patricia welch is also charged with perjuring herself before the same grand jury. the judge did not convict >>> you're watching abc 13 news, award-winning coverage of lynchburg, danville, bedford, roanoke, and the new river valley. >>> the latest test for presidential hopefuls around the corner. for democrats, the nevada caucuses and republicans will be at the polls on saturday in south carolina. the race is getting even hotter with the entrance of some former presidents. here is lana zak. >> reporter: hillary clinton and bernie sanders making their appeal to african-american voters today. >> my campaign is really about breaking every barrier. >> when we come together, there's nothing we cannot accomplish. >> reporter: two former presidents on the stump for their families and both have something to say about the republican front runner donald trump. >> in my experience, the strongest person usually isn't >> reporter: george w. bush stumping for brother jeb in south carolina reminded voters not to count a bush out. >> i have been mis-underestimated most of my life.

patricia welch is also charged with perjuring herself before the same grand jury. engleking faces up to 10 years in prison. 3 whit an iraq war veteran is recovering after he says he was brutally attacked outside a d.c. fast-food restaurant. the incident occurred late last week at a mcdonald's. chris marquez says he was came up and started taunting him, asking "if black lives matttered?" he says he tried to ignore them.. but then the alleged encounter escalated. (chris marquez/assault victim)" because i wasn't responding back to them, they were calling me a racist. as soon as i walked out of the mcdonald's...i got hit in the back of the head or the side of the head. 3 kinda brought back memories of the war and stuff."whit tight marquez says the suspects also took his wallet and credit cards.. and used those cards shortly after the attack. no one has been arrested, but marquez says he hopes the suspects are caught. 3 3 3 grab a jacket this morning as temperatures are starting out in the 30s. while some roads will still be wet and could be slick, no significant threat

patricia welch. she's charged with perjury in the lyon sisters case. katherine and sheila lyon went missing from a maryland mall 40-years ago. it's believed they were eventually brought to bedford county. engleking is scheduled to be sentenced on june 7-th at 1:30. prison. we'll have to be at the hearing to hear about a pre-sentence report and sentencing guideline for this case.# noon ... kristina's back to talk about sunshine returning in your storm team 10 forecast. plus ... republican presidential candidate is threatens to sue ted cruz. why the front- runner is widespread power outages. appalachian power is without power. at the peak this morning... there were nearly 50- thousand outages. teresa hamilton hall joins us now to talk about the restoration effort. -- plan for restoration -- estimated time? today: morning rain showers.after noon clearing with highs in the middle to upper 40s tonight: isolated showers possible mix of ice & rain .lows in the lower 30s wednesday: isolated icy mix possible in the morning.gradu upper 40s thursday: mostly sunny

attorney randy krantz said engleking testified twice and made false statements to protect his sister patricia welch. she's also charged with perjury. missing from a maryland mall 40 years ago. police believe the two were eventually brought to bedford county. engleking returns to court on june 7-th for sentencing.### a richmond woman faces a murder charge in the death of her son after his remains were found in her car 10 years after he went missing. court documents show that tonya slaton was indicted earlier this month on a second degree murder charge. the indictment alleges that slaton killed her son, quincy davis, in 2005 when he was around 15 years old. state police pulled slaton over last june for an expired registration. found. the medical examiner has not yet determined why davis died.### the snow and ice are done, but now that it's all melting, we're seeing more problems develop. parts of the area are experiencing flooding . earlier this morning we saw river in danville. water levels are now dropping will continue going down this afternoon. for more on the flood potential and our forecast...

he did say that engleking has communicated with richard and patricia welch in person and over the phone, and that their conversations contained information about richard welch's level of involvement in the lyon sisters' disappearance. and what about engleking's sister, patricia? when will she be back in court? she's due back in court april 26th. more african- americans are being arrested and charged with marijuana whites. if that was also happening here in southwest and central virginia. wdbj7 recieved thousands of pages of data from virginia state police through a freedom of information act request. we found that the majority of virginia law enforcement agencies arrested african-americans at a far higher rate than the overall demographics of their respective populations. so what is causing this disparity? the head of the ncaap in lynchburg says there could be racial bias. gerald cheatham, president lynchburg naacp: clearly you have got to look at some human behavior as to why that happens. that can't be all objective like something stupid like standing on the street puffing on a joint.

patricia welch. she's also charged with perjury in the lyon sisters case. katherine and sheila lyon went missing from a maryland mall 40-years ago. it's believed they were eventually brought to bedford county. engleking is scheduled to be former bedford police officer ... brian mcalexander ... who's facing child pornography charges is expected to be out on bond. attorneys reached an agreement to set bond at 20- thousand dollars this afternoon in bedford county circuit court. there are some conditions as part of the bond. mcalexander is not allowed to leave the commonwealth ... he's not allowed to access or use the internet ... and he must stay with his mother in collinsville. he'll be allowed to travel one day a week for necessities or religious services. attorney advisement hearing on friday. the snow may be melting... but memories never fade. show us your favorite snow day memories! you can send in your pictures via com... or post them on our w-s-l-s ten facebook page. more jobs could be on the way for bedford... thanks to a new 20-thousand details on the

patricia welch. she's also charged with perjury in the case. katherine and sheila lyon went missing from a maryland mall 40-years ago. eventually brought to bedford county. engleking is scheduled to be sentenced on june 7-th. a business "built in the blue ridge" credits its drive to keep people employed for its success. how sayre enterprises has grown in its nearly three- decades in a rockbridge county company got its start with one product that helped make military uniforms more comfortable. nearly 30-years later, sayre enterprises continues inventing products to improve quality of life. wsls 10's patrick mckee tells us what's next for the company. patrick mckee/wsls :00- :08 the product catalog for sayre enterprises continues to expand, now with five different product lines that are built in the blue ridge. sayre enterprises got its start when founder scott sayre was in the military. part of his uniform wasn't functional, so he invented the boot blouser. that the soldiers used to wrap around the bottom of their pants to keep their pants insid

patricia welch. she's also charged with perjury in the case. katherine and sheila lyon went missing from a maryland mall 40-years ago. it's believed they were eventually brought to bedford county. engleking is scheduled to be sentenced on june 7-th. meanwhile ... a former bedford police officer who's facing child porn charges ... is granted bond. reached an agreement to set bond at 20- thousand dollars. as part of the agreement ... mcalexander is not allowed to leave the commonwealth ... he's not allowed to access or use the internet ... and he must stay with his mother in collinsville. he'll be allowed to travel one day a week for necessities or religious services. wes nance/assistant commonwealth's attorney 01:47:01 "we work very closely with state of crimes up until the prosecution so when there is a member of the law enforcement that's charged or accused of a crime our office has to remove itself from consideration." cont vo mcalexander is expected to have an attorney advisement hearing this friday. new tonight at 11 ... a woman connected t

he lied to the grand jury investigating the case of the missing sisters to protect his sister patricia welch. she is the wife of richard welch. she was being called a person of interest in the case. perjurying herself in front of same grand jury. her trial is in april. a judge did not convict ingle king today and had a presentence report and will have a ruling in june. he faces up to 10 years in prison. >> the attorney general's office and the defense council for a former bedford police officer indicted on possession of child porn reached an agreement on bond today. brian mcalexander got a $25,000 secured bond with special conditions. mcalexander was indicted on six felony indictments on possession of child porn earlier this month. as a former police officer possibly having worked with the commonwealth offer or icac. he was assigned a special prosecutor from the attorney general's office in richmond. >> when there is a member of the local law enforcement that is charged or even accused of a crime, our office has to remove itself from consideration. court date is this. >>> what you need to kn

prosecutors said he lied to protect his sister patricia welch. the wife. a person of interest in the kate. patriciapatricia was indicted for perjury. her trial set for april. they believe the lyon sisters were kidnapped from a maryland shopping center and taken to bedford county where they were killed. we should explain, a no contest claim means no trial by jury and waiving right to appeal in certain jurisdictions. a judge ordered a presense tag report before the next hearing june 7 when we will be sentenced if a judge convicts him. he remains out on bond. surveillance picture. lynchburg police want to identify this sky while they investigate the use of counterfeit bills in the city. somebody used countfeit 100 bills at target, dick's sporting goods and michael's on february 12. this is the picture of the car driving. if you have any information about this, call or text crimestoppers. the number is on your screen, 8the number is on your screen, 888-798-5900. >>> it is a monumental task, digging through millions of records trying track guns used in crimes a

attorney randy krantz said engleking testified twice and made false statements to protect his sister patricia welch. she's also charged with perjury in the case. katherine and sheila lyon went missing from a maryland mall 40 years ago. police believe the two were eventually brought to bedford county. engleking is scheduled to be after several years of negotiations and more than a year of construction... the countryside soccer fields in complete. the city and a local soccer club.. that's bringing big benefits to the local soccer community-- and the star city as a whole. wsls ten's erin brookshier joins us with more about the work that's left to be done...erin? after more than a year of work.. is almost finished. i'm told construction on the actual land is complete... all grass this spring.. and wait for it to grow before the first soccer games are played this fall. the soccer park is being built as part of a first- of-its-kind lease deal between the city of roanoke and the "roanoke star soccer club... it's part of a growing trend as many local governments partner up with private businesses to develo

they say he was sister, patricia welch, who is also charged with perjury in the case. engleking faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted at a hearing june 7th. we've introduced you to her several times here on wdbj7, and this morning, we're sad to report to you that alpha averill has died. people knew her as "granny" averill and she died monday night in her sleep at the brian center in low moor. she ran averill's country store in low moor for decades, and even calculated your bill in her head or on paper until she turned 100. her 109th birthday was just a few weeks ago on january 30th. yesterday we talked to her son, wayne. she died on his birthday, but wayne was able to see her a few hours before she died. his last words to her were " i love you". be careful out on the roads this morning as there are still a few troublesome spots in our area. your i-hometown traffic report is next. african-americans are being arrested at a higher rate than the rest of our country's population. how police departments in our figure out what's causig that trend in southwest virginia.