MEDIA RELEASE - SENTENCE UPDATE

This is a sentence update to a media release from Wednesday, May 21, 2025 of the arrest of John

Eddy Witcher. That release follows this brief sentencing update for your reference.

On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, John Eddy Witcher entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to 20

years in a state penitentiary, with 10 years suspended. This sentence is to run concurrently with

another.

ORIGINAL MEDIA RELEASE FROM MAY 21, 2025

On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, the Bedford Police Department arrested and charged a 44-year-old

Bedford County man, John Eddy Witcher, with multiple child sex crime charges. This arrest follows

an investigation by the Bedford Police Department’s Detective Bureau. The Bedford Police

Department would like to thank the U.S. Marshals and the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office for their

assistance in Witcher’s apprehension.

Witcher has been charged with the following:

3 counts of § 18.2-374.3 - Use of communications systems to solicit a child under 15 years of age.

At this time, no further information will be released regarding this case. Anyone with information

relevant to this case, or similar incidents, is urged to contact the Bedford Police Department at (540)

587-6011.