Fire chief faces child porn charges
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By Bernard Baker
Published: July 4, 2008
CHATHAM — A former Pittsylvania County fire marshal and the chief of Riverbend
Volunteer Fire Department
was charged this week with 17 counts of child pornography possession.
Gary Lee Toler, 46, was arrested July 1, according to Lt. Mike Mondul, spokesman for the Danville Police Department.
He confirmed that Toler was a former fire marshal for the county.
Mondul said Toler posted bail almost immediately after he was taken into custody. The police lieutenant said the investigation involves child pornography found on a computer, but added that he could not discuss the details of the case.
This is not Toler’s first brush with criminal charges.
He was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual battery in August 2007 and indecent liberties with a minor in January, according to Danville police.
Those two cases are scheduled to be heard July 17 in Danville Circuit Court.
The Rev. Lin Hairfield, chairman of the board for Riverbend Volunteer Fire Department, said he is not aware of any criminal charges against Toler.
“I have heard nothing about it,” Hairfield said Thursday.
He said Toler will remain as chief and there will be no move to take action against him at this time.
Toler served as the county’s fire marshal from the early 1990s until 1996.
He also was Pittsylvania County’s public safety coordinator during that time.
Attempts to contact Toler on Thursday were unsuccessful.
Contact Bernard Baker at or at (434) 791-7986.
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Posted by ( Jennifer_16 ) on July 15, 2008 at 11:38 am
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just what do you mean by that???
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Posted by ( Yougottabekidding ) on July 09, 2008 at 2:37 pm
His defense is a 16 year old girl, go figure!
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Posted by ( cat1 ) on July 07, 2008 at 3:03 pm
The truth will be determined next week when he is tried by a jury of his peers.
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Posted by ( Jennifer_16 ) on July 07, 2008 at 12:04 pm
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YOU DON"T UNDERSTAND. He wouldn’t do anything like that. So, believe what you want to believe, but i know what is the truth and obviously you don’t.
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Posted by ( cat1 ) on July 07, 2008 at 9:12 am
In response to the message above, yes it is true. Here is the link the Virginia Courts website that will provide you with all of the charges and dates: http://wasdmz2.courts.state.va.us/CJISWeb/circuit.html Copy this link then paste it in the web address. Select Danville Circuit for the court, then type the name and search, then select the case you want to view by clicking on the case number. The newspaper would not have printed this article if it were not true.
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Posted by ( Jennifer_16 ) on July 04, 2008 at 11:17 pm
“He was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual battery in August 2007 and indecent liberties with a minor in January, according to Danville police.“
which is not true at all well the charges aren’t. I wouldn’t believe anything this artical says. It is soo not true> I can’t believe they even put it in the paper.
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