A Greene County man has been convicted of both assaulting and stalking a Daily Progress employee, but he will face no jail time for his crimes.

Judge Andrew Sneathern, who divides his time between the general district courts of Charlottesville and Greene, sentenced David Andrew O’Neill, 41, to 12 months behind bars on each conviction but suspended the entire term, leaving O’Neill a free man less than an hour after the verdict. State & Regional Crime

Stanardsville man who stalked Daily Progress employee heads to court

HAWES SPENCER The Daily Progress

That outcome alarmed the victim, whose name The Daily Progress is withholding out of serious concern for an employee’s safety.

The woman and her children now live under a permanent protective order against O’Neill, whom the judge banne

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