Guilty of assault
charge
Teresa Love burn threat case dismissed
Teresa L. Love, 44, pled
no contest to one charge of assault in Amelia general district court Tuesday
(April 24) but a charge of threatening to burn a house was dismissed for lack of
evidence.
Mrs. Love was found guilty of the assault on Montana Jackson
and the the case was placed under advisement on condition of her good behavior
for 12 months. She was ordered to have no contact with the victim.
On the charge of threatening to burn a house, Commonwealth's
witness Jeremy Willis testified he remembered the events of the night of March
11 in the Genito Mills Estates subdivision on Genito Road (Rt. 604). He
recalled he was going from his house to an ambulance because he had been struck
with a baseball bat in the melee that occurred a little earlier. His mother left
his side to go to her car to follow the ambulance to the hospital and he heard
someone yell the threat.
There were two or three ladies in the street or on
neighboring property, but he could not tell who made the threat, he said,
claiming he was still suffering from the blow to the head.
Dinwiddie Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Kevin Hudson,
acting as special prosecutor in the melee cases because Amelia Commonwealth's
Attorney Lee Harrison once represented one of the defendants as a defense
attorney, showed Mr. Willis the written statement he made to Amelia Chief Deputy
Les Moler. Mr. Willis acknowledged that was his signature at the end of the
multi-page statement which contained the statement that he heard Mrs. Love make
the threat, but said, "I had a concussion," and could not recall making that
statement.
Corey Willis, Jeremy Willis' brother, had also earlier
identified Mrs. Love as the one who made the threat. However in court Tuesday,
Mr. Willis said he saw Mrs. Love at the scene but was, "not sure who said what."
There were three or four "girls" out there, he said.
Judge Tom Jones dismissed the case for lack of evidence.
The case against Mrs. Love on the charge of the assault on
Corey Willis, 17, was transferred to juvenile and domestic court and the case
was continued until April 30.
Also in general district court Tuesday the malicious wounding
charge against Timothy A. "Timmy" Love, 27, was not prosecuted. Mr. Hudson said,
"There is no evidence that Mr. Love laid hands on anyone."
The malicious wounding by mob case against Charles E. "Chuck"
Love, 50, was continued May 22, as was the case against his son, Richard D.
"Ricky" Love, 21, for the same charge. Johnny L. Pickens, 34, a friend of the
Love family, is also charged with malicious wounding by mob and his case was
also continued to May 22.
The case against Charles E. "Li'l Bit" Love Jr., 19, also
charged with malicious wounding by mob, was continued to May 29.