Woodson waives preliminary hearing
Slade Woodson, the 19-year-old Batesville resident accused of a March 27 shooting spree that closed down Interstate 64, appeared in Albemarle General District Court today and waived his right to a preliminary hearing on the 15 felony charges he faces. The charges will be certified to a June 2 grand jury, and if he’s indicted, a trial date will then be set. A self-described “lost bogger,” Woodson faces an additional six felonies in Waynesboro for shooting into an occupied dwelling and at a bank.
Judge James S. Farmer agreed to allow cameras in court, citing the precedent established by Judge Paul Peatross at an April 1 hearing.
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This guy is so young. What is his history? Was he abused/neglected,in any way? I want to know. Thanks.
No, his parents had nothing to do with the shootings or his lost sense of being.
I went to school with him. He was pretty quiet, had a mild temperment, well that’s at least what the notion I got. I don’t think he had any intent to kill anyone. He was just a bored country boy.