Oct. 7, 2005
 
UPLAND NEWS BRIEFS: Federal Court: Timothy Dowell Sr. Re-sentenced for Crack Distribution, Kenneth Godsay Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Letter; Two Vehicles Collide on Deadly 460; Tazewell Court Has No Show for One, Probation for Another
 
Compiled By William Paine
Bluefield News Network Writer
 
Bluefield, WV (BNN) -- Timothy Dowell Sr. from Bluefield was re-sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005 in federal court to ten years and one month for distribution of crack cocaine. Dowell was convicted in June of 2004 for distributing the illegal drug in December 2003. The case came back for re-sentencing because of the Booker case that came before the US Supreme Court stipulating that Federal sentencing guidelines were not mandatory. Nevertheless, Judge Faber let the original sentence stand.
 
In Judge Faber’s court Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, Kenneth Godsay of Bluefield pled guilty to mailing a threatening letter. This is a Federal offense. He could serve up to five years in the Federal Penitentiary for this offence. Sentencing will be scheduled for early January.
 
Another Serious 460 Crash Sends Victims to VA, WV Hospitals
 
Bluefield, VA (BNN) -- Commuters in Bluefield, Va. driving home from work late Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 4, 2005 may have witnessed the frightening sight of two overturned vehicles and injured children lying in the roadway. At approximately 5:30 p.m. Bud Evans, 75, of MacDowell County West Virginia exited off Route 460 heading into Bluefield Virginia and apparently failing to heed the stop sign, crashed into a Ford Explorer driven by Eric Fipps of Bluefield, Va.
 
Fipps and his wife Buffy were driving five children home from daycare when the accident occurred.
 
A ten-year old girl who was ejected in the crash was airlifted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where she remains in guarded condition. A two-month old baby girl was also ejected when her car seat broke from its base. The baby girl was not seriously injured.
 
Bud Evans, who was driving a Chevy S-10 pickup, sustained life threatening injuries in the crash. He was airlifted to Bristol Regional Hospital where he remains in critical condition.
 
Eric and Buffy Fipps and the four other children involved in the crash sustained varying injuries, none of them life threatening. All are under observation at Saint Lukes Hospital in Bluefield.
 
Jeffrey Lynn Beavers a No-Show at Tazewell County Circuit Court
 
Tazewell, VA (BNN) -- Jeffrey Lynn Beavers who stands accused of charges of burglary, grand larceny, Breading and entering and destruction of property among others did not show up for trial to submit a plea to the Tazewell County Circuit Court this week. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
 
Karen Stanley McPherson, 40, of Mercer County did appear in Tazewell County Circuit Court to face charges of forgery, uttering and two misdemeanors. She pled no contest and the judge found her guilty. She was sentenced to four years probation for her crimes.