noah's parents.. ashley white and paul thomas.. both face class six felonies of child abuse and neglect-- after they left noah and another child at home while white drove thomas to work. white originally faced a felony homicide charge-- but that was dropped in august. stephen spence/ pulaski county resident :35-:40 8:18:28 my heart went out to the developing. inside my heart i didn't know whether or not the parents are guilty and i don't have it in my heart to blame someone until the facts are proven. paul thomas is also charged with felony child abuse and neglect. his one-day bench trial is set for next month. ashley white's trial is expected to take up to five days. class six felonies are punishable by a minimum of one year.. and up to five years for each charge. eb, wsls 10. tonight... virginia tech... and the blacksburg community will remember 13-year old nicole lovell. tonight's vigil includes guest speakers... hymns... and a candlelight vigil. the middle schooler went missing from her family home late last month. her body was

she faces three charges in connection to the death of her son, noah thomas. today-- seven more jurors must be selected for the trial to begin. this comes after jury selection started yesterday morning in the pulaski courtroom. lawyers worked throughout the day... and ended up with fifteen potential jurors. about half of the people what were called in for jury duty were sent home. many stated they had already made up their minds.. and believed white was guilty. others say white must prove to them she's innocent, rather than the prosecution proving she is guilty-- as the law states must happen. after jury selection finishes today.. there will be 22-total jurors. then both the defense and prosecution will get four strikes each.. bringing the jury down to twelve members and two alternates. the remainder of the jury selection process will start at morning. the commonwealth's witnesses have been told to report to the courthouse by two o-clock this afternoon. i'm erin brookshier, wsls 10. a former bedford police officer today... after being indicted on six felonies

stemming from the death of her son noah thomas. noah's body was found in a septic w-s-l-s ten's bethany teague has been in court all day. she joins us now live outside the pulaski county courthouse. bethany ... still no jury? still no finalized jury for ashley white. this process is already taking longer than expected, as the prosecution had plans to begin presenting its case against white this afternoon. when i stepped out of court moments ago, 64 potential jurors had been brought up total between yesterday and today. 40 have been sent away. there were a number of reasons for those disqualifications, such as having relatives or friends connected to the case. but the predominant reason, which accounts for roughly half of the dismissals, was that the potential jurors already believed that ashley white is guilty or responsible on some level for noah thomas's death. white's defense team did ask for a change of venue weeks ago, because it felt that seating an impossible. the judge indicated he would rule on that after trying to seat a j

media. continues today in pulaski county for the mother of noah thomas, the boy found dead in a septic tank last year. how many people have been chosen for the jury pool so far. there are no human remains on the grounds of the greenfield plantation. how soon final preparations could be finished for moving two slave houses on that property. and in today's consumer watchdog, julie wheeler from the better business bureau will tell us who can file their income taxes for free. good morning, it's just after 5 o'clock on i'm kimberly mcbroom. i'm garrett turner. and i'm leo hirshbrunner watch for slick we'll continue to see showers today with a high near 37. we have new developments this morning in the disappearance of haven moses. according to our cbs affiliate in charlottesville, james moses the himself into police. he is accused of kidnapping his daughter, haven over the weekend, setting off a statewide amber alert. haven was found safe sunday afternoon in augusta county, where moses lives. according to that charlottesville t-v station, moses said he did what he had to do, and didn't know

she is charged in the neglect and abuse of her son, noah thomas. noah thomas was found dead in a septic tank four days after he went missing last march. >>> we have learned more tonight about a deadly motorcycle crash in lynchburg that we first told you about friday night. carter craft lost his life last night following an dealership. craft was driving in a parking lot when he lost control and entered lakeside drive. last night, the grandson of injuries. >>> in just minutes, the blacksburg community will gath to remember 13-year-old nicole nicole died last month after prosecutors say two virginia tech students plotted to slash her throat and dump her body. college avenue. that begins at 7:30. we have a crew covering the vigil, and we'll bring you more tonight on abc-13 at 11:00. >>> two injured pitbulls are recovering the lynchburg humane society and some concerned residents scooped them up in bedford county this weekend. after seeing pictures, many were wondering if they were part of a dog fighting ring. the bedford sheriff's office tells us that

noah thomas. closing arguments from both sides wrapped up around 3-30 this afternoon. as the day started... the judge denied a defense motion to after that... the defense began its case. w-s-l-s ten's bethany teague was in court all day... and says white testified... and got emotional during her time on the stand. white said ... she previously told noah not to play on the septic tank lid because she was afraid it would crack but said ... she never inspected it herself. the defense also called a health department representative to the stand. he said a childproof lid is required for the type of septic tank that was in the family's yard. the health department representative said ... the septic tank was the landlord's responsibility. white also admitted to leaving noah and his little sister home alone when taking paul thomas to work. that's because she said the kids were asleep... and she didn't want to disturb them. white also said she was on a medication at the time... to help her with her drug dependency. she says she voluntarily sought out treatment and counseling for

the mother of noah thomas is on trial. the strenuous jury selection and ... as the potential for winter weather looms ... storm team ten is tracking the latest system impacting southwest virginia. good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at seven. i'm lindsey ward. dawn is on assignment. we start out tonight with the potential for some winter weather. parts of our area have already started seeing flurries. this is video from blacksburg ... as you can see there's a dusting of snow on the sidewalks and the roads. to bring us up to speed on what we can expect ... storm team ten chief meteorologist jeff haniewich joins us now. jeff ... a strong clipper-type system started to impact the region on monday, bringing some scattered rain and snow showers. as we turn colder tonight, any leftover precipitation will be snow showers. that said, tonight, the precipitation should be pretty isolated in nature, with again tomorrow in the mountains. tonight: mostly cloudy with snow showers possible, especially in the mountains. pretty cold with lows in the upper 20s.

prosecution is alleging two of ashley white's child abuse and neglect crimes occurred when she left noah thomas and his six month old baby sister home the children's father, paul thomas, to work. the third offense occurred when she fell asleep after returning home that morning, leaving noah unattended. that's when the prosecution says he ultimately died. the defense is arguing that falling asleep in your home is not a crime. ashley white cried multiple times in court today, specifically when her neighbor took the stand and talked about how noah loved to ride his bicycle and play basketball, and that he always enjoyed being outside. the defense's witnesses have been instructed to report to prosecution is expected to rest its case friday. in pulaski bethany teague wsls 10. state police are searching for an armed teen they say lead them on the hospital. it started on route 2-20 in boones mill last night. to stop and eventually lost control of the car... crashed... and caught fire. all four passengers were taken now... police k-9s and the state aviation team are searching for the driver... who ran

a major change in direction this morning in the trial against the mother of noah thomas. the decision made by a judge.. and what it means for the case against ashley white moving forward. # political parties for better or for worse, are not the power that they used to be the race for roanoke city council heats up. why experts say we're seeing a big increase in candidates.### good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on wsls 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? for counties boarding west va. & our west va. counties.scatt ered flurries for most areas .highs in the lower 30s thursday: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 20s friday: increasing clouds with highs in the middle 30s.late-day & overnight light snow showers possible saturday: morning & early afternoon light snow showers possible.late- day clearing with highs in the lower 30s sunday valentine's day : mostly sunny with highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s monday: wintry mix possible with highs in the middle 30s

noah thomas .. last year. wsls 10's bethany teague follows up. it's a case that has gripped the pulaski county community since day one.. when hundreds volunteered to search for 5- year-old noah thomas. countless people mourned when his body was found in his family's septic tank. fast forward ten months to the start of his mom.. ashley white's.. trial. that emotion from the community.. caused judge bradley finch to make a rare decision. jack call, radford university - :26-:29 saying the same kind of thing, he decided that he wasn't going to be able to get 12 impartial jurors in pulaski county." finch granted the change of venue request from the defense.. something attorneys say has only happened in pulaski county twice in the last 50 years. roughly 60 percent of the potential jurors questioned were disqualified. finch said after hearing comments from jurors like "we've all heard about it" and "this case is common knowledge" .. he felt a jury trial should happen elsewhere. but just moments later.. the prosecution withdrew its request for a jury tri

-year-old ashley white entered a not guilty plea to felony charges relating to her two children noah thomas and his baby sister, abigail. noah was found dead in a septic tank outside his home last march. suri crowe stepped out of the court room in pulaski where they are working to pick the jury noware working to pick the jury now. >> reporter: that's right, danner. this is ongoing -- [inaudible] -- >> danner: obviously having some audio difficulties. jury selection started this morning and has been going slow ever since then. prosecutors and defense attorneys have been going back and forth in the jury selection trying to see the a 12 jury panel with two alternates. media exposure which we have been covering. defense attorney kelsey bu lger says questioning potential jurors about their ability to be impartial with what they have read and heard about noah thomas and his family. most of the potential jurors admitted that they had heard something about the case, but several of them said they would be able to put their biases aside. still at this hour, the defense has more jurors struck than sea

white is the mother of little noah thomas found dead in a septic tank after being missing for four days. suri crowe is just now out country court house and tell us more about the judge's decisionmore about the judge's decision. >> reporter: noreen, a long day in court but pulaski circuit court judge bradley cinch found white guilty on all three felony counts including the most serious class 4 count which prosecutors argued was the knowledge that harm or serious injury and in this case the death of little noah thomas can come to ashley white's son. in his decision, judge finch said the own testimony at times was not credible and found the conditions in the mobile home the children were being raised in were deplorable and filthy, full of cigarette butts and smoke. says the prosecution's evidence that the 6-month-old with a respiratory illness was being raised in that trailer demonstrated neglect. probably the most damaging white knew the back yard where noah loved to play was, quote, a disaster waiting to happen to any reasonable person would have considered are likely to result in injury

the mother of 5-year-old noah thomas whose body was found in he went missing faces four felony and child neglect charges. our suri crowe has just stepped out of the court room and has the latest development. >> reporter: danner, so far today prosecutors have called 12 witnesses to the stand, including the assistant medical examiner who testified that noah died of drowning with hypothermia as a contributing dues his death. prosecutors painted a picture of an unkempt home littered cigarette butts. several investigators were called to the stand including two fbi agents that testified that the cigarette smoke was so thick inside the trail we are little noah thomas lived, when they atrivd search for the little boy, two of the agents on the them a to wear filtration masks. put a of the investigator's testimony included white explaining to them that white's baby sister wore a nebulizer for breathing issues. a lead fbi agent admitted that white said her official story she took noah and baby abigail to take her father paul thomas to work was not true. pros cueers introduced evidence of what they

the 31-year-old is charged with abuse and neglect in her 5-year-old son noah thomas's death last march. it has been an arduous back and forth between prosecutors and defense council all day long as they went through jury selection and seem to be brewing a close. at issue is the defense's allegation that it is impossible white's public defenderwhite's public defender has been able to strike more than several people from the jury pool based on their connection to white's family and their admissions that they had formed opinions about ashley white and or had ties to noah thomas himself. meanwhile, prosecutors have been frustrated with the process to see the a jury, but judge bradley finch just now he is moving in an abundance of caution to make sure that white receives a fair trial. he has granted the majority of the defense's motion. they have right now settled on 25 suitable jurors. we will continue to bring updates on this case as it moves forward. >>> well, this is a live look from our v dot cameras tonight. we will show that in just a moment. light snow has fallen today in the new ri

if they've liked or shared any posts about noah thomas. she's specifically asking if any of them have read comments or commented themselves on posts about thomas' if any of them have formed an oppinion from what they've read or saw from media coverage, or if they're familiar with any of the witnesses they are automatically disqualified. white is charged with child abuse and neglect of thomas and his infant sister after investigators say she and paul thomas left the children alone at their home. her lawyers insist it is impossible to seat a jury in pulaski county because so many people know about the case. the judge has criticized her lawyers for asking too detailed questions to the potential jurors. live in pulai, justin ward, wdbj7 new at five: a campbell county principal is apologizing for making a comment that went viral this weekend on social media. parents contacted wdbj-7 after seeing a message on the principal's personal facebook page. tonight, the school superintendent is responding. wdbj7's tim saunders is live in our lynchburg bed

20 jurors had either fixed couldn't be impartial. 11 had been active on social media regarding noah thomas and the case against his mom.. ashley white. six personally knew noah.. or had helped search for him last year. and eight felt that white should be charged with murder.. not just child abuse.. or that she should be required to prove her innocence. however.. after this decision.. the prosecution asked for a bench trial rather than a jury trial elsewhere. in a move that surprised some.. the defense agreed to this. we spoke to a criminal justice expert at radford university who says judge finch's decision to change the venue could have influenced the defense's choice to let him decide white's fate. jack call, radford university 1:08- 1:11 "one of the reasons the defense might be willing to attorney perceives judge finch as a very fair-minded person. if she had a different judge, she might not perceive it that way and may not be willing to give up the jury right." white's bench trial will start tomorrow morning at nine. in the nrv newsroom bethany teague wsls 10. noah's father... paul tho

she is the mother of noah thomas, the five year old boy who was found dead in a septic tank last march after a weeklong search. this is new video of her leaving the pulaski county courthouse after more than six hours of jury questioning. today her lawyer, kelsey bulger, asked dozens of potential jurors about their facebook usage, if they have liked, shared, or commented on anything related to the death of noah thomas, and if they know any of the witnesses. the judge and asked dozens of questions. so far 15 people have been selected jurors. seven more will be selected tomorrow. virginia authorities are still looking for the man who took his weekend, setting off alert. three-year-old haven moses was believed to be in extreme danger after she was abducted yesterday by her father, james moses the third. haven was found afternoon in augusta county, where moses lives. information on his whereabouts should call police. andthis is one of those weather evenings where v god is prepared but the snow is not really developing snow showers are all part of the set up in the weather service keeps thei

we're learning new details in the death of noah thomas. the trial for his mother, ashley white, continues this morning. she's accused of child abuse and neglect and admits she left noah and his infant sister home alone when he disappeared in march. he was later found dead in a septic tank. here's wdbj7's justin ward with something not made public before: ritter from the pulaski county sheriff's office ashley white said it should have been bolted, saying "looking back on all the things i should have done, but didn't." ritter said in court thursday he interviewed white and her boyfriend paul thomas twice after noah was found dead. he was one of 12 witnesses giving the judge a more detailed account of what happened the day noah was first reported missing on march 22nd. when investigators arrived, an f-b-i agent said cigarette smoke poured out of the home - some investigators had to wear masks because of the smell. a picture of a closet inside the home showed what another law enforcement witness said was consistant with an indoor marijuana grow

both times when one of the potential discussion they've had with someone who knew noah thomas - or a special way that person honored noah after his death. white is charged with child abuse and neglect of noah and her infant daughter. noah was the five year old son of white who was found in a septic tank near his home last year. the biggest controversy today has been around the wording of a single question asked by white's attorney. that question is "do you think a mother has a bigger responsibility than a father in raising a child just because she is the mother?" the judge and lawyers argued whether the question was confusing and agreed to add the word "should" to that question. i'll have much more on this developing story tonight at 5 and 6. live in pulaski, justin ward, wdbj7 environmental regulators in north carolina say they're fining duke energy over the 2014 coal ash spill. the department of environmental quality says the nearly 7 million dollar fine is for violations surrounding spill at the company's dan river power plant in civil penalties could be increased because this fine

ashley white guilty on all three charged on felony child abuse and neglect in the death of her son noah thomas. wsls 10's bethany teague was inside the courtroom as the judge read the verdict. bethany ... how did he reach this decision? this evening ... we're in for this evening ... we're in for some dangerously cold >>> so what happens next? when will we know what her fate is. >> they have ordered a so there's no sentence for ashley white but they have squadded it for may 16 at 1:00. she will have a presentence report with the sense inning -- sentencing guidelines, so we should know in may. >> interesting new developments still coming out today. >> got another big story. that's the dangerously cold temperatures we'll be looking at. the wind chill advisories will be kicking in. >> that, combined with scattered snow showers, even a bigger system headed our way. >> right now this is a live look at conditions off of i-64 in covington where the snow has been falling, what jeff call as clipper system coming through. jeff, what can you tell us? >> we're going to be very cold and tuesday of next week

we're learning new details in the death of noah thomas. the trial for his mother, ashley white, continues this morning. she's accused of child abuse and neglect and admits she left noah and his infant sister home alone when he disappeared in march. he was later found dead in a septic tank. wdbj7's justin ward reports something not made public before: that white saw the five- year-old previously stand on that tank. in an interview with investigator billy ritter from the pulaski county sheriff's office ashley white said it should have been bolted, saying "looking back on all the things i should have done, but didn't." ritter said in court thursday he boyfriend paul thomas twice after noah was found dead. he was one of 12 witnesses giving the judge a more detailed account of what happened the day noah was first reported missing on march 22nd. when investigators arrived, an f-b-i agent said cigarette smoke poured out of the home - some investigators had to wear masks because of the smell. a picture of a closet inside the home showed what anothe

noah and not on her. she told investigators she left to take her boyfriend, paul thomas to work the morning of march 22nd with noah and her baby inside the car. she said "i was lying the whole time." on the stand white said her baby was asleep and sick on that day and she didn't want to wake her up. she said she left noah in charge who shut and locked the doors behind her. when white returned, noah let her back in the house. she went to her bedroom to watch tv followed but later decided he wanted to watch cartoons instead. she fell asleep and woke up to her baby crying - open and noah no white testified she changed the baby's and fed her before search for noah. noah was later found inside the septic tank. no one testified as to how he ended up there. ashley white will be in pulaski, justin ward, wdbj7 newly released video shows the two people charged with killing nicole lovell being processed into jail. david eisenhauer was the first brought to the jail on january 30th following his arrest. he is first seen in his own clothes, but then changes into an orange jumpsuit. natalie keepers was brought in the ne

commonwealth attorney mike fleenor said that the first two offenses occurred when ashley white left noah thomas and his six month old sister home alone while she took the children's father, paul thomas, to work. the third offense occurred when she fell asleep after returning home, leaving noah unattended. that's when the prosecution says noah ultimately died. the defense argued in its opening statements that falling asleep in your own home is not a crime. as we know already from previous hearings, noah's cause of death was ruled to be drowning with hypothermia as a contributing factor, which means he was alive when he entered the septic tank. the prosecution has presented about half of its case so far. it showed photographic evidence that suggests marijuana was being grown inside the six- month old's room. as the defense pointed out, the drug task force witness who verified this, has never actually set foot inside the baby's room to see the evidence or verify that it was about the testimony today that caused white to break down into tears. john...? bethany there has also been talk about tobacco

white is the mother of noah thomas. he was missing for four days and was later found dead in a septic tank. in his decision, the judge said that white's own testimony was at times not credible and he found the being raised in deplorable. white will be sentenced in may. >>> martinsville police say there'll now be fewer drug activities on the street. they say they arrested 14 mid-upper level drug dealers in the area and they're expecting more airses. the special investigations units used undercover residents to expose the drug dealers. the 14 arrested have 51 charges. >>> the virginia senate approved legislation that proponents say would protect businesses and individuals that oppose same-sex marriage democrats say the measure would give such individuals and business asa -- businesses a license to discriminate against l.g.b.t. individuals. >>> there'll be two primaries in two days later this month. >> we won every single category in new hampshire. >> mark: for donald trump, it's a chance to expand. and hillary clinton nee

white is charged with child abuse and neglect in connection to the death of her son -- noah thomas. noah... was found dead in a wsls 10's bethany teague was in the courtroom all day into late this evening... and has more on what's next in this case. a pulaski county judge grants the change of venue request for ashley white, but her trial will still happen in pulaski county. vo after an hour and a half of consideration, judge bradley finch decided there was too much prejudice in pulaski county to give white a fair trial. he said 60 percent of the potential jurors were disqualified, and that is quote an extremely large percentage for any jury trial. then, the prosecution immediately withdrew its request for a jury trial, which it made last year, and requested a bench trial. the defense ultimately agreed with that. at just after 8:30 tuesday night, it was determined that judge finch will decide the bench trial will begin thursday morning at 9 o'clock. the prosecution says it believes facts are facts, that judge finch will give both sides a fair trial, and that holding a jury trial in a

county judge finds ashley white guilty of all three charges of child abuse and neglect of her son noah thomas and her infant daughter. noah was found dead in a septic tank in march afer a weeklong search. white willl remain in jail until her sentencing. wdbj7's justin ward has covered this story since last year. what was the judge's reasoning behind his decision? said this was a disaster waiting to happen. he said the combination of having, what he called, a filthy home in deplorable condition, and leaving a sick baby at home while she took her boyfriend to work wasn't evidence in her favor. white's lack of urgency on march 22nd before she reported noah missing was concerning to the judge. he said white tried to feed her baby and changed her diaper before she left to go search for noah. finch said she was aware of the problems with the septic tank behind her home. she took the stand earlier today and in her defense said she never went around the tank - explaining she had a skin condition, so she normally watched noah from the door or windows. she told the court it was a dumb move to leave her

the jury trial for the mother of noah thomas underway. she's charged with felony child abuse and neglect. her five-year-old son was found dead in a septic tank near the family's home last march. jury selection started this up to five days. his dad, paul thomas, also charged with felony child abuse neglect. his trial is set for march 9th. >>> now to another case we are following. the death of nicole level. her father sat down with dr. phil. that interview scheduled to interview -- to air on wednesday. this afternoon dr. phil joins us to discuss what came out during that interview. >> reporter: this case is drawing media attention nationwide, as you mentioned. dr. phil mcgraw spoke with her father over the weekend. if you remember, he spoke to us before suspect natalie keepers first court appearance, but a lot has come out since then. dr. phil joins us live from his studio in los angeles this afternoon. thanks for talking with us. this is such a tragic case. the death, obviously, of a 13-year-old girl. role, and two students, teen themselve

white's charges stem from her son noah thomas' death. in march... the 5 year old's body was found in a septic tank near the family home. today's hearing was dedicated to jury selection... and so far... more jurors have been sent home then seated. wsls 10's bethany teague joins us live outside the pulaski county courthouse. it is now after 5 o'clock, and jury selection is still going on as we speak. it began at nine this morning with 122 potential jurors. as of when i stepped out just a few moments ago, 24 jurors had been brought up, and 14 have been sent home. there will ultimately be 12 jurors and two alternates. according to the clerks office the judge will either seat 24 or 30 jurors. at first, he has not settled on a number yet, then let the lawyers have an equal number of strikes until they arrive at 14. the judge also indicated that he will continue as long as he needs to tonight to seat the final jury. as we reported earlier, white's defense did file a change of venue motion. the judge stated he will make a ruling on that after the attempt is

noah thomas ... was found dead in a septic tank last march. wsls 10's bethany teague was in the courtroom all day and has the latest. there is still no jury in the ashly white trial. and right now we decide if the trial will even happen in pulaski county. the jury pool was narrowed down to 25 earlier this evening. it ultimately has to be narrowed down to 12 jurors and two alternates. before that final selection process was set to begin, white's defense attorney renewed her change of venue motion that she had filed several weeks ago. the judge then decided to go back to his chambers to review his notes and the law, and we are expecting him to make his decision at any minute. we will of course keep you updated as these developments continue into this evening. in pulaski bethany teague wsls 10. a pittsylvania county woman will likely spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty to murdering her friend. wsls 10's colter anstaett was in the courtroom as christy beskin made her plea. "the victim's family has been waiting for nearly a year for the

white and 32-year-old paul thomas are accused of leaving their 5-year-old son, noah thomas, and infant daughter, abigail, home alone on march 22 of last year. noah's body was found in a septic tank near the family's home in dublin four days later. the that the boy drowned and that hypothermia contributed to his death. suri crowe is inside the courtroom and will evening. 3 3 mona tight packed schedules and sharp attacks on the campaign trail in new hampshire. less than 24 hours before the polls open in the nation's first primary in the presidential race... and candidates are pushing hard to get voters out tomorrow. kenneth moton reports. 3 the fight for new hampshire voters?nats - "...rally..." it's a non-stop day of rallies to energize supporters and town halls to lure those undecided voters. donald trump is looking for his first win.sot - donald trump / (r) presidential candidate"...." in the republican race, trump has a double digit lead. the battle for second is between iowa caucus winner ted cruz and marco rubio.sot marco rubio / (r) presidential candidate"people keep- well, the pr

white admitted leaving her five year old noah thomas and her infant alone for up to 50 minutes while she took her boyfriend to work - proving negligence, finch said. testimony revealed an abundance of smoke was present in the home too the day noah went missing. some investigators had to wear masks when they searched the home. investigators also found weed inside the home and a closet in her infant's room where white said weed was grown two years before the baby was born. finch said pictures submitted as evidence showed a filthy home in a deplorable condition. white said on the stand she first lied that morning she reported noah missing wanting the focus to be on finding noah and not on her. she told investigators she left to take her boyfriend, 22nd with noah and her baby inside the car. she said "i was lying the whole time." on the stand white said her baby was asleep and sick on that day and she didn't want to wake her up. she said she left noah in charge who shut and locked the doors behind her. when white returned, noah let her back in the house. she went to her bedroom to watch

white is the mother of noah thomas who was found dead in a septic tank last march after judge bradley finch count white guilty on three counts of felony child abuse and neglect. he said that white's own testimony at times was not credible. and he also found the conditions that the children were raised in to be deplorable. >>> police say there'll now be significantly less drug activity in the streets of martinsville. they arrested 14 mid--upper level drug dealers in that area and they say that they'll arrest more. so far the 14 arrested have a total of 51 charges and 86 indictments. >> we decided rather than doing a 2-year investigation that we would do a 4, 5 month investigation, make an arrest. and do a good job of sending the message to the drug dealers in our community that we're serious. switched their approach after learning that drug dealing is the community's number one concern. >>> shootings could happen anywhere. where we work, go to church, and school. the bedford county sheriff's office want you and your family to stay safe until their able to get to the scene. priscilla ka

white is the mother of noah thomas who was found dead in septic tank last march. she's charged with felony child abuse and neglect. so far 22 potential jurors have been struck. down to 12 jurors with two alternates. we will bring you the latest on today's jury selection tonight on wsls ten at five. ### a former bedford police officer is scheduled to being possesion of child pornography. 54-year-old brian mcalexander has been indicted by a bedford grand jury. he is being held without bond after being arrested in henry county. the southern virginia crimes against children task force investigated this case and says mcalexander was the target of an investigation centered around file sharing programs. mcalexander served more than 25 years with the bedford police department.### now to the race for the white house. voters in new hampshire headed midnight. be a record breaking day for the first presidential primary. new hampshire.### nats: cheering down but not out hillary hillary clinton / d-presidential candidate "we're going to keep working literally until the last vot

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her son, 5-year-old noah thomas, was found dead last march in a septic tank. the prosecutors said that white admitted she lied about leaving her children at home the day that noah went missing. several investigators testified that the septic tank lid was on the tank when they went to find noah. >>> at the general assembly today, several parents that lost their kids at daycares were there to help make now, those families wants fingerprint background checks for licensed daycares and a measure that would make it a felony if a home daycare provider operates illegally and it leads to the death or serious injury of a child. >> it's important for many families, especially for working parents, to have a safe and reliable place to send their children while they're at work. >> mark: in 2014, 2 children were killed in a fire at a daycare that had too many children to legally run a daycare. >> reporter: there was a bill that sought to require schoolboards to adopt a policy that make sure that restrooms and locker facilities are only their sex. >> virginia's house approved

and intentionally left them in danger the morning noah went missing when white admitted to leaving the children alone when she took their father paul thomas to work. she initially lied to investigators when they told them she took the kids with her. white told the court she lied because they wanted investigators to look for noah and knew they would focus on she told the court she had seen noah standing on top of the septic tank lid a month or two before she disappeared but she, quote, never thought for one second, and then she began crying. the defense argued while she made bad parenting decisions her acts were not willful in the intent to put harm on her children. the defense said the easy access to that septic tank lid that was not childproof. suri crowe in court right now and we will bring that you verdict as soon as it is announced. >>> new booking video released of 18-year-old david eisenhauerof 18-year-old david eisenhauer. the virginia tech student has been charged in the death of 13-year-old nicole lovell. here it is. 19-year-old natalie keepers has also been charged in the death. police say that keepers helped body in north carol

she is the mother of noah thomas, the five year old boy who was found dead in a septic tank last march after a weeklong search. this is new video of her leaving the pulaski county courthouse, after more than six hours yesterday her lawyer, kelsey bulger, asked dozens of potential facebook usage, if they have liked, shared, or commented on anything related to the death of noah thomas, and if they know any of the witnesses. the judge and prosecutors also asked dozens of questions. so far 15 people have been selected for the jury pool out of 122 potential jurors. seven more will be chosen later this morning. nicolle lovell's memory lives on in the virginia tech community and in blacksburg. dozens gathered on college avenue for a vigil last night. the street was lined with blue lights which the blacksburg mayor, middle school principal and a representative from virginia tech spoke about the community and nicole. her mother, tammy weeks, also gave a short talk saying her family is broken. nicole's middle school principal talked about how she was kind hearted, soft spoken, and that her kindn

noah thomas was found dead in a septic tank four days after he went missing last march.his mother, ashley white, entered a not guilty plea. 20 of the 22 jurors have been selected.those sides will get their discretionary strikes and the total number of 14 will be seated. suri crowe is in the courtroom evening. two lynchburg men accused of being a man to death has pleaded guilty. darrell simmons and demarcus ware arrested in august 2015. they assaulted kevin irvine in july. two weeks later, irvine died due to traumatic head injuries. simons sentencing date has been set for april.according to court records, his murder charge was dropped.>>> a big development on the story abc 13 has been following closely. north carolina environmental regulators have slapped duke energy with a hefty fine for 2014. duke energy pled guilty to months ago. duke energy said it is reviewing whether to challenge the fine. the company says water quality in the dan river return to normal quickly after the spill. >>> we now know the cause of a killed an elderly woman. it happened two weeks ago on henry street. official

white is charged in connection to the death of her 5-year old son noah thomas... who was found dead in a septic tank last march. previously, white's lawyers filed for a change of venue saying white could not possibly receive a fair trial in pulaski county. the court will try to seat a impartial jury in this case before ruling on that request. t on monday...people at virgina tech will hold a vigil to honor nicole lovell. the 13 year old's body was found last weekend. organizers say the vigil will take place in the street on college avenue between north main street and draper road. the event starts at 7:30 monday evening there will be speakers, a hymn, and a moment of silence to honor the 13 year old. organizers say their will be a limited number of candles...so they encourage people to bring their own. the deadline to apply to register to vote in the march 1st primary election is almost here. monday is the last day you can sign up. there are different ways to apply. you can sign up on the virginia department of elections website ... at a local registrar''s office o

her five-year-old son noah thomas was found dead in a septic tank four days after he went missing. in opening statements, prosecutor told the court white admitted she lied about leaving her children at home. there was a lot of discussion during testimony about the septic tank and the lid. investigators testified the lid was on the tank when they look for noah. the defense has motioned lack of evidence. the judge is considering that motion. >>> let's take a quick break and check in with melissa le fevere. it is valentines weekend.what should we know? >> melissa: everyone is going to want to bundle up. valentine's day weekend. there's a live you. clouds over liberty university right now as everybody is heading toward the lunch time hour. a quick check of your weather. we're seeing overcast skies with temperatures in the 20s. 26 in lynchburg. 29 in danville. 28 in roanoke. 28 in blacksburg and brookneal. 20 in hot springs. clouds are going to hang tough. we may see a view flurries. we have a clipper system. temperatures only making it into the 30s. as we look ahead to your valentine's

the mother of noah thomas now awaits senteincing tonight after a judge found her guilty on all three counts of child abuse and neglect. ashley white was charged following the death of her 5- year-old son last march. investigators found him dead in a septic tank. wsls 10's bethany teague explains how the judge reached his verdict. ashley white has been found guilty on all three counts of felony child abuse and neglect. those charges carry a total of 20 years in prison. the moments ago. judge bradley finch said that ashley white deliberately left her two children home alone the morning that noah went missing. he said the conditions in her trailer were deplorable. he also said ashley white confessed that she saw noah standing on top of the septic tank about a month before he died. she told him to never do that again because she was afraid he would break the lid. he said when ashley white went to sleep that morning and left her kids unattended, even though she was still with them in the home, she should have known that they she slept. commonwealth attorney mike fleenor did not want to go

ashley white's son, noah thomas, back in march. wsls 10's bethany teague joins us live outside the pulaski county courthouse. no, we do not have a jury yet. however, court is in recess until tomorrow morning. there was talk about going as long into tonight as it took to seat a final jury. as of just a few moments ago, 15 jurors have been selected. tomorrow morning, an additional seven will be selected as well. that makes a total of 22. however, both the defense and prosecution will then get four strikes each. that will bring the jury down to 12 members and two alternates. the lawyers have been working since before 11 o'clock this morning just to get the 15 that they have so far. around 50% of the potential jurors were sent home. many stated that they had already made up their minds that ashley white was guilty. others said that white must prove to them that she is innocent, rather than the prosecution proving that she is guilty, as the law states it must be. the remainder of the jury morning. the commonwealth's witnesses have been

her son, noah thomas, was found dead in a septic tank back in march. wsls 10's bethany teague was in court today .. as both sides gave opening statements and the prosecution began presenting it's evidence. she joins us live outside the pulaski county courthouse. bethany, what was ashley there are several points today one point she essentially broke down during testimony. that was when her neighbor and the stand. own." he said noah was just learning how to play basketball and everyone how much he had learned. meadows described noah as a boy who loved to be outdoors, and that "i must have put the chain on his bicycle 100 times." meadows said noah was alone most of the time when he played outside. the defense questioned the landlord on why the family's septic tank was not maintained and secured up to standard. the prosecution said while questioning a different witness that it intends to present evidence later on in the case that ashley white was taking a drug that is typically used to fight opiate addiction. that evidence has not yet been the medical exam

found her son, noah thomas. wdbj7's justin ward just stepped of out court to give us an update on what's happening inside. so far three witnesses have been questioned by lawyers, all three also testified during the preliminary hearing last year. we've heard from the assistant medical examiner, and two deputies who responded to ashley white's 9-1-1 call when noah was first reported missing on march 22nd. amy tharpe, the assistant medical examiner, said again noah died from drowning with hypothermia contributing. she couldn't confirm noah actually drowned in the septic tank where he was found dead, but said foreign material was in his lungs. she said he had three cuts on his left side that were recent and bruises on his legs. we also heard again the story white first told investigators of taking noah, her infant daughter, and the children's father, paul thomas, to work. she later told investigators the children were left at home while white and thomas left home. kelsey bulger, objected six times to pictures submit

noah thomas .. was found dead in a septic tank last march. wsls 10's bethany teague breaks down this means for the case. pulaski county circuit court judge bradley finch granted the change of venue motion for ashley white.. something that has only happened in pulaski county twice in 50 years. out of 66 potential jurors.. 41 were disqualified. finch explained that 20 jurors had fixed opinions already.. or knew they couldn't be impartial. 11 had been active on social media regarding the case. six personally knew noah.. or had helped search for him last year. eight felt that white should be charged with murder.. not just child abuse.. or that she should be required to prove her innocence. however.. after this decision.. the prosecution asked for a rather than a jury trial elsewhere. in a move that surprised some.. the defense agreed to this. we spoke to a criminal justice expert at radford university who says judge finch's initial decision to change the venue could have influenced the defense's choice to let him ultimately decide white's fate. j

what she said when noah thomas disappeared. >>> and how high school help a local nonprofit wit >>> anytime, anywhere, award-winning coverage you can count on, there is abc 13 news. >> mark: things are a lot calmer in brookneal 24 hours after that massive fire broke out at the old dan river plant. we will have more on where the firefighting efforts stand in a moment. >> first to chief meteorologist george flickinger because we have a rapidly changing forecast for the next few days. >> that's right. we are going to see a one reason two punch over the weather -- over the next few days. first we will have the cold weather for the weekend and then we will see winter precip meaning snow and sleet for early next week. right now we are looking live out over lynchburg. you may have seen some snow flurries out there today, but no accumulation and no travel problems this evening, but it is cold outside, and it is going to get colder overnight. 28 in lynchburg. roanoke at 30. danville at 33. martinsville at 30. feels that much colder. wind chill is 20 in lynchburg and feels like 24 in blacksburgand fe

noah thomas ... was found dead in a septic tank back in march. wsls 10's bethany teague joins us live outside the pulaski county courthouse. bethany, the first two days have been spent entirely on jury selection. have they finalized the jurors yet? not yet, although it seems we are closer than we were at 5 o'clock. they have narrowed it down to a poole of 25 potential jurors. that means they will no longer be bringing in groups of three been doing for the past two days. the remaining jurors who were not called have been sent home. now, the task is to narrow down the group of 25 to 12 jurors and two alternates. when i stepped out of the court room moments ago, it was in recess. all parties were waiting for the judge to come back and announce whether they would finish the selection tonight, or wait until tomorrow morning. a total of 42 potential jurors were disqualified during the selection process, largely because many of them had already formed opinions about ashley white's guilt. despite this progress, white's defense attorney did say she intend

the trial for noah thomas' mother, ashley white, is set to start this morning. white faces felony child neglect and abuse charges after leaving noah and his infant sister home alone. his body was found in a septic tank near the family's home days after he went missing. noah's father paul thomas also faces two felony charges. his trial begins march 9-th. are world champions. peyton manning and his team beat the carolina panthers to win their third super bowl last night. they were the underdogs going into the game but came to play. linebacker von miller was named mvp. and peyton manning is now the first starting quarterback to win the super bowl with two different teams. the crowd also enjoyed some of the biggest names in pop music. lady gaga sang the national anthem. and cold play sang with bruno mars and beyonce at half-time. new hampshire you're up. with the primary on tuesday, candidates from both sides are gearing up. latest polls show donald trump as the front runner, with marco rubio, ted cruz, jeb bush and josh kasich battling it out for second place. as fo

noah thomas. today we learned more about the charges against white. the prosecution says two of her child abuse and neglect crimes occurred when she left noah and his six-month-old baby sister home alone while she took the children's father.. paul thomas.. to work. the third offense occurred when she fell asleep after returning home that morning, leaving noah unattended. that's when the prosecution says he ultimately died. the defense argued falling asleep in your home is not a crime. the prosecution is expected to rest its case tomorrow. for one local school... preventing drug abuse begins in the classroom. middle school just received a grant to begin the too good for drugs program this semester. the program is offered once a week during school hours for 5-th and 7-th grade students - as a supplement to the dare program. the class teaches students social and emotional character that will help build self esteem and enable them to say no to drugs - an issue many children may already face at home. jared rader/principal macy mcclaugherty - "so many people

. >>> we are now in day two of trying seat a jury in pulaski county in the case of noah thomas's mother who is on trial for child abuse and neglect charges. noah was found dead in a septic tank four days of a he went missing last march. suri crowe has covered the case since beginning and joins us live from outside the courthouse with the latest. a painstaking process when it comes to jury selection. taking much longer than prosecutors had expected to find 12 jurors and two alternates to will decide 31-year-old ashley white's face. defense attorney kelsey bulger objected to many people today. she originally moved to a change of venue alleging that all the media coverage of noah and white would bias any jury pool, and indeed most of the potential jurors have admitted they had read or seen some type of media coverage on the case. some of the jurors said they had personal connection to white and her family. one said that his daughter played basketball with noah and that had the stoic-faced white into tears. two other potential jurors knew little noah personally. assistant attorney said he w