Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 26, 1993 TAG: 9301260098
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: By KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
GRAND JURY TO HEAR CHARGES OF SHOOTING MOTORIST IN PULASKI
Charges against two men accused of shooting a motorist as he drove near Fairlawn were certified to a Pulaski County grand jury Monday by a General District Court judge.Christopher Dane McGlothlin, 18, of Bertha Street, and David Allen Lawson, 21, of Bob White Boulevard, face charges of maliciously wounding Curtis Clayton Sifford, 58, of Highland Road.
The two men also face charges of shooting into an occupied vehicle and using a firearm to commit a felony.
Sifford was shot in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun, authorities said. He was shot near the Dogwood Lodge as he drove toward Radford to his job at the Lynchburg Foundry about 4:10 a.m.
McGlothlin and Lawson did not know Sifford and there was no apparent motive for the shooting, the county sheriff's office said in November.
Monday, McGlothlin waived preliminary hearing and the charges against him were sent on to the grand jury. He is being held in the Pulaski County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.
Judge Ed Turner certified the charges against Lawson after a brief preliminary hearing. He also is being held in the Pulaski County Jail in lieu of $500,000.
The grand jury meets Feb. 16.
In November, the sheriff's office said Sifford had left the Hardee's parking lot in Dublin after getting a cup of hot tea when he noticed he was being followed on U.S. 11 by an old pickup truck. Near Dogwood Lodge, the truck - occupied by two people - pulled into the passing lane beside Sifford's truck. A shot was fired, striking Sifford's left cheek and exiting the right cheek. Sifford drove until he reached McDonald's in Fairlawn, where he was able to flag down a co-worker who took him to Radford Community Hospital.