A routine traffic check turned into a car chase Saturday as several officers from the Halifax County Sheriff's Department attempted to stop a South Boston man on Sinai Road.
Louis Danwood Chandler, 28, of Hamilton Boulevard, was arrested on multiple charges after he sped away from a traffic check on Sinai Road (Route 654) and Cassada Lane, according to the Sheriff's Department.

Chandler faces four felony charges of maliciously attempting to cause bodily harm to Deputy J. Clay, to Investigator Keith Tribble and to Deputy T. Spenser and for being an habitual offender with a motor vehicle.
Other misdemeanor charges were driving under the influence, disregarding a signal for a traffic stop, refusing to take a breath test and obstructing the duties of a magistrate.
Investigator Tribble said that in Chandler's attempt to get away, his vehicle almost struck Deputy J. Clay.

A pursuit was made along Sinai Road to Grubby Road (Route 678) and to Old Grubby Road (Route 682) where the suspect rammed the patrol car occupied by the investigator and Deputy T.C. Spenser.
Chandler's vehicle was forced off the road which led to his arrest, said Tribble.
Tribble said no injuries resulted from the incident and that damage to the patrol car was estimated at $800.
Chandler was being held on $20,000 bond at the Blue Ridge Adult Detention Center.
He is scheduled to appear in Halifax County General District Court on May 17.

A 44-year-old Nathalie man, Earnest Eugene Williams, was found guilty of a felony hit and run after a trial in 10th District Circuit Court in Halifax on Thursday.
Williams was also found guilty of improper driving and failure to control his vehicle, a misdemeanor.
The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on May 7, 1999, in the Volens community.
Doris Williams Roark, was struck by a vehicle as she attempted to cross Route 501 North near her home.
The defendant was arrested a short time later, and charged with reckless driving and hit and run.
Commonwealth evidence included paint samples from the suspect's vehicle, a sample of the victim's clothing (pants), and foreign fibers from the front of the suspect's vehicle.
Evidence showed that gray metallic and clear topcoat-paint smears and deposits on the victim's pants were consistent in color, texture and overall microscopic appearance with that of the suspect's vehicle.
It was concluded that the paints from the victim's clothing and from the suspect's vehicle could have had a common origin.
Commonwealth evidence also concluded that fibers found on the suspect's vehicle's exterior were consistent in physical and optical properties with the fibers in the victim's clothing.
Judge William L. Wellons overruled two defense motions to strike commonwealth evidence before the final verdict.
Williams will remain free on bond until presentencing in the July term of court.
· Gary Dardell Boyd, 34, of Nathalie, had 12 months of his suspended prison sentence revoked for violation of probation conditions in a show-cause hearing.
Boyd was remanded to custody and will serve an additional probationary period of one year upon his release.
· Charles Mallaleau Johnson, 46, of South Boston, was found guilty in two show-cause hearings.
Johnson's previously suspended sentence was revoked for probation violations, and he was also found guilty through a show cause of failure to notify the court of his attorney.
His prison sentences were suspended on condition of his good behavior for 12 months.
Johnson was fined $125 in court costs and $131 in show-cause fees.

Felony charges led to the arrests of two men Saturday by sheriff's deputies in two separate instances.
· A 35-year-old Halifax man was arrested Saturday by sheriff's deputies on felony charges of driving under the influence and for being a habitual offender with a motor vehicle.
Richard Noel Puckett, 35, of Bailey Highway, was charged with an alleged third offense of driving under the influence and as a habitual offender, which occurred on the day of the arrest.
Puckett is scheduled to appear in Halifax County General District Court on May 15.
· Preston Yancey, 52, of Highway 654 in South Boston, was arrested on a felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon and driving under the influence.
Yancey was alleged to have carried a concealed 9-mm Taurus, which occurred on the day of arrest.
He is scheduled to appear in Halifax County General District Court on May 17.

Two public hearings highlight the agenda for South Boston Town Council at its May meeting tonight.
The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. at council chambers, 502 Yancey Street.
A public hearing will be held during the session for the proposed 2000-2001 town budget. Council will discuss a recommendation to adopt the first reading of the budget after citizen commentary.
A second public hearing will be held on a proposed recommendation to amend Section 114-200(B) of the South Boston Town Code concerning special exceptions for nonconforming buildings and uses.
The town's Planning Commission recommended during its meeting on April 12 that Section 114-200(B) of the Zoning Ordinance be amended to allow the replacement of non-conforming single-wide manufactured homes with double-wide manufactured homes by special exception and approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Town Council will also entertain a recommendation to amend Section 54-62 through 54-71 of the South Boston Town Code concerning the fire prevention code.
There will be time set aside for citizens' comments.

A walnut sculpture by South Boston artist Bob Cage will be among the eclectic selection - ranging from couture dresses to art to beach trips - offered at auction during the War Memorial Gala next month.
Cage, a tobacco auctioneer national champion, will also lead the auction.
The gala will be held on June 10 at "Round Hill," the historic home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Shelton.
The gala will benefit the Halifax County War Memorial Commission's fund drive to erect a monument honoring all Halifax County military personnel killed in war.
Names of those killed will be inscribed on a monument at War Memorial Park in Halifax.
Other items to be auctioned include a pair of pearl and diamond earrings, appraised at $2,000, and a pink pearl necklace with South Sea Islands' pearls. These were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Osborne's daughter, Alease Fisher.
Clothes donated by Fisher include a Georgio Armani sweater valued at $500, a Christian Dior couture pink suit, valued at $3,000, an Oscar de la Renta silk dress, valued at $2,400, an Oscar de la Renta two-piece yellow silk suit with an embroidered jacket, valued at $3,000, and a Kay Unger silk ball gown and scarf, valued at $900.
Holiday Travel has donated a stay at the Martha Washington Inn in Abingdon and an evening at the Barter Theatre.
Beach trips, featuring time at the Myrtle Beach condo of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Shelton and at the Nantucket home of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Prescott, have been donated.
Uniglobe Southside Travel has donated two nights at a bed and breakfast in North Carolina.
Ward Burton has donated his race helmet for auction, and Don Mele has built a wonderful corsair model airplane, which will also be on the auction block.
A copy of South Boston author Preston Young Jr.'s popular book, "Country Folks," has been donated by the author, and craftsman Grayson Gosney is donating a handmade walnut magazine rack.
Paintings by Glen Lehew and Maribe Gardiner, pottery by Robin Cage, willow furniture by Dani Cage and works by Bob Cage will be auctioned during the evening.
A hunt, including an early morning breakfast, has been donated by Mr. and Mrs. James Edmunds. Also available, a $200 value of carpet care by All Pro Carpet Cleaner.

The Halifax County High School Blue Comets baseball team is living a charmed life.
Halifax County's Chad Compton, facing a 3-0 count with the bases loaded, two out, and his team trailing by a run in the team's final turn at the plate, ignored the "take" sign from Comets coach Kelvin Davis.
Compton swung and sent a grounder to GW second baseman Jon Fulton. Fulton made the catch but shortstop Chris Bowers, covering second base, couldn't handle the throw.
One Comets runner, Brian Medley, scampered home at the crack of the bat. GW third baseman Eric McGuire recovered the ball and fired it home trying to nab the Comets' R.D. Cole, who was charging the plate in an attempt to score the go-ahead run.
The throw, although close, was a split second late and Cole scored to give the Comets a 6-5 come-from-behind win.
"This game was meant for us," said Comets coach Kelvin Davis after his team pulled out the squeaker that put them 3-1 in the Western District and 11-1 overall.
"When something is meant to be, it's just meant to be."
Compton admitted what he did was wrong.
"He (Davis) gave me the take sign and I swung through it," Compton said.
"It was stupid but it was lucky. It was one of the breaks that we got. Anything can happen in the game of baseball. We got the breaks and it paid off."
Compton offered no real reason for taking a swing at the ball other than he simply wanted a hit.
"I wanted a hit so bad," Compton remarked.
"Coach Day (Comets assistant coach Kenneth Day) told me before I went up there not to think. He said 'just don't think.' I must have taken him too seriously. I know better. That will be the last sign I'll swing through."
Compton's play, Davis said, was a mistake that luckily gave the Comets their first win over GW in Danville in at least four years and gave Davis his first win over former Comets head coach Scooter Dunn, who is in his first year at the helm of GW.
"I didn't give Chad Compton the green light in that situation," Davis noted.
"He hit it pretty hard and we got lucky."
"It took a lot of breaks for us to win this game," Davis added.
"Sometimes breaks will win you ball games. Sometimes pitching wins you games. Sometimes defense wins you games. You talk about breaksanything can happen and we all witnessed that tonight."
Davis said the Comets were facing a very tough situation as they prepared for their last turn at the plate trailing by three runs in the top of the final inning. Yet, the message he gave the team was simple.
"I just told them don't give up," Davis said.
"Anything can happen."
Friday night marked the second time in a week that a mistake led to a critical play that gave the Comets a win.
In last Monday's game against Albemarle, a base running mistake by Todd Meadows created havoc and a miscue on the part of the Patriots that resulted in the go-ahead run for the Comets that broke a 0-0 deadlock and led to a 2-0 Comets win.
"Again, that's the breaks for you," Davis said.
"You've got to have breaks to win ball games."
While the winning play was triggered on Compton's miscue, two other players, Comets centerfielder Josh Milam and Michael Priest, who came in to relieve Scott Adams in the sixth inning and close the game, were also key to the story line.
Chris Bowers gave GW one last shot in the bottom of the seventh inning but Milam robbed Bowers of a potential extra-base hit when he made a spectacular running one-handed catch of a long fly ball to centerfield that took Milam to within about six steps of the wall.
"I didn't think he was going to get within 20 feet of the ball," Priest said after the game.
"That catch pumped us up more than anything."
Milam also contributed a big base hit in the Comets' seventh inning rally.
Priest played an offensive role early in the game and then stepped up to relieve Adams on the mound and help secure the win.
The Comets scored first, getting two runs in the top of the first inning when Priest walked and scored when Medley reached base on an error. A second error on the play allowed Priest to score to put the Comets up 1-0. Medley scored and put the Comets up 2-0 on a base hit by Meadows, the Comets' starting pitcher.
GW tagged Meadows for a base hit with one out in the bottom of the third inning and back-to-back run scoring doubles with two out to tie the game at 2-2.
Meadows got off to a shaky start in the bottom of the fifth inning and hit the first batter he faced. That, it turned out, was the curtain call for Meadows who had given up eight hits and had also hit a batter in the fourth inning.
"I was struggling," Meadows said.
"I knew from the beginning that I wasn't hitting my spots worth anything. I was throwing in and hitting batters. I'm just glad things worked out for the team. We stayed in the game and didn't give up."
Adams came in but GW tagged him for a base hit and triple, both of which scored a run, allowing GW to take a 4-2 lead.
The Comets mounted its first late game threat against GW hurler Justin Tubbs in the top of the sixth inning by loading the bases with two out. Matt Hastings came in to pinch hit for Adams but struck out to end the inning.
Adams returned to the mound for the start of the bottom of the sixth inning and fired a pitch to GW pinch hitter Micah Knight. But, Dunn bounced out of the dugout to protest Adams' return to the mound after another batter had hit for him. The umpire ruled in Dunn's favor and Davis had to pull Adams off of the hill.
Priest, who had gone the distance against Albemarle four days earlier, was brought to the mound.
He fanned the first batter he faced and the second batter popped up to Comets' first baseman Justin Smith for the second out. Designated hitter Joe Daly doubled and Jason Moan singled to score Daly to put GW up 5-2 and set the stage for the Comets seventh inning rally.
The Comets' rally started when Geoff Moore doubled with one out and scored on a single by Priest to make it a 5-3 score.
Medley singled and then Meadows struck out for the second out of the inning. R.D. Cole kept the inning alive with a base hit that loaded the bases. Priest scored when Milam hit a slow roller to the GW shortstop who couldn't make a play, pulling the Comets to within a run at 5-4.
That set the stage for Compton and the play that scored two runs to lift the Comets to a 6-5 advantage.

Otis Clifton Vaughan, Sr. of 406 Oak Lne, South Boston, died May 5, 2000 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
He was born in Halifax County on May 11, 1916 and was 63 years old.
He was the son of Herbert Watkins Vaughan and Susie Wilbourn Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan was of the Baptist faith.
Mr. Vaughan is survived by: one son, Otis C. Vaughan, Jr., of South Boston; one daughter: Vickie Lynn Vaughan, of Alton; three sisters: Emma V. Bass, of Liberty, NC; Barbara V. Conner, of SOuth Boston; Jane V. Hammack, of Altavista; one brother: Thomas Vaughan, of Alton; one sister-in-law: Elfrieda Vaughan, of South Boston.
Funeral services for Mr. Vaughan were held Sunday, May 7 at 2:0 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home with the Rev. Rudolph Jacobs conducting the service. Burial took place in Halifax Memorial Gardens.

Edgar Marvin Wilbourne, Jr. of 3182 Cherry Hill Church Road, South Boston, died May 5, 2000 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
He was born in Halifax County on December 18, 1929 and was 70 years old. He was the son of Edgar Marvin Wilbourne, Sr. and Hassie Talley Wilbourne. He was a member Cherry Hill United Methodist Church and the Hyco Road Hunting Club.
Mr. Wilbourne is survived by: his mother, Hassie Talley Wilbourne, of South Boston; two brothers: Raymond Wilbourne, and his wife, Faye, of South Boston; Dennis Wilbourne, and his wife, Lynn, of Semora, NC; two sisters: Mildred Gurley, of South Boston and Brenda Webster, of South Boston.
Funeral services for Mr. Wilbourne were held Sunday, May 8 at 4:00 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Lewis conducting the service. Burial took place in the Wilbourne Family cemetery.

Mrs. Mary Sue McGregory Watkins of South Boston and, formerly of Danville died May 5, 2000 at The Woodview.
She was born in Pittsylvania County, on October 7, 1909 and as 90 years old.
She was the daughter of Charlie McGregory and Lillie Blanche Crowder McGregory and was married to Charlie Bays Watkins.
Mrs. Watkins is survived by: one daughter, Pauline W. Roberts, of South Boston; three sons: Charlie Bays Watkins Jr., of Jacksonville, FL; Bobby Watkins, of Ringgold; Clarance W. Watkins, of Dallas, TX; four sisters: Louise Hayden, of Eden, NC; Onie Knowles, of Danville; Mattie Belton, of Danville; Pearl Adams, of Danville; 12 grandchildren; 17 great great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren.
Graveside services for Mrs. Watkins will be held today (Monday, May 8) at Danville Memorial Gardens at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Jack Stewart conducting the service.

Fleda Tucker Pugh, 91, of Golden Leaf Road, Nathalie, died Friday, May 5, 2000 at Lynchburg General Hospital.
She was the wife of the late Eugene LaPrade Pugh.
Mrs. Pugh was born in Halifax County, June 11, 1908, daughter of the late Cowen Jackson Tucker and Hattie Moon Tucker. She was a member of Straightstone Baptist Church.
She is survived by two sons: Ellie E. Pugh, of Bedford; Lawrence J. Pugh, of Long Island; two daughters: Joan P. Moorefield, of Hurt; Nora P. Saunders, of Rustburg; one sister: Mamie T. Layne, of Long Island; four grandchildren: Connie Pugh, of Hurt, Michael Moorefield, of Hurt; Ricky Moorefield, of Hurt; Teresa S. Brooks of Lynchburg; five great-grandchildren: Daniel, Paige and Mason Moorefield, Amber and Amanda Brooks. She was preceded in death by a great-grandson, Kendall Moorefield; five brothers, three sisters.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. today (Monday, May 8) at Straightstone Baptist Church by the Rev. James Manuel. Interment to follow in the church cemetery.

Lena Henderson Swanson of 2815 North Main Street, Danville died May 5, 2000 at Danville Regional Medical Center.
She was born November 24, 1912. She was the daughter of John James Henderson and Lucy Midkiff Henderson of Keeling and was married to W. Clarence Swanson.
Mrs. Swanson of was member of North Main Baptist Church in Danville, a former member of Moffett Memorial Baptist Church and Oak Grove Baptist Church in Keeling and was retired from Dan River Mills in 1975.
Mrs. Swanson is survived by one son: William "W. C." Swanson, Jr. of Danville; nieces and nephews: Samuel Madison Henderson of Halifax County; June Henderson Ford, of Danville; Wesley Kyle Henderson, of Richmond; Glynn Henderson Powell, of Kill Devils Hill, NC; predeceased niece: Hazel Hodnett Scott, of Chatham; sister-in-Law: Christine S. Henderson , formerly of Keeling; sister-in-law: Alicia B. Henderson, of Kill Devils Hill, NC; last survivor of nine brothers and sisters: Woodye Hartwell Henderson of Keeling; Cullen Ray Henderson of Paces; Andrew Madison "Mac" Henderson of Keeling; Roy Pritchett Henderson, of Virginia Beach; Jasper "Jack" Conrad Henderson, of Richmond; Addie Henderson Williams Barker, Danville; Grace Henderson Lester, of Danville and Bessie Henderson Hodnett of Danville.
Great nieces and nephews: Zachary Kyle Henderson She was also survived by grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren; step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday, May 7, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home - North Main Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Eddie Davis, conducting the service with the burial in the Highland Burial Park.

Margaret Talbott Walker, 78, of 3026 Harmony Road, Alton, died Sunday, May 7, 2000 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mrs. Walker was born September 4, 1921 in Halifax County. She was the daughter of Otis M. Talbott, Sr. and Nannie Womack Talbott.
Mrs. Walker was a member of Harmony United Methodist Church where she was Sunday School teacher of the primary class for many years and a member of the United Methodist Women. She also served as a volunteer for the Good Samaritan.
Mrs. Walker is survived by a son, Edward O. Walker, Jr., and daughter-in-law Pat Walker, of Alton; a sister, Edith Wilkerson, of Winston-Salem, NC; one brother, Otis M. Talbott, Jr., of South Boston; a grandson, Paul A. Walker and wife, Jennie, of Alton; step-grandchild, Roger Tingen and Jay Tingen, of Roxboro, NC; step-great-grandchildren, Zachary Tingen and Cody Womack of Roxboro, NC. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Edward Owen Walker. Sr.
Funeral services for Mrs. Walker will be held Tuesday, May 8 at 2:00 p.m. at Harmony United Methodist Church with the Rev. Michael Sullivan officiating. Burial will take place in the Harmony United Methodist Church Cemetery, Alton.
Visitation will be held at Brooks Funeral Home tonight (Monday) from 7:00 pm until 8:30 pm and other times at her home, 3026 Harmonry Road, Alton.
The family request those wishing to give memorials, please consider Harmony United Methodist Church.