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Chester Brown, Bill Fletcher Cases move forward | Crime & dishes

Chester Brown, Bill Fletcher Cases move forward | Crime & dishes

Castleton you get almost five years for cannon theft

From a classroom in the Lunenburg Correctional Center in Victoria, Virginia, the 64-year-old murderer Chester Brown appeared on Tuesday with video calls in Rappahannock Court Court for a less than three-minute hearing-a lawyer, Ryan Rakness, to remind Brown, so as not to discuss Brown to discuss the case.

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Ireland Hayes is a reporter of the Foothill Forum, an independent, non -profit non -profit organization, which tackles the need for detailed research and reporting on questions from the County County in Rappahannock. Find out more about foothills Here.