By WAYNE QUESENBERRY/Staff
Four Carroll County residents have been charged in connection with beating a father after he asked them not to curse in front of his children at a local convenience store, according to the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office. Three of the suspects are being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail in Dublin without bond.
Sheriff Doug King said 30-year-old John D. Mullins of Birchleaf told officers he had stopped to get gas at the store at Exit 24 off Interstate 77 just after midnight on July 19. The man reported some subjects were cursing nearby in the parking lot and Mullins asked them not to have such talk in front of his children, according to the sheriff.
Two of the men then attacked Mullins hitting him in the head and face, King stated. When the deputies responded to the call, they found the men were gone and the officers administered first-aid to Mullins until the rescue squad arrived, the sheriff reported.
Mullins was transported to Wythe County Community Hospital. He was then transferred to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Mullins’ condition was unavailable at press time.
King noted officers patrolled the Lead Mines Road area looking for the green Volkswagen in which the suspects were traveling. A deputy, he said, located the vehicle returning to the station and made it stop.
After questioning the four passengers, deputies charged Charles O’Bryan and Chad Robinson, both 19 and from Woodlawn, with unlawful wounding and underage possession of alcohol. Robinson also was charged with being drunken in public.
The car’s operator, Katherine Dalton, 20, of Hillsville was charged with driving under the influence – second offense in five years, driving after forfeiture of her license, possession of a cancelled driver’s license, possession of drug paraphernalia (smoking device) and possession of marijuana. She also was charged with possession of a scheduled 4 narcotic without a prescription, underage possession of alcohol and having a defective rear taillight.
Another female, 19-year-old Jordan C. Dalton of Hillsville, was charged with being drunken in public and possession of marijuana. She has been released on bond.
Katherine Dalton, O’Bryan and Robinson are being held without bond. The trial date for all four has been set for Sept. 4 at 1 p.m.
In an unrelated case, the Sheriff’s Office arrested a female fugitive from Missouri at the home of the woman’s relatives in Rural Retreat. Jeanne A. Chaney, 30, was taken into custody around 3:36 p.m. on July 17.
According to King, Chaney is wanted in Forsythe, Mo., for a parole violation. She also is wanted in Tazewell County on bad check charges.
King said Chaney is being held without bond pending extradition to Tazewell County before being returned to Missouri.
Wayne Quesenberry can be reached at 228-6611 or .
just goes to show the mentality and lack of respect todays younger generation has for their fellow man. they should treat these people singapore style and cane them in public to the point of having to be airlifted to roanoke. right after they pour salt on their wounds.
They are lucky they were not shot, as they deserved.
This is the same type of behavior going on right here in Wytheville which local law enforcement seems to be ignoring. Sad when I can’t take my children to Withers to play anymore without dealing with wanna be thugs.
I will say though that there are still far more wonderful teens/young adults out there but the bad ones stand out so that’s all we hear about.
I don’t think the cops are ignoring it, I think citizens need to take the extra step and call the police when inappropriate activity is going on. I don’t believe we can expect our police to be everywhere at once, they need to know when there is a problem. I know they have dealt with the skateboarders in the park and have issued summons for it. I think it’s sad when the public won’t help the police by letting them know when the problems occur instead of complaining days after it happens and then want something done.
The incident described in the paper shows how many young people have developed attitudes and after combing alcohol and drugs tend to go over the edge. Just recently the paper reported about an 18 year old from the Ivanhoe area who, with a cohort, assaulted an elderly man in his home to steal property. What wasn’t reported I think was the fact that the girl was the elderly man’s granddauther. That’s sad.
I just have one thing to say. I understand this may not have been your intention, but as a 24 year old mother, student and full time job holder, please don’t generalize the entire younger generation as having a bad mentality and lack of respect for their fellow man. I know there are quite a few bad apples spoiling the bunch, but please give some of us who are hard working, respectful and law abiding young adults the respect we deserve as well. Thank you.
It’s been my experience that the police don’t want to deal with teens as there is little they can do with them. If they have actually dealt with the skateboarders that’s a step in the right direction. There are one or two of them who have been in trouble with the law repeatedly and sadly they’re hanging with the kids who really aren’t bad but are learning the wrong things from the company they’re keeping.
“You kids stay off my lawn!” (old man shaking fist)
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