ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, April 23, 1996 TAG: 9604230138
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: LEWISBURG, W.VA.
SOURCE: Associated Press
MEMO: NOTE: Shorter version ran in Metro edition.
A former Virginia beauty queen was released Monday after serving seven months in Southern Regional Jail for attacking the parents of a romantic rival in Greenbrier County.
Tracy Lippard, 24, of Newport News was taken from the jail in Beckley to a hearing Monday afternoon in Greenbrier County Circuit Court in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County Prosecutor Richard Lorensen said.
At the hearing, Lippard was told she would be on probation for 30 months.
``My understanding is her mother moved to Alabama, and that's where she's going,'' Lorensen said.
Lippard's attorney, Paul Clay of Fayetteville, could not be reached for comment immediately.
``I just hope that she learned what she needed to learn and will go on from there,'' said Rodney Weikle, one of the people Lippard attacked.
Lippard, convicted in November 1994 of two counts of second-degree attempted murder and five other misdemeanors, had been sentenced to two consecutive one-year sentences last year and entered jail in September.
The judge earlier this year agreed to let her serve the terms concurrently.
During Monday's hearing, Lobban said he had meant to suspend the second year instead of having it run concurrently and had meant to add six months' probation to the 24 months she already faced. He did so Monday.
In February 1994, Lippard went to the home of Weikle, his wife, Lynn, and their daughter, Melissa. Lippard and the Weikles' daughter had been dating the same man, Todd Scott. Melissa Weikle was pregnant with Scott's child at the time.
Authorities said Lippard, who is 6 feet tall, cracked Rodney Weikle on the head with a hammer and pointed a gun at his wife. Rodney Weikle, a former Secret Service agent, put her in a headlock and disarmed her.
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