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Man to appear in VA court for child endangerment, driving on wrong side

Posted at 8:56 PM, May 12, 2013
and last updated 2013-05-12 23:48:16-04

Alberta, Va. – A Georgia man is set to appear in a Virginia court for charges eluding police- felony child endangerment and neglect.

Right now 50 year-old Randy Ferrell is at the Meherrin River Regional Jail in Alberta. Dinwiddie deputies say on Thursday, he was driving the wrong way on the road and after he was pulled over, he threatened to hurt his two year-old daughter.

Deputies safely removed the child by transported her to the hospital. Investigators are now working to find out why Ferrell was traveling in the wrong lane and why he came back to Virginia from Georgia.