Profile for Samantha Koon

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  Huguely appeals conviction

  George Huguely was convicted in February of grand larceny and second-degree murder

  05/25/2012 8:05 PM

• UVa program for older adults grows in popularity

  “We had maybe 125 students in our first semester,” said James McGrath, OLLI’s president and CEO. Now about 1,800 adult students register for classes each year.

  05/20/2012 7:03 PM

• Local program lets inmates work to help pay court costs, fines

  “What we’re hoping to do with the inmate workforce is get these guys to come out and develop a work ethic."

  05/19/2012 8:47 PM
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  Small crowd gathers to see unveiled Huguely-Love evidence full of tears and blood

  After months of arguing and planning, the nonsensitive evidence from the area’s most publicized murder trial in years was made available to the public.

  05/15/2012 6:43 PM

• Two of four guilty in National Guard thefts sentenced

  Michael Wayne Tutwiler and James Tucker Creamer entered plea agreements with the federal government earlier this year, and were formally sentenced Monday in U.S. General District Court.

  05/14/2012 7:29 PM
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  Local lawyer receives statewide, national honors

  Abigail Turner has worked with the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville since 2006.

  05/13/2012 7:07 PM
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  Local group for ex-inmates finding its voice

  Believers & Achievers is open to both former inmates and their families.

  05/06/2012 6:40 PM
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  Love's mother sues UVa coaches, AD and the state

  “UVa and its employees, officers and agents had a duty to protect and keep the students safe,” the suit says.

  05/03/2012 7:31 PM
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  Jury recommends life after convicting Morris of shooting his then-girlfriend

  “He said ‘We’re both going to die tonight and you’re going first,’” she testified Monday.

  05/02/2012 8:43 PM
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  Morris takes the stand in shot-girlfriend trial

  “I went around to her side of the bed and held the gun out and said, ‘what’s this doing here?’” John Wesley Morris told the judge.

  05/01/2012 6:03 PM

• Girlfriend testifies that twice-convicted murderer shot her in bed

  Lisa Ann Clements, 43, testified in court Monday that her then-boyfriend, John Wesley Morris, 54, shot her.

  04/30/2012 7:15 PM

• Ex-prison guard pleads guilty to sexual contact with inmate in Fluvanna

  John Bernard Bland Jr. was originally charged with three counts of carnal knowledge of an inmate at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women

  04/27/2012 4:39 PM
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  Love's mother files $30M wrongful death suit

  Sharon Love filed the civil suit against George Huguely, the former UVa lacrosse player convicted of murdering her daughter.

  04/26/2012 4:00 PM
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  Ivy Creek barn reopens to the public

  The barn was built in the early 1930s by Conly Greer, the first black agricultural extension agent in Albemarle County.

  04/21/2012 8:19 PM

• Task force reports on efforts to reduce Central Virginia recidivism

  The task force is working on developing a “structured response system for probation violations”

  04/21/2012 7:52 PM
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  Wrongful death suit, motion for retrial likely coming in Huguely case

  An attorney representing Yeardley Love's mother came before Judge Edward Hogshire, requesting access to the case’s evidence.

  04/19/2012 9:22 PM
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  Charlottesville man sentenced in death of Cowan

  Brandon Maurice Jackson, 22, is likely responsible for the death of his friend David Lee “Gundo” Cowan, who died in a gunfight last February.

  04/17/2012 6:32 PM
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  Huguely sentencing set for Aug. 30

  Both sides will appear in court June 29 to argue the motions filed.

  04/16/2012 5:30 PM

• UVa's Innocence Project having a busy -- and possibly banner -- year

  “Several of our cases have been going on for years. Unfortunately, that’s the norm."

  04/14/2012 8:21 PM

• Dialogue on Race discussion sees overarching problems with police, education

  The proposed Task Force on Racial Disparity and Disproportionality will go before the City Council on Monday.

  04/14/2012 7:17 PM