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

DATE: THURSDAY, August 17, 1995                   TAG: 9508170077
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: WYTHEVILLE
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR HIGHWAY CHASE

A Dublin man must serve a year in prison on charges stemming from a highway chase almost a year ago.

Larry Linwood Barton, 32, was arrested last September after a chase in Wythe County in which his pickup truck repeatedly rammed state police vehicles trying to block Interstate 81. One trooper was slightly injured before Barton's truck wrecked near the Wythe-Pulaski county line.

He was sentenced Wednesday under a plea agreement in Wythe County Circuit Court to 13 years, with 12 years suspended.

The charges included attempted unlawful wounding of a law enforcement officer and misdemeanor destruction of police vehicles.

- PAUL DELLINGER

by CNB