
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 9, 1991                   TAG: 9104090577
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: EVENING 
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BOY, 15, CONVICTED IN BREAK-IN

A 15-year-old boy who was shot in the head last fall as he tried to climb through the window of Southeast Roanoke home was convicted Monday of attempted breaking and entering.

The youth, who is not being identified because of his age, was in Roanoke Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court for that and two other larceny offenses, according to Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Vaso Tahmin.

Substitute Judge Pat Doherty ordered the youth to spend an indefinite time in a state facility for juvenile offenders.

The 15-year-old was shot the night of Oct. 3 as he tried to break into a home on Stewart Avenue. Authorities have said he apparently was shot with a gun he had intended to steal. The resident who fired the shot was not charged.

The youth spent several days in critical condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

Since the incident, the youth has been charged with breaking into a garage in February and stealing more than 60 cassette tapes from a car parked inside, Tahmin said. The youth was convicted of that charge Monday and also sentenced for a third grand larceny and breaking and entering offense.

by CNB