Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, July 23, 1993                   TAG: 9307230027
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: ABINGDON                                LENGTH: Short

ATTEMPTED VIGILANTE GUILTY OF REVENGE PLOT

George B. Stone, 66, of Onancock, was convicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court of one count each of soliciting another person to commit kidnapping and soliciting another person to commit murder. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

Stone's 19-year-old son, Scott, was killed during a 1990 gun store robbery in Accomac. Javis E. Holland of Philadelphia, was sentenced to two life terms in connection with the crime. However, Stone believed his son's death was part of a conspiracy, according to testimony. He wanted to abduct and torture Philip Hershewe, a cousin of the store's co-owner Camillia Moon, who also was killed.

- Associated Press