An innocent plea for a drifter accused in a multi-state crime spree that left women dead in Tennessee and Virginia. He'll be tried on charges in Tennessee first before coming to Virginia. The public defender there says he needs time to prepare a possible defense of alcohol use and mental instability. The carnival worker is also accused of shooting and wounding a former girlfriend there. State Police say Georgina Burgart of Patrick Springs was thrown from a Ford Fiesta that overturned at the intersection of routes 687 and 626 around eleven- thirty.
Officers are still investigating, no other information is available.
A man was thrown from his car and lodged in a tree in an accident on the 5-81 entrance ramp in Roanoke County. Police say he ran on to the right shoulder and over-corrected, then hit a guardrail. The '83 Impala flipped several times and Thompson was thrown from the car into this tree. Thompson is in stable condition with a broken neck. And, The door is wide open if you're in the market for a high tech computer game.