Woodson faces two new charges in Waynesboro

Cleve Wiese / The News Virginian
Published: April 21, 2008

Slade Woodson, the 19-year-old Afton man facing charges for a string of shootings in Waynesboro and on Interstate 64 last month, appeared in a Waynesboro court this morning for an advisement on two new charges in the city.
The new charges—one felony charge of shooting into an occupied building and one felony charge of shooting from a vehicle—were filed last Friday and will be added to earlier felony charges of destruction of property and firing into an occupied building. 
All the charges stem from the same March 27 shooting incidents: firing into an occupied house on Commerce Avenue and shooting the Dupont Community Credit Union building on Lucy Lane. The new charge of shooting into an occupied building stems from an additional bullet hole located by investigators in the Commerce Avenue residence in early April, said Sgt. Kelly Walker of the Waynesboro Police Department.
A preliminary hearing on all the charges is scheduled for May 12.
Woodson requested a public defender at the 8:30 a.m. advisement hearing in Waynesboro General District Court.
Woodson is also facing felony indictments in Albemarle County for allegedly shooting five occupied cars traveling on Interstate 64, slightly injuring two people, and shooting an unoccupied VDOT dump truck.