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Prosecutors say [Michael Draven] and Catherina Voss of Newport News hired [David Runyon] to kill Voss' husband, 30-year-old Navy ensign Cory Voss. Activists chained themselves to trees and a dog house at the city's Ritter Park on Sunday to advocate for an ordinance banning tethering in almost all circumstances. Michael Daff alleges in a lawsuit filed in Preston County Circuit Court that he was fired from the police force in March for making too many arrests - including arrests of elected officials' family members.

Federal prosecutors allege Ronald Barnette, 53, lied about paying kickbacks for work his company received at the Logan mining complex. Prosecutors said he admitted to making $300,000 in kickbacks to David Runyon, a former Mountain Laurel general manager accused of orchestrating the scheme. Last week, former Logan County Circuit Clerk Alvis R. Porter, 61, of [Holden], was sentenced to three years probation for failing to pay employment taxes. Porter, who previously owned Quality Oil, doing business as Southern Construction of Logan, provided construction services to the Arch Coal subsidiary. Prosecutors alleged Porter failed to pay trust fund taxes of an employee who worked as a foreman supervising a slate dump and excavation projects. They also alleged Porter's business paid Runyon $400,000 in kickbacks so his company could do construction work at the mine.

During opening arguments in Norfolk federal court on whether [David A. Runyon] should be executed, Runyon's attorney, Stephen A. Hudgins, revealed to jurors Wednesday that [Catherina Rose Voss], \"with all her participation,\" received life - the first time jurors were told her fate. The woman, who acknowledged Runyon as she walked off the witness stand, testified that she \"still cares about\" Runyon and loves his 13-year-old son, Davey, whom she often baby-sat. In the Army, Runyon's main job was preparing parachutes for jumps, but he was also an \"expert\" shooter. He was forced out of the service after three years for \"unsatisfactory performance.\"

[David R. Runyon]'s actions were uncovered during a separate investigation into a Jan. 19, 2006 fire that killed two men at Massey's Aracoma Alma No. 1 mine in southern West Virginia.

[David R. Runyon] has already pleaded guilty - and agreed to give up his foreman's certificate - as part of a deal with prosecutors who continue to investigate the January 2006 fire that killed Aracoma miners Don Bragg and Ellery Hatfield. In their report, MSHA investigators concluded that Runyon, \"becoming aware that electrical work was being performed, did not inquire if the power to the cable was de-energized, nor did he direct the qualified electrician performing the electrical work to ensure that the power was de-energized prior to work being performed.\"

David R. Runyon, 43, is accused of two counts of knowingly violating federal safety standards by failing to hold mandatory evacuation drills. Runyon also is faces three counts of falsifying records to show that evacuation drills had been conducted when they weren't. The indictment identifies Runyon as the foreman of one of two crews that were underground at Massey Energy Co.'s Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine when a conveyer belt caught fire Jan. 19, 2006. Runyon's crew was farther from the fire and escaped.

U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver deferred a ruling on whether he will accept David R. Runyon's plea until a sentencing hearing July 9. Runyon, 43, faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine. Runyon testified Thursday that he did not lead all of his seven-man crew on an escape drill from their work area to the surface from Oct. 22, 2005, through Jan. 19, 2006. Federal law requires escape drills every 90 days, which Runyon conceded he knew because he's been a foreman for nine years. \"This phase will eliminate 50 full-time equivalent positions,\" said Camden-Clark President and CEO Mike King. \"Of this 50, 14 employees will lose their jobs and leave Camden-Clark.\"

Of the 10 men involved in a widespread kickback scheme at an Arch Coal mining complex in Logan County, the mine's former general manager is the most culpable, a judge said and sentenced him to spend 41 months in prison. \"Without your power and approval, I don't see this happening, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Johnston said Tuesday to David E. Runyon. Runyon, 47, pleaded guilty to extortion and tax evasion after a 5-year-long scheme that forced companies to pay kickbacks to obtain machine repair work and other contracts at Arch's Mountain Laurel Mine. The federal advisory sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of 41 to 51 months in prison. The judge also ordered Runyon to pay a $15,000 fine. Runyon was supposed to be sentenced in April, but the judge said during that hearing that there wasn't enough evidence of Runyon's crimes based on what he admitted to in a deal with prosecutors. [Robert Allen] and Thomas then filed a joint brief and modified the charge against Runyon to satisfy the judge.

A judge said Thursday he isn't so sure that the former manager of an Arch Coal mine in Logan County is guilty of forcing companies to pay kickbacks to obtain machine repair work. U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston wouldn't sentence David Runyon as planned Thursday. Instead, the judge told Runyon's attorney and federal prosecutors that they must convince him Runyon actually committed the crimes he pleaded guilty to - or go to trial. Runyon, 45, of Delbarton, is one of 10 men who have pleaded guilty to various crimes associated with the kickback scheme at the Mountain Laurel mining complex in Sharples. In a deal with prosecutors, Runyon pleaded guilty last year to one count each of extortion and tax evasion. Johnston said Thursday, \"When it gets right down to it, there is little evidence of what [Runyon] actually did. And for Johnston to approve the plea agreement, it must be clear that Runyon and prosecutors agree on the facts of the case.

The intent to kill, \"substantial\" planning and expectation to get paid are factors that can make a defendant eligible for the death penalty under federal law. The jury found [David A. Runyon] met all those criteria when he entered Voss' truck outside the ATM and fired the five shots at close range. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian J. Samuels said the slaying of a young Navy officer with two children is a terrible crime. That it was planned and done for money, Samuels said, \"makes it more tragic and more severe\" and \"demands consideration for the ultimate penalty.\" The August hearing is expected to take about five days. Testimony will come from Runyon's and Voss' family and friends, and people familiar with Runyon's mental health and how he's fared in prison.