September 1971
Events that took place in Fairfax County in September, 1971:
- September 1 – 19-year-old Steven A. Motteler is unintentionally shot in the head and mortally wounded by his brother, 21-year-old Donald L. Motteler, in his apartment at 1540 Northgate Square in Reston.[1][2] The younger Motteler is taken to the Fairfax Hospital, where he is pronounced dead.[1]
- September 17 – Judge Percy Thornton sentences 20-year-old Paul S. Jones to 50 years in prison for murdering his adoptive mother Ethel in Lincolnia on March 12, 1970.[3]
- September 23 – Judge Lewis Morris orders 20-year-old Laurence C. Miller to begin serving his four-year prison sentence for possessing .001 ounces of hashish.[4]
- September 30 – 27-year-old Wilbur Johnson is convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Lewis Morris for shooting 66-year-old Okey C. Blagg in the head during a botched burglary in Springfield on August 1, 1970.[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Reston Youth Shot, Killed in Apartment." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Sep 02 1971. ProQuest. Web. 20 Dec. 2013.
- ↑ "PoliceSay Brother Shot Reston Youth." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Sep 03 1971. ProQuest. Web. 20 Dec. 2013.
- ↑ Whitaker, Joseph D. "Convicted of Slaying Mother, Youth Sentenced to 50 Years." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Sep 18 1971. ProQuest. Web. 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Fairfax Youth Must Start Drug Term" Evening Star, 24 Sep. 1971, Four Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 18. NewsBank. Accessed 3 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "Va. Trucker Guilty in '70 Slaying." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Oct 01 1971. ProQuest. Web. 27 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "McLean Man Convicted In Plant Guard's Slaying." Evening Star, 1 Oct. 1971, Four Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 45. NewsBank. Accessed 27 Jan. 2018.
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