ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, April 22, 1996 TAG: 9604230090
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-5 EDITION: METRO
WATTSVILLE - After hiding out under an assumed name for three weeks in this quiet Eastern Shore community, a suspect in a Pennsylvania slaying was arrested after someone tipped off police.
Curran K. Underwood, 22, of Philadelphia was arrested Friday without incident and was being held without bail in the Accomack County Jail, pending an extradition hearing.
Police said a man they think was Underwood was driving through Norristown, Pa., Feb. 27 when his car was struck in the rear by a car driven by Herman Mumiz, 28, of Norristown.
Witnesses told police that the driver of the car that had been hit got out to check the damage, opened the trunk and retrieved a gun. He then opened fire on Mumiz, who was still in his car.
Mumiz tried to escape by driving off, but he had to stop for traffic, and the gunman caught up to him and shot him dead.
Underwood showed up in Wattsville and, using an alias, persuaded a local family to let him stay in their home, police said.
Accomack County Sheriff Robert Crockett said Norristown and Montgomery County, Pa., detectives contacted him after they received a tip revealing Underwood's whereabouts.
- Associated Press
Plaintiff in `frivolous' lawsuit must pay
HARRISONBURG - A judge has ordered a Dayton man and his attorney to pay almost $25,000 in attorney's fees because they sued 31 defendants in a lawsuit the judge called frivolous.
Jim Dove, who owns Jim's Drive-In restaurant in Dayton, and Charles A. Fincher, a Leesburg attorney, have been ordered by Rockingham County Circuit Judge Porter R. Graves Jr. to split payment of $24,820.99 in defendants' attorneys' fees. The defendants had sought $49,641.98, but Graves held Dove and Fincher responsible for half that amount.
Dove must pay 60 percent of the $24,820.99, while Fincher must pay 40 percent.
The restaurant has been the subject of disputes between the owners and neighbors over complaints of fighting and drinking in the parking lot.
The defendants asked that the counts against them be dismissed. Graves granted that request earlier this year, saying the lawsuit was vague and contained numerous technical faults.
- Associated Press
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