One injured in house fire in Richmond's West End
One person was injured in a fire that damaged a house in the city's West End late Wednesday morning.
Authorities said the victim, a man in his early 30s, was taken to VCU Medical Center to be treated for what were believed to be smoke-related injuries that were not life-threatening.
The fire was discovered about 11:20 a.m. at a two-story brick colonial in the 4400 block of West Franklin Street.
The first firefighters on scene encountered heavy smoke coming from the rear of the house as well as its basement.
Richmond Fire & EMS Lt. Robbie Hagaman said the fire was confined to the basement, where the victim apparently lives. The cause was not immediately known.
Man in hospital after car crashes into house
A 33-year-old man was flown to the hospital Tuesday morning after a car crashed into a house, according to a news release from Radford police.
Police arrived at the house at 5:16 a.m. to find Timothy Houston Miller of Barren Springs trapped in the car. He was taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where his condition was not available. Damage to the house was estimated at $15,000.
Investigators with Radford, Montgomery County, Christiansburg and the Blue Ridge Crash team are looking into the incident, according to the release.
Woman pleads guilty in murder-for-hire plot
A Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to kill a woman she described as her boyfriend's mistress.
Ann Jenene Cinnamon, 41, of Sterling entered the guilty plea Wednesday in federal court in Alexandria. Cinnamon faces up to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced in May.
Three men facing prison terms in drug case
Three men who hauled drugs to Hampton Roads in tractor trailers are facing long prison terms.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that they distributed thousands of pounds of marijuana and dozens of kilograms of cocaine.
On Tuesday, David A. Wheeler, 45, of Houston was sentenced in federal court in Norfolk to 21 years and eight months in prison. One day earlier, Samuel Lloyd, 49, of Stone Mountain, Ga., was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Another co-conspirator, Earl R. Fuller Jr., 49, of Virginia Beach, has already been sentenced to life in prison. He received a mandatory life term primarily because of his criminal record.
South African faces charges in sexual assaults
A South African man who police say sexually assaulted multiple women in Virginia Beach and the Outer Banks between 2003 and 2006 has been brought to the U.S. to face charges.
Police say Lesiba Simon Matsoake, 37, of Johannesburg is responsible for five early-morning assaults — including at least two on beaches — in Virginia Beach; Duck, N.C.; and Kill Devil Hills, N.C.
Matsoake, who previously lived in Virginia Beach, is being held on a $2 million bond at the Dare County Detention Center in Manteo, N.C., where he faces two counts of first-degree rape.
From staff and wire reports
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