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Roanoke Co. moonshiner gets suspended sentence

Wednesday - 12/5/2012, 12:26pm  ET

ROANOKE, Va. - A Roanoke County man convicted of making illegal whiskey has avoided jail time.

The Roanoke Times ( reports that 62-year-old James Ricky Lyle received a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday.


In February, special agents with Virginia's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control seized two stills, more than 200 gallons of illegal whiskey and several antique firearms from Lyle's home in the Mount Pleasant area.



Information from: The Roanoke Times,
