Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, May 6, 1994 TAG: 9405060118
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Hampton, the paroled murderer charged with a series of assaults and carjackings in Virginia and West Virginia, was caught in Greensboro on March 7. Police said he forced a woman into her car, struck her several times, then dropped her off. A police pursuit ended when Hampton ran the woman's car into four cars and surrendered.
Hampton, 35, was indicted Monday in Greensboro on charges of second-degree kidnapping, common-law robbery and traffic charges, said Richard Panosh, assistant district attorney for the 18th Judicial District.
His trial is set for June 13.
Panosh said Pulaski County has filed a request to have Hampton extradited after the Greensboro charges are resolved.
When Hampton was caught in Greensboro, he had been the object of a manhunt since Feb. 22, when a Pulaski County grand jury indicted him on a charge of maliciously wounding a Hazel Hollow man in November.
Authorities believe Hampton found out about the indictment and fled to West Virginia, where he is charged with raping a Beckley woman Feb. 23 and stealing her car. Authorities say Hampton then came back to Montgomery County, hit an 81-year-old McCoy garage owner over the head and took about $500 from him, then hijacked a 77-year-old Maryland woman's car at the Ironto rest area off Interstate 81.
Hampton is being held in the Guilford County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.
In April, Gary O'Neal Shanks, another paroled murderer, was charged with being the person who actually struck the Pulaski County man with a claw hammer in the same November incident for which Hampton was indicted.
Shanks, 30, who is being held in the Montgomery County Jail, also has been indicted on a charge of robbing a Blacksburg convenience store last June.
Shanks and Hampton, both from Montgomery County, served time for murders they committed as teen-agers. They met in prison in 1980.