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  • Jury: Minister abused girl, A Radford, VA, jury found Hawthorne Reed Jr. guilty

    06/28/2008 8:11:39 PM PDT · by Coleus · 2 replies · 38+ views
    roanoke times ^ | 06.21.08 | shawna morrison
    After a trial that lasted late into the night Friday, a jury found a minister from Radford guilty of sexually abusing a girl in 2000 when she was 8 years old. Hawthorne Reed Jr., 63, was found guilty on two counts of forcible sodomy and one of aggravated sexual battery. The girl said the events happened in 2000, but she didn't tell anyone until six years later. The Roanoke Times is not identifying the girl because of the nature of the case. She doesn't live in Virginia. Jurors on Friday heard from both Reed and the now-16-year-old girl. She was...