A FORMER RICHLANDS VIRGINIA FIRE CHIEF ACCUSED OF SEXUAL BATTERY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE CRIME. WILLIAM DARRELL VANCE WAS CONVICTED OF EIGHT COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY AND TWO COUNTS OF INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH A MINOR IN CUSTODIAL CARE. VANCE WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH THREE YOUNG CHILDREN AT HIS SWORDS CREEK HOME. A JURY HAS RECOMMENDED VANCE SPEND 90 YEARS IN PRISON WHEN HE’S SENTENCED.