UPDATE: Nelson County Manhunt Suspended Without Arrests

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Updated: 7:07 PM Dec 2, 2010 UPDATE: Nelson County Manhunt Suspended Without Arrests The manhunt for two men who fled after being pulled over by a Virginia State Police cruiser on Route 151 in Afton was suspended shortly after 1pm Thursday afternoon. The suspects had not been apprehended. Posted: 11:10 AM Dec 2, 2010 Reporter: Ruth Showalter Email Address: ruth.showalter@newsplex.com

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December 2, 2010

The manhunt for two men who fled after being pulled over by a Virginia State Police cruiser on Route 151 in Afton was suspended shortly after 1pm Thursday afternoon. While the suspects have not been apprehended, VSP Spokesperson Corinne Geller says there is no reason to believe the two males pose any danger to the public.

Rockfish River Elementary School was placed under lockdown and Sheriff David Brooks says deputies will remain at the school until children leave for the day.

Geller says the search began after a Virginia State Police Trooper attempted to stop a red 1980 Ford pickup truck along Route 151 near Route 784 in Nelson County around 9:30am Thursday morning for an expired inspection sticker. Once the trooper activated his lights, the pickup truck pulled up into a private driveway, and the driver and a passenger fled on foot. A second passenger remained with the pickup truck and was detained for questioning. He was cited for failure to wear a seatbelt and then released.

Police say the truck rolled backward into the State cruiser when the driver bailed from the vehicle. The trooper was not injured and the cruiser suffered minor damages. Alcohol and a small amount of marijuana were found inside the pickup truck.

Nelson County authorities used tracking dogs and a police helicopter to search for two suspects who ran into a field and disappeared from sight.

State Police are following up on leads to confirm the identity of the two suspects. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Virginia State Police Appomattox Division at 434-352-7128.

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Posted by: D/A on Dec 4, 2010 at 02:37 PM

The one guy did not run and I guess so the ST just could not help himself by giving the man a citation. Another guilty by association but was not charged with MJ or Alchol. I would like to know why because there was our neighbors son that the mother could not pick up her son and ask one of his friends to pick him up. They did ! mile from his work the vehicle was pulled over all had there seat belts on everything leagal there was a sandwich bag on the console in plain view the officer ask to search the vehicl in the sandwich bag was 1 seed and a little tiny stem the 2 in the front seat were charged for possesion there court appointed attorney did jack for either no records against either but now shows a posession charge We have written to the Governor and have help to over turn this verdict. Let you know how this turns out.

Posted by: tad on Dec 3, 2010 at 05:16 AM

Prior articles said they were pulled over for a dead tag or something small like that---and they took off for the woods. Probably knew that cops in other areas wanted them and they didn't want to hang around for the computer check. These cops take really big risks nowadays when they pull someone over, especially when there is one cop and 3 or 4 lowlifes in the stopped vehicle. Plus if the vehicle is stolen but hasn't been reported as such yet the computer search won't tell the cop what he needs to know.

Posted by: rick Location: albemarle on Dec 2, 2010 at 10:01 PM

I don't think you can be pulled over for seat belts.

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