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Volume 57, Number 17 • April 28, 2011
Goochland man held in Crozier store holdup By Ken Odor jodor@goochland gazette.com
Goochland Sheriff ’s deputies arrested Gum Springs resident Michael Wayne Duncan, 37, last week for the April 19 robbery of Taylor’s Country Market in Crozier. Sherriff’s Office spokesman Chad Hatton said Duncan was taken into custody without incident two days later at his residence in the 3500 block of Broad Street Road. Deputies executing a search warrant recovered evidence from the Taylor’s Country Market robbery and another robbery that occurred earlier Tuesday at the Nash Mart on East Hundred Road in Chester, said Hatton. According to initial reports, he displayed what appeared to be handgun covered by a paper towel and demanded money at the Crozier store, fleeing on foot with an undisclosed amount. Surveillance photos released by the Goochland Sheriff ’s Office showed a man walking through the aisles of the Crozier store and apparently taking cash from the register. “The surveillance video was what led to his identification and arrest,” said Hatton. Chesterfield Police said that
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Duncan entered the Nash Mart in Chester and talked with clerks and browsed the store, returning later with a handgun. A store clerk wrestled with him and he fled the store on foot. Chesterfield Police also said that surveillance video aided in his identification. Hatton said Duncan has been charged with armed robbery and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He is also charged with attempted robbery and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the Chesterfield incident. Duncan was being held in Henrico County Jail without bond. He was scheduled for arraignment on Monday, April 25.
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Goochland parent Sonya Marsh has filed papers to run for the District 4 School Board seat this fall.
District 4 school board candidate has four boys in county schools By Ken Odor jodor@goochland gazette.com
Yet another school board district will have a new name on the ballot this fall, since Sonya L. Marsh declared last week she will run for the District 4 seat on the
board. With four boys in Goochland public schools, Marsh said she feels changes need to be made in the current leadership with “new and fresh voices.” Marsh said she is familiar with
the wide range of curricula in the schools, since she has one son with Autism Spectrum Disorder, who has an IEP (Individual Education Plan) and other sons in advanced
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