WV

Two miners remain trapped after they
were unable to escape a conveyor belt
fire hundreds of feet underground.

The blaze happened at a coal mine in
Melville, about 60 miles southwest of
Charleston.

Drew Levinson has an update on the

search efforts.
WIPE TO PACKAGE WIPE WIPE WIPE

ENG#=4 (SOT FULL)


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INQ=Rescue teams



*CG locator Melville, WV


*CG 2line Doug Conaway
State Mine Safety Chief
*CG 2line Gov. Joe Manchin

(D) West Virginia



*CG standup Drew Levinson
Reporting

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Locator:Mellville, West Virginia



(NATZ)



Rescue teams began the day searching
for the missing men in the West

Virginia coal mine, but smoky
conditions and poor visibility forced
them


to shift gears.



sot: State mine safety chief Doug

Conaway (10:39:50)

"right now, we are concentrating our
efforts on fighting the fire, we

feel it is necessary at this point to
try to contain the fire."



Once the fire is under
control...rescuers will resume
searching...a huge

area that includes more than 6 miles of
tunnels.



sot: State mine safety chief Doug

Conaway (10:41:40)

"I know some areas where they are not,
now that we've examined, but

there is still a large area to search."





(MAP)



The mine, known as Alma Number One is
located in Melville---that's about


60 miles southwest of Charleston.

It all began late yesterday afternoon.
A carbon monoxide monitor went


off and 19 miners evacuated.

But with a fire blazing on a conveyer
belt, two miners were separated

from the fleeing group and were
trapped.

The missing miners are described as
young, but experienced.



West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin has
been with the families in a local

church as they wait for news.



sot: Gov. Joe Manchin/D-West Virginia


"they understand the seriousness of
what we are dealing with. we are

still very hopeful."



This accident comes on the heels of the
Sago mine tragedy where 12 men

were killed and only one rescued.

The sole survivor, Randal McCloy,
remains in the hospital in a slight

coma.

That accident is still being
investigated.

And while Governor Manchin acknowledges
Sago is still fresh in

everybody's mind...he says this is a
different scenario....and one


everyone hopes has a much better
outcome.



Drew Levinson, News 7.

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GRAPHIC=None Driving Virginia's Future is the

name of a new transportation plan
proposed today by a group of state
Senators.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Roanoke
File Tape


*CG locator Richmond
:24 Over the next four years it would
provide four- billion new dollars for
transportation maintenance and
improvements.

The plan would remove the state
sales- tax exemption on gas, encourage

tolls, and increase Virginia's vehicle
registration fee by ten- dollars.

Owners of S-U-V's would be
charged an additional ten- dollars.

The plan also calls for an
investment in rail and new transfer
stations, besides the one being planned
in Roanoke, to get more trucks off
state highways.

Southside Senator Charles Hawkins
calls it a new vision for
transportation.

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INQ=This is not the same old



*CG 2line Sen. Charles Hawkins

(R) Chatham 9:41:26 SEN. CHARLES HAWKINS/(R)

CHATHAM: THIS IS NOT THE SAME OLD SAME
OLD. THIS IS PUTTING SOMETHING IN
PLACE TO MEET THE ECONOMIES OF THIS
CENTURY AND THE POPULATIONS OF THIS
CENTURY.

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OQ=populations of this century.




VO-NAT VO-NAT


The bi- partisan plan, has been a
work in progress for many months and

included the input of citizens from
across the state.

Senators say they're not "drawing
any lines in the sand" and expect the
plan to be tweaked between now and
March eleventh when the legislature is
scheduled to recess.

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Coming up on News 7 this evening,
we'll have more on the Senate plan.

We'll also have details of
Governor Kaine's plan to fund
transportation improvements.



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GRAPHIC=Iraq As each hour passes, the tension

intensifies over the life of an
American journalist being held captive
in Iraq.

With today's deadly deadline
approaching, an Iraqi politician is
standing up for hostage Jill Carroll.

Meg Oliver has more from Washington.


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INQ=Time could be running



*CG 2line Jim Carroll
Hostage's Father
*CG standup Meg Oliver

Reporting



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TIME COULD BE RUNNING OUT FOR AMERICAN
HOSTAGE JILL CARROLL. NOW, HER

FATHER IS PLEADING FOR HER LIFE.



09.48.02



(SOT - Jim Carroll / FATHER OF HOSTAGE:

"I want to speak directly to the

men holding my daughter jill.")



HE APPEARED ON TWO MAJOR ARAB T-V
STATIONS... SAYING THAT SPARING JILL'S

LIFE, WOULD SERVE HER CAPTORS' CAUSE
MORE THAN HER DEATH.



09.48.11



(SOT - Jim Carroll / FATHER OF HOSTAGE:


"my daughter is powerless. She

does not have the ability to release
anyone, she's a reporter, and an

innocent person. Do not destroy an
innocent soul.")



HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE CALLING FOR the
28 year old's SAFE RETURN...



09.50.40 - rem3



(NATSOT - arabic)




A TOP SUNNI POLITICAN IS ALSO APPEALING
TO JILL'S CAPTORS. HE IS ADNAN

AL-DULAIMI -- THE MAN SHE WAS GOING TO
INTERVIEW, THE DAY SHE WAS

SNATCHED OFF A BAGHDAD STREET 2 weeks
ago .. JUST 300-FEET FROM HIS

OFFICE. .. WHILE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR THE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. THE

MILITANTS HOLDING JILL HOSTAGE WANT THE
U-S MILITARY TO RELEASE THE

EIGHT IRAQI WOMEN it has IN CUSTODY BY
TONIGHT... OR - THEY SAY -

THEY'LL KILL HER.

THERE'S CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUT
THAT PRISONER RELEASE... A SENIOR

IRAQI OFFICIAL SAYS, THE MILITARY IS

SCHEDULED TO RELEASE 6-JAILED

WOMEN, BUT NOT AS PART OF A BID TO WIN
JILL'S FREEDOM. THE WHITE HOUSE

SAYS -- NO PRISONERS ARE UP FOR
RELEASE, ANY TIME SOON.



(STANDUP: Meg Oliver / CBS NEWS: "as
the hostage situation unfolds --

Iraqis are facing a shifting political
landscape. The election results

are in -- and while Shiite parties have
the most seats in Parliament...

They don't have enough to rule without
reaching out to other political

parties. Meg Oliver, News 7.

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GRAPHIC=None The star witness in the Oklahoma

City bombing trials will soon be a free
man.

ENG#=4 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT



*CG locator Oklahoma, OK
April 19, 1995 Michael Fortier is being released
today after serving 10 years of a 12-

year sentence.

Fortier was convicted of having
prior knowledge of the 19- 95 bombing
that left 168 people dead.

The news of his impending release
came to victims and their families in a
form letter-- triggering mixed
reactions.

ENG#=1 (SOT FULL)
SOT FULL


INQ=If he had enough



*CG 2line Royia Grizzell
Bombing Victim


*CG 2line Michael Reyes
Bombing Victim's Son ROYIA GRIZZELL/Bombing Victim: If he @13 had enough anger in him to do something
like this i don't see how he could
reform and not have any more hatred
toward the government.

BUTT BUTT BUTT

MICHAEL REYES/Bombing Victim's Son:
You pretty much have to accept what
people in authority have said about
this situation. And I could get angry
about it, but that's not going to solve
anything.

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OQ=going to solve anything.




VO-NAT VO-NAT


Bombing mastermind Timothy McVeigh
was executed.

His co- conspirator Terry Nichols is
serving multiple life prison sentences.

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HARD MUSIC UNDER Coming up next on the newscast, an
over night fire damages a home in
Roanoke.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT


VO-NAT Also a firefighter is fortuante to

escape a giant blaze in Chicago.


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KIMBERLY ON CAM A dramatic rescue this morning in
GRAPHIC=Fire Chicago--


ENG#=1 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT



*CG locator Chicago, IL

A firefighter was battling a three-
alarm blaze, when smoke and flames shot
up at him.

He slid down the ladder-- barely
missing a ball of fire.

Fellow crew members were able to pull
him to safety.

The firefighter was taken to the
hospital with moderate burns.

Fire officials say the blaze
destroyed a restaurant, and damaged
several other businesses.

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GRAPHIC=Fire An overnight fire caused

considerable damage to a Roanoke home.

ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Roanoke

It broke out around midnight
inside the home at 1459 Varnell Avenue
in Northeast.

Firefighters say flames had
already burned through one end of the
house by the time they got there.

No one was home at the time.

Investigators don't yet know
what caused the blaze, but say it
appeared to start near a fireplace in
the living room. The fire caused
$80-thousand dollars in damage.

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GRAPHIC=None Lexington City Council has selected

a new police chief.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT


VO-NAT



*CG file File Tape

Last night council appointed
Lieutenant Steve Crowder to replace
current chief, Bruce Beard will retire
at the end of June.

Crowder is currently second in
command.

He begins his new duties July first.

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GRAPHIC=NONE Plans are moving forward to build a

new 90 million dollar regional jail in
Roanoke County.

But as Justin McLeod tells us, some
property needs to be rezoned before
construction can begin this fall.

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SOT FULL


INQ=

*CG locator Salem
File Tape
:00


*CG 2line Gerald Holt

Roanoke Co. Sheriff
:09


*CG 2line Ruth Ashworth
Roanoke Co. Resident
:36


*CG 2line Cindy Layman
Roanoke Co. Resident
:53


*CG 2line John Chambliss
Assistant Roanoke Co. Administrator
1:11


*CG standup Justin McLeod
jmcleod@wdbj7.com
1:19

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OQ=jm, news 7 <<((NAT SOUND IN THE JAIL IF YOU GOT

IT))

When we visited the Roanoke County
jail last year, overcrowding was a
major problem.

It still is.

SOT FULL 26:32 SOT FULL


INQ=We're still dealing GERALD HOLT/ROANOKE CO. SHERIFF: WE'RE

STILL DEALING WITH THE HOUSING OF
PRISONERS IN OTHER FACILITIES AS FAR

AWAY AS CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

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OQ=charlotte County So Roanoke County has joined forces

with the city of Salem as well as
Franklin and Montogmery Counties to
build a new regional jail.

You can see in these drawings what
the facility would look like.

The jail would house up to 800
inmates and be located just off Route
460 in the Dixie Caverns area.

Nearby residents have plenty of
concerns.

First up? traffic, especially on West
River Road.

SOT FULL 45:24 SOT FULL


INQ=We live RUTH ASHWORTH/ROANOKE CO. RESIDENT: WE

LIVE ON IT AND WE KNOW HOW CROWDED THAT
ROAD CAN BE. WE KNOW HOW BAD THAT ROAD
IS WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN WRECKS ON 81
HOW FAR THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP.

RUN07 (END SOT)


OQ=traffic backs up County leaders say traffic won't be

that bad because most visitors won't be
allowed at that jail.

Inmates will have to communicate with
friends and family through video
conferencing.

SOT FULL 40:33 SOT FULL



INQ=I think it's just CINDY LAYMAN: I THINK IT'S JUST SOME

FLUFF THEY WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND
APPEASE THE PEOPLE AND THEN AT THE END
SAY OOPS WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
FOR THAT.

RUN08 (END SOT)


OQ=money for that ((NAT SOUND OF THE MEETING IF YOU GOT

IT))

County leaders tried to reassure
residents at this community meeting.

Despite the concerns, there may be
very little residents can do to stop
the project.

SOT FULL 28:43 SOT FULL


INQ=The state has approved JOHN CHAMBLISS/ASSITANT COUNTY

ADMINISTRATOR: THAT STATE HAS APPROVED
THE BUSINESS PLAN AND ALSO THE PROJECT
PLAN FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF.

RUN06 (END SOT)


OQ=for the project itself




SOT FULL SOT FULL


INQ= JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: THAT'S KEY

BECAUSE THE STATE WILL PROVIDE
50-PERCENT OF THE FUNDING TO BUILD THE
JAIL. BUT THE PROPERTY MUST FIRST BE
RE-ZONED. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
WILL TAKE UP THIS ISSUE FEBRUARY 7TH
BEFORE GOING TO THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS FEBRUARY 28TH. JUSTIN
McLEOD, NEWS 7.

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OQ=JM, NEWS 7

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GRAPHIC=Accident Police say a drunk driver drove

into a house in Roanoke last night.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Roanoke

It happened just before nine
o-clock on Tenth Street, near Salem
Avenue.

Officers say 36-year-old John
Douglas Gillespie ran off the road and
into the front of the abandoned house.

Gillespie was not hurt, but
was charged with D-U-I.

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GRAPHIC=None U-S officials are investigating

a shipment of American beef to Japan

that MAY contain material at risk for
Mad Cow Disease.

ENG#=2 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT



*CG file File Tape

The discovery has caused Japan to
again put a ban on American beef
imports, just five weeks after lifting
an earlier ban.

The U-S Agriculture Secretary says
the tissue Japan found is NOT
prohibited in the American food supply,
but IS prohibited in Japan.

Extra inspectors will be sent to
every plant that exports meat

to Japan, and there will be un-
announced inspections.


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SOFT MUSIC UNDER After the break, meteorologist Leo
Hirsbrunner will let us know if the
warm weather will stick around for the
weekend.

ENG#=3 VO-NAT



VO-NAT Also we'll tell you why all of

London is talking about a surprising
visitor to the River Thames.


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GRAPHIC=None The New Year could mean a new

career for hundreds in Southwest
Virginia.

ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT



*CG locator Pulaski
File Tape More than 30 companies will be :00 hiring at a job fair next week in
Wytheville.

James Hardie is building a plant
in Pulaski and plans to hire 250

people.
*CG locator Wytheville Gatorade is coming to Wytheville File Tape this year, joining the Pepsi Bottling :10 Group, which moved in two years ago

All three companies are among
those who will be looking for workers.

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WEB PAGE FULL TAKE WEB GRAPHIC

The fair will be next Friday and
Saturday at the Wytheville Community
College at the Commons of Grayson Hall.
You can find a link to the job fair's
website on our page at WDBJ7-dot com.
Just click on websites in the news.

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GRAPHIC=None It's no fish tale--


A whale is now among London's
BIGGEST tourist sites.

ENG#=2 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT




*CG locator London, England

A whale made its way up the
river-- right past Parliament and Big
Ben.

It's believed to be a pilot whale
about 20 feet long.

A small boat's been following the
mammal to protect it from ships in the
river.

A spokesman for the British coast
guard says a whale was spotted

yesterday downstream from central
London.

He says there might be more than
one.

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On Wall Street at Noon, the DOW was
DOWN 132 points. The NASDAQ has lost
34.
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VO-NAT Will lower ticket prices mean

higher attendence for the Roanoke
Vipers?

Mike Stevens has more on the lack
of fan support coming up next.
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GRAPHIC=UVA U-V-A won its second straight

game in the A-C-C last night.

The Cavs beat North Carolina at
University Hall.

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*CG locator Charlottesville
ESPN Sean Singletary scored 18 for the :00 Cavs.

But the Heels erased a 10 point
deficit by halftime, thanks in part to
a rebound from Tyler Hansbrough.

In the second half, J-R Reynolds
had 16 points for the night.

Virginia pulled the upset 72- 68
over Carolina, improving to 3 and 2 in
the ACC.

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GRAPHIC=VIPERS The Roanoke Valley Vipers prepare

for its two- game set this weekend at
the Civic Center against Richmond.

Mike Stevens says the team hopes
to not only put big numbers on the
scoreboard, but also in the seats.

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This Season

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*CG 2line Kristin Dixon
Roanoke Valley Vipers Owner
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*CG 2line Daniel Berthiaume
Vipers Assistant Coach
1:40
*CG 2line Jim Wiley
Vipers Head Coach
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mstevens@wdbj7.com
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OQ=...NEWS 7 SPORTS." << Three months into the season -
(END SOT) the Vipers are dead last in the UHL in

attendance averaging just over 15
hundred fans a game.

It's a far cry from the hockey
heyday just ten years ago when the
Express routinely attracted 6 to 8
thousand fans for every weekend game.

The core group of loyal hockey

fans who have been on board since
Claude Piche and Pierre Paiement graced
the Civic Center ice in the 70s are
still there - but the casual fan
looking for a night of entertainment
has mysteriously disappeared.

KRISTIN DIXON/VIPERS OWNER

Dixon knew she faced an uphill
battle moving into a town where hockey
had been dead a year and on a financial
respirator before folding.

Many advertisers have stayed
away, as evidenced by the abundance of
empty spots on the dasher boards.

But Dixon insists the Vipers are
far from dead.

KRISTIN DIXON

In the past couple of weeks -
ticket prices have gone down and
attendance has gone up.

Assistant coach Daniel Berthiaume
- who starred in goal for six seasons
in Roanoke - thinks the fans could use
a little entertainment along with the
price cut - not to mention a few more
characters like John Brophy and Frank
Anzalone and Moose Morrisette.

DANIEL BERTHIAUME

JIM WILEY


Speaking of Nascar - the Vipers
are teaming up with the Martinsville
Speedway for Saturday night's game -
wearing race theme jerseys that will be
auctioned off after the game with
proceeds going to youth hockey and the
rescue mission. Mike Stevens News 7
Sports.

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GRAPHIC=Virginia Tech The Hokies have lost one of their

commitments as college football's
national signing day draws closer.

Defensive tackle Bud Thacker of
Sanford, Florida,, who verbally
committed to Tech, has now backed out.

Instead, he'll sign with Florida
State.

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*CG file 2005 Season
:00 In other Tech news, running back
Branden Ore is not enrolled in school
this semester, instead opting to
rehabilitate his surgically- repaired

shoulder at home.

The redshirt sophomore from
Chesapeake, who rushed for 647 yards
this past season, will return to
classes eligible in the fall for
preseason camp.

Ore will be in a sling for two
more weeks, and was already scheduled
to sit out spring practice.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Bradshaw
from Bluefield has had another run- in
with the law at Marshall.

The running back has been accused
of stealing another student's video
game system.

He was arrested and charged with
nighttime burglary and petty larceny.

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