A NORTON VIRGINIA MAN WILL SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS FOR STABBING THREE PEOPLE AND ATTEMPTING TO KILL A POLICE OFFICER. THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AMENDED CHARGES AGAINST 33 YEAR OLD KEVIN BATES TO ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER, UNLAWFUL WOUNDING, AND ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. BATES WAS ORDERED TO SERVE TWO YEARS ON EACH OF THE THREE COUNTS FOR A TOTAL OF SIX YEARS IN PRISON. THE VICTIMS WERE KENNETH BLOOMER, SHAWNA BORING, JACQUELINE MEFFORD AND NORTON POLICE OFFICER BUCKY CULBERTSON. MEFFORD AND BLOOMER SUFFERED STAB WOUNDS AFTER BEING CUT BY A 13 INCH SERRATED KNIFE.