Third person pleads guilty to using stolen car, BB guns to rob Wythe County I-81 travel plaza
WYTHE COUNTY, Va. - A third person has pleaded guilty to using a stolen car and BB guns to rob the I-81 travel plaza in Wythe County. Christyen Sumpter, 27, of Sarasota, Florida, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to a slew of federal charges. Two others, Perla Pineda-Osorio and Michael Wilson, both pleaded guilty to the same charges as Sumpter earlier this month. Soon after, law enforcement spotted the stolen car and a high-speed chase began. The guns were recovered and although they looked like real guns, authorities say they were BB guns.
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2002: Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, recognized as the first pitcher to save 200 games in his career and the first pitcher to appear in 1,000 games, dies at age 80 in Sarasota, Florida. One of the oldest players to have pitched in the major-leagues, last pitching just 16 days short of his 50th birthday, he retired in 1972 with the lowest career earned run average of any major-league hurler after 1927 who pitched more than 2,000 innings. Wilhelm pitched for 10 different teams in his career, earning an All-Star berth eight times and winning a World Series title with the New York Giants in 1954. Hide Caption