DeHart case to go to grand jury in April - www.roanoke.com

A Riner man whose capture in August capped a manhunt and police chase appeared in Montgomery County District Court on Tuesday for a preliminary hearing related to 20 felony charges.
Edward Hamilton DeHart Jr. has been charged with arson, possession of a firearm by a violent felon, breaking and entering with a deadly weapon, felony eluding and 10 grand larceny counts, Mary Pettitt, chief deputy commonwealth's attorney for Montgomery County, said in a news release. Twenty-one people testified for the prosecution at the preliminary hearing Tuesday, and the charges were certified to the grand jury.

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