Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, November 4, 1995                   TAG: 9511060057
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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IN VIRGINIA

STAFFORD - A teen-ager accused of hiring someone to shoot him pleaded guilty to a charge of making a false police report.

Authorities said Christopher P. Emond, 18, a senior at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, set up the shooting to convince friends and officials at the Quantico Marine Corps Reservation that he had firsthand knowledge of military secrets.

Emond was not seriously wounded in the Aug. 30 shooting.

Emond convinced his friend, Paul A. Carr Jr., 28, that Emond's life was in danger and that he could escape harm by faking an attempt on his life, authorities said. Authorities said Emond tried to pressure Carr into shooting him, but Carr refused. Carr is accused of helping set up the shooting by asking Jason A. Morris, 21, to pull the trigger.

Morris pleaded guilty to assault and battery and making a false police report, and Carr pleaded guilty to making a false report. Sentencing is Jan. 11.

- Associated Press

Treasurer must pay missing money back

KING WILLIAM - King William County Treasurer Jean Fornash, who is up for re-election Tuesday, has been ordered to reimburse the county $29,271 in missing money.

Circuit Judge Samuel Powell said Fornash's stewardship of county funds was ``tantamount to misfeasance in office.''

Auditors testified that her bookkeeping was so poor, they were unable to discover where the money went. But the treasurer, who has held the position since 1988, insisted, ``The money is in the bank.''

The Board of Supervisors sued Fornash to recover the money. State police investigated the matter, but the treasurer has not been charged with a crime.

According to testimony by Fornash and two auditor, the treasurer would juggle checks and cash to make a deposit come out right.

She kept what D. Patrick Lacy Jr., one of the attorneys representing the supervisors, called ``a stash of cash,'' using excess money from one day to make up for a shortage on another day.

- Associated Press