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PATRICK COUNTY, Va. – Authorities arrested a Patrick County man after he allegedly fired several shots into an occupied vehicle on Tuesday. 48-year-old Sammy Wayne Smith is facing charges of shooting into an occupied vehicle, brandishing a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to Patrick County Sheriff Dan Smith. The man got into his car and caught up with the vehicle he suspected in the shots fired incident, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The tactical response team for the Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at Smith’s home around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and they took him into custody. Smith is being held without bail in the Patrick County Jail.

She carefully planned a five-hour drive to the polling place in her Tennessee hometown to vote on Election Day. Many Americans who lined up before dawn to vote on Election Day are exhausted from constant crises, uneasy because of volatile political divisions and anxious about what will happen next. Instead, those voting in record numbers say basic democratic foundations feel suddenly brittle: Will their vote count? About 7 in 10 voters say they are anxious about the election, according to an AP-NORC poll last month. “It feels a bit different, but it also feels very much the same.”A lot of people were afraid to vote on Election Day, she said.

PATRICK COUNTY, Va. – A Patrick County man is in jail after he shot at and “narrowly missed” hitting his girlfriend, according to Patrick County Sheriff Dan Smith. When deputies arrived to arrest Williams, he made threats to fire at them, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Early Thursday, tactical teams from both the Patrick and Henry County Sheriff’s Office surrounded the home to execute both an arrest warrant and a search warrant. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office used its armored vehicle for the initial approach and gave commands for Williams to exit the home. A search of the home produced multiple firearms and an assortment of ammunition, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

PATRICK COUNTY, Va. - A 19-year-old is dead after a tractor accident in Patrick County over the weekend. Authorities say Brandon France was hurt while working on a farm tractor at his home on Big A School Road in Stuart. First responders arrived at the scene around 4 p.m., and France was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. "This is a very sad day for our county, please keep Brandon and his family in your prayers," said Patrick County Sheriff Dan Smith. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.