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Judge: Severance to return to Va.
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> Wednesday - 4/23/2014, 11:48am ET
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> By Megan Cloherty
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> Charles Severance arrives in an Ohio County
> courtroom Wednesday to fight extradition to
> Virginia. He faces a gun violation in Loudoun
> County. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
> Wheeling, W.Va. - A West Virginia judge has ruled
> to extradite to Virginia a local man wanted for
> questioning in connection with three high-profile
> homicides in Alexandria.
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> Ohio County Judge James Mazzone handed down his
> decision to Charles Severance in a Wheeling
> courtroom about lunchtime Wednesday. Severance
> faces a gun violation in Loudoun County.
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> Severance's defense attorney has requested time to
> discuss whether they will appeal Mazzone's
> ruling.
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> During earlier testimony, defense attorney Shane
> Welling refuted the weapons charge, saying it was
> all in an effort to detain Severance so that
> Alexandria detectives could know where he is and
> be able to question him.
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> He called the charge a sham and the proceedings a
> "parody."
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> Prosecutor Scott Smith told the judge there is no
> conspiracy in two law enforcement agencies working
> together and asked the court to follow the
> Virginia governor's warrant and extradite
> Severance.
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> Alexandria police have not named Severance a
> suspect in the killings of Nancy Dunning, Ron
> Kirby and Ruthanne Lodato but have continued to
> look into Severance in connection with the
> unsolved crimes, which date back a decade.
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> Severance was arrested on the outstanding warrant
> at a Wheeling library in March.
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Old news. Known about this for 4 months!!