On Monday, December 2, the Hon. Teresa W. Carter, General
District Court Judge in the Virginia 16th Judicial Circuit, from
Orange County, accepted pleas of not guilty to trespassing, acknowledging facts
sufficient to find them guilty, from Levin White and Richard Grizzell.
A complaint filed by William L. S. Rigg, managing partner of
WLS Properties, which controls 127 acres on Manakin Road that is prominently posted with no trespassing
signs, charged that on October 4, 2019 at approximately 1:35 p.m. White and
Grizzell placed a campaign sign on the WLS land inside the tree line full view
of a no trespassing sign. The actions were recorded by a game camera.
A sentence of 25 hours of community service, to be performed
for a Goochland non-profit in the next six months, good behavior, and prohibition
from entering onto property owned by William S. Rigg and WLS Properties, or
having any contact with Rigg, was imposed by Judge Carter as the penalty for
the October 4 trespass. Defendants are
also required to pay court costs. A report confirming that the sentence requirements
have been fulfilled is to be filed in Goochland General District Court no later
than June 2, 2020.
Jeff Haislip, Fluvanna Commonwealth’s Attorney, acted as special
prosecutor.
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