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You will also find late news and sports in the bonus sections. Check it out today! STAUNTON James Dean has worked in the buy-and-sell business for a number of years, working at a pawn shop in Harrisonburg. In March, he opened his own store, the Mystery Shack at 2501 N. Augusta St. in Staun- ton.
not really much like this around Dean said of his decision to open in Staunton. He is strictly in the buy-and-sell business now, saying he do pawns at the new store. Dean specializes in guns and jewelry. He has a federal license and can do online transfers. On a recent Friday afternoon, Dean had various other items in the store also.
He had musical instruments, game sys- tems, tools, lawn equipment, a genera- tor, compact discs, televisions, glass- ware and stereo equipment, among oth- er items. I can make a little bit of money he said. The store is open Tuesdays through Fridays 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Patrick Hite is The News education reporter.
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A new buy-and-sell shop opens in Staunton James Dean owns The Mystery Shack at 2501 Augusta a buy and sell shop. PATRICK NEWS LEADER The Mystery Shack specializes in guns and jewelry Patrick Hite Staunton News Leader USA TODAY NETWORK STAUNTON Linda K. Nelson was described as a at her sentencing hearing several years ago in Staunton. embezzled $90,000 from an elderly war veteran while he was in a nursing home and promptly gambled away the entirety of the sum. Jailed following her convic- tion, the Staunton ask much of Nelson, ordering her to pay $25 per month to the victim and then to his es- tate after he died at the age of 92.
Nelson, though, has made little res- titution and only managed to fork over $300 in the last three years as her res- titution payments became sporadic, court documents allege, resulting in the arrest last week on a probation violation. The noted it only expected to recoup roughly $25,000 during expected lifespan, but her payments so far have barely made a dent in the restitution. The case against Nelson Evidence showed that Nelson had known William Floyd for about 10 years prior to her arrest in 2017. Floyd, of Staunton, served in the Air Force during the Korean War and was a Virginia High School League for 40 years. He also worked for the Unit- ed States Postal Service, according to his obituary, and was active with the Staunton-Augusta YMCA beginning in the 1980s and once served as its in- terim executive director.
Floyd died at the age of 92 in 2021. At 2017 trial, evidence showed she got ahold of the money in December 2016 and went through the entire sum in one month while Floyd, 87 at the time, was temporarily placed at Kings Daughters Community Health and Rehabilitation Center in Staunton. At the trial, Floyd Nelson told him the nursing home might make him pay out-of-pocket for his stay, and said she convinced him to write a $90,000 check that she would hold onto for safekeeping. One day after be- ing admitted, and learning his ex- penses were going to be covered, Floyd said he asked for his money back but Embezzler hit with probation violation in Staunton Brad Zinn Staunton News Leader USA TODAY NETWORK See PROBATION, Page 2A WASHINGTON President Joe Biden and the leaders of 17 other countries called Thursday for the release of hos- tages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. In a joint statement, the leaders said the fate of the hostages and the civilian population in Gaza are protected under international law.
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