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

DATE: SATURDAY, March 26, 1994                   TAG: 9403300001
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: By KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Medium

TEENS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING ANIMALS TO SERVE 10 DAYS IN JUVENILE CENTER

Two teen-age boys charged with killing a dog and cow with a bow and arrow in Montgomery County last November will serve 10 days in a juvenile detention home.

The two 17-year-old boys each faced a misdemeanor charge of killing a companion animal. One of the boys also was charged with maliciously shooting livestock, a felony.

Earlier this year in Montgomery County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Judge Patrick Graybeal ruled there was sufficient evidence for a guilty finding but delayed imposing a sentence until a social history was prepared for the youths.

Thursday, the boy charged with both offenses was ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and was given 10 days to serve in the New River Valley Juvenile Detention Home.

The other boy, charged only with shooting the dog, was ordered to perform 60 hours of community service and also will have to serve 10 days at the detention home. He has appealed.

The dog, a black Labrador, was found Nov. 8 on the side of Craigs Mountain Road in the Sugar Grove area with a piece of cord wrapped around its four legs. Sheriff's investigators think the 2-year-old dog was shot in a nearby ravine and then left on the shoulder of the road. There was also some evidence that the dog may have been dragged behind a car.

The dog, which belonged to Tracie Taylor, was found a little less than a mile from its home. It had been shot in the shoulder.

The dead cow, which belonged to Luther Nolley of the 3700 block of Nolley Road - which is west of Sugar Grove - was reported dead on Nov. 6, but was likely killed the previous night. The cow was found near a creek with an arrow in its side.

Peggy Frank, an assistant commonwealth's attorney with Montgomery County, said the boys have made restitution in the amount of $150 for the dog and $500 for the cow.

The two boys also were charged in Floyd County with wounding a cow.

Wednesday, Judge J.L. Tompkins III took the Floyd charges under advisement for six months and placed both boys on supervised probation for six months.

They will also have to make restitution to the animal's owner for veterinarian bills, said Gino Williams, Floyd's commonwealth's attorney.

by CNB