Crime Where You Live 11-20
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Updated: 3:08 PM Nov 21, 2008
Crime Where You Live 11-20
The Valley
A summary of recent criminal activity in the Valley, including a mother who was charged with driving drunk with her four-year-old child in the vehicle.
Posted: 12:32 AM Nov 21, 2008
Reporter: Val Thompson
Email Address: vthompson@whsv.com
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Shenandoah County Sheriff's deputies arrested a woman after they say she was driving drunk with her young child in the vehicle. Deputies say a truck was swerving on Route 11 on November 13. They pulled over the driver between Mount Jackson and New Market.

Deputies arrested Valerie Clark Southerly from Fulks Run, because they say she had a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit. They also say her four-year-old child was in the vehicle with her and not wearing a seat belt. Southerly faces DUI and child endangerment charges.

Virginia State Police are reporting a stolen four-wheeler in Rockingham County. A green Honda Foreman went missing Sunday from the 7000 block of Mountain Valley Road in Keezletown.

Deputies in Rockingham County are reporting a theft at a timeshare unit at Woodstone Meadows in Massanutten. Deputies say a flat-screen TV and a DVD player were stolen over the weekend. The door of the unit had been left unlocked.

Harrisonburg Police are investigating a break-in at the Target store on East Market Street. Police say a man broke into a back room and stole some merchandise on Tuesday evening.

Staunton Police are also reporting a case of shoplifting at a big box store. Police say $481 of tools were stolen from Wal-Mart last week.

Augusta County Sheriff's Deputies say a cleaning woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing cash from her clients. Lorita Lotts was cleaning two homes on Howardsville Turnpike in Stuarts Draft. Deputies say she stole $900 from one home and $700 from another.

Deputies say Lotts got caught doing the same thing in September, but she got out on bond and then got more cleaning jobs.

If you have any information about these ongoing investigations, please call your local police department or sheriff's office.

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