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Life plus 132 years in murder of Va. reserve officer

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Four people convicted in the slaying of a reserve police officer in Virginia have been sentenced to life in prison.

СÂÜÀòÓ°ÊÓ media outlets report that Daniel Mathis was sentenced to life plus 132 years for the death of 45-year-old Waynesboro Reserve Police Capt. Kevin Quick. Shantai Shelton and Mersadies Shelton were each sentenced to life in prison plus 82 years and Kweli Uhuru was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years.

In February, a jury found the four guilty of murder and kidnapping.

Quick was reported missing on Feb. 1, 2014. His body was found days later in woods northwest of Richmond. He had been shot.

Sterling man charged in fentanyl case linked to Park View High School overdoses, sheriff says

A Sterling, Virginia, man has been arrested and charged in a fentanyl distribution investigation that the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said is connected to overdoses involving Park View High School students. The sheriff's office said Isaac Melendez-Carranza, 31, was charged with two counts of distribution of a controlled substance and one count of sale of drugs near certain properties. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office told СÂÜÀòÓ°ÊÓ that Melendez-Carranza is in the U.S. illegally and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement "has placed a detainer on him." Investigators with the Drug and Gang Unit identified Melendez-Carranza as a suspected dealer connected to overdoses involving Park View High School students in May, according to the sheriff's office.
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