Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 10, 1995 TAG: 9503100080
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
RICHMOND - Gov. George Allen issued an executive order Thursday creating a commission to recommend a plan for combating juvenile crime.
Attorney General Jim Gilmore will head the 31-member Governor's Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform, which will make recommendations by December.
The task force also includes crime victims, experts on juvenile crime, educators, law enforcement professionals and legislators.
``The crime that Virginians fear every day is being committed in ever-increasing numbers by offenders who are under the age of 18,'' Allen said in a news release. ``The juvenile criminal is no longer stealing hubcaps or spray-painting graffiti - he is killing, robbing and maiming innocent, law-abiding men and women throughout Virginia.''
- Associated Press
College to build pharmacy school
WINCHESTER - Shenandoah University will build the state's second pharmacy school.
Joel Stegall, the school's vice president for academic affairs, told The Winchester Star that classes should begin in the fall of 1996.
- Associated Press
Student, 14, admits school gun charges
LYNCHBURG - A 14-year-old Heritage High School freshman who brought a gun to school pleaded guilty Wednesday to two firearm charges.
The boy, who was not identified, brought the gun to school on Feb. 20. During a late-morning math class, he reached into his backpack and the gun discharged. The bullet ricocheted off several chairs before grazing another student in the ankle, causing only a bruise.
The boy pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm on school property, a felony, and reckless handling of a firearm, a misdemeanor. He will be sentenced April 5.
The teen also may face a 180-day suspension or expulsion, school officials said.
Associated Press
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