A SOUTH CAROLINA MAN CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE KILLING OF BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL CHANDLER HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SENTENCED TO 100 YEARS IN A WISE COUNTY COURTROOM. 36 YEAR OLD MICHAEL WHITE WAS PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO 100 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SEVEN COUNTS IN RELATION TO THE MURDER, INCLUDING USING A FIREARM IN THE FURTHERANCE OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME. COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY BRETT HALL SAYS….
OFFICER CHANDLER DIED ON HIS 29TH BIRTHDAY. WHITE IS BEING HELD AT WESTERN REGIONAL JAIL IN SALEM VIRGINIA AS HE AWAITS PLACEMENT IN THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS.