Alert Top Story Boones Mill man found guilty of abusing 2-year-old stepson EMMA COLEMAN The Roanoke Times Jan 16, 2025 Jan 16, 2025 Updated Feb 21, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Franklin County jury on Wednesday found a 39-year-old Boones Mill man guilty of physically abusing his 2-year-old stepson last summer.kAmp?5C6H #2=A9 u@<2D yC] H2D :?5:4E65 :? ~4E@36C @? EH@ 76=@?J 492C86Di 49:=5 23FD6 2?5 ?68=64E 42FD:?8 D6C:@FD :?;FCJ 2?5 288C2G2E65 >2=:4:@FD H@F?5:?8]k^AmkAmp7E6C 23@FE 2? 9@FC @7 56=:36C2E:@? (65?6D52J[ E96 ;FCJ 7@F?5 u@<2D 8F:=EJ @? 3@E9 4@F?ED] w:D D6?E6?4:?8 962C:?8 92D 366? D6E 7@C |2C49 af]k^Am Fokas Western Virginia Regional Jail kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ 6G:56?46[ u@<2D 42==65 h`` 2C@F?5 d A]>] yF?6 ae 2?5 C6BF6DE65 2? 2>3F=2?46 7@C 9:D a\J62C\@=5 DE6AD@?[ H9@ H2D “82DA:?8 7@C 2:C]” w6 E@=5 E96 5:DA2E496C E92E 96 2?5 E96 49:=5[ H9@ 96 :56?E:7:65 2D “>J 3@J” 2?5 “>J <:55@[” H6C6 2=@?6 :? E96:C EC2:=6C 9@>6 :? 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