ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, March 8, 1997 TAG: 9703100046
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
MEMO: NOTE: Shorter version ran in Metro edition.
Kindergartner won't shed bad record
NEWPORT NEWS - The School Board has denied a request to remove the suspension from the record of a 5-year-old kindergarten student who brought a beeper on a field trip.
Ryan Hudson, a student at Kiln Creek Elementary School, received national attention in October when he was suspended for a day. Last month, Kim Hudson, his mother, appealed the suspension to the board.
She was recently notified that the appeal was denied.
All Newport News students are prohibited from bringing beepers to school. The maximum punishment is expulsion.
At a private hearing last month, an attorney hired by Kim Hudson argued that the beeper policy should not apply to very young students like Ryan.
School officials declined to comment. But Mary Oder, vice chairwoman of the board, said Thursday that no young students have received long-term suspensions in such cases.
``In most cases, the judgment of our administrators has been excellent,'' she said. ``I think we need to look at this on a case-by-case basis.''
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Cambodian woman kills 2 sons, self
RICHMOND - A Cambodian woman fatally shot her two sons and then killed herself in a Henrico County apartment, police said.
The father of the children, who has not been identified, returned home about 1 a.m. Friday to find their bodies, said Henrico Sgt. Bob Loving.
Neang Moeum, 32, apparently used a handgun to kill her sons before shooting herself, Loving said.
The bodies of Chhorm Kong, 10, and Daivd Kong, 6, were in the living room and the kitchen, Loving said. Police found Neang Moeum's body in her bedroom.
Neang Moeum recently was treated for a mental disorder, Loving said.
The family had been in the United States for 10 years, Loving said, and had lived at the Crestwood Apartments in Henrico for about nine months.
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Officer guilty of entering women's homes illegally
WINCHESTER - A former Winchester Police officer who prosecutors say illegally entered the homes of as many as 13 women while on duty has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of unlawful entry.
Frederick General District Judge Norman deVere Morrison suspended a two-year jail term Thursday and ordered Lt. Larry Gilhart to seek psychological treatment. Gilhart was placed on five years' unsupervised probation.
The sentence prohibits Gilhart, 45, from having any contact with his victims and requires him to surrender any lock-picking devices and surveillance equipment.
Gilhart, a Northwestern Regional Drug Task Force supervisor, resigned Jan. 22.
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