Gilmer and Lewis County Men Sought by WV State Police

West Virginia State police is looking for Robert E. Carpenter of Gilmer County, WV and Michael W. Radcliff of Lewis County, WV.

Both men are scamming local businesses along I-79, according to West Virginia State Police.

Please call the Lewis County detachment of the West Virginia State Police at 304.269.0500, if you have any information about the location of these suspects.

       
Robert E. Carpenter                                           Michael W. Radcliff

Glenville: Gilmer County Farmers’ Market - 2013

The Gilmer County Farmer’s Market will be open Saturday, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

There will be plants, some produce, crafts, honey, and jellies.

Gilmer County Farmer’s Market is located at the intersection of U.S. Hwy 33/119 and WV Hwy 5 in Hays City area of Glenville, WV (Adjacent to Gilmer County Senior Center)

G-otcha™: Orlando Man Behind Bars for Operating Meth Lab

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Smith,  David Michael
	Height:	6’  0"
	Weight:	155 lbs.
	Birth Date:	03.22.1959
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	05.15.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-107	LEWIS COUNTY - Bail Amount: $300,000.00
12F-81	LEWIS COUNTY - Bail Amount: $0.00
Arrested and charged with operating or attempting to operate clandestine drug labs at his residence on Three Lick Road. Lewis County Sheriff deputy found several products used to make meth, including a plastic bottle with a substance in it that resembled methamphetamine and items used to manufacture meth, in a shed behind the residence. Smith admitted that he manufactured meth. He also described in detail how he manufacture meth.

Despite New Substance-Abuse Bill, Meth Lab Busts in West Virginia Occurring at Record Pace

West Virginia law enforcement officials are seizing methamphetamine labs at a record pace in 2013.

They have seized 200 meth labs to date, nearly approaching the 288 they shuttered in all of last year.

Law enforcement is on a pace to seize about 570 labs this year, despite a new law intended to slow the proliferation of meth labs.

The size of meth labs has gotten smaller as the number of busts has spiked.

Still, the smaller meth-making operations are just as toxic as larger, traditional labs

G-otcha™: West Union Couple Arrested on Child Neglect and Drug Use Charges

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Riley, Catrina Louise
	Height:	5’  2"
	Weight:	180 lbs.
	Birth Date:	01.08.1976
	Gender:	Female
	Booking Date:	05.14.2013
	Facility:	North Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-	DODDRIDGE COUNTY - Bail Amount: $5,000.00
Charged with one count of child neglect resulting in risk of injury. Child Protective Services and Doddridge County Sheriff Department received allegations of drug use in the couple’s home. Allegations indicate they shared drug with their seven children. Two of the children told Child Protective Services, they cared for their 17-month-old brother while their mother was sitting on the couch or working. The children have since been removed from the home. A hearing scheduled for May 31, 2013.

 

 

 

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Riley, Rusty J
	Height:	5’  9"
	Weight:	141 lbs.
	Birth Date:	08.23.1962
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	05.14.2013
	Facility:	North Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-	DODDRIDGE COUNTY - Bail Amount: $5,000.00
Charged with one count of child neglect resulting in risk of injury. Child Protective Services and Doddridge County Sheriff Department received allegations of drug use in the couple’s home. Allegations indicate they shared drug with their seven children. He admitted the had marijuana, scales, and a pipe in the home along with straws that were used to snort pills. He told the children that they were not allowed to call their mom anymore and he was not going to do anything else for the children because they did not respect him. The children have since been removed from the home. A hearing scheduled for May 31, 2013.

Capito Announces Mobile Office Visits in Braxton, Calhoun, Roane, Wirt Counties

Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, R-WV, has announced the dates and times of her mobile office for the month of May.

A staff member from her office will be present to help state residents with any assistance they need with the federal government, such as the Social Security Administration, Medicare or the Veterans Administration.

In addition, residents can send a message to Congresswoman Capito.

The mobile office schedule for May is:

May 15, 2013 - 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Ravenswood Multipurpose Senior Building, 511 Washington Street, Ravenswood.

May 20, 2013 - 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Roane County Senior Center, 811 Madison Avenue, Spencer.

May 21, 2013 - 10:30 AM to noon, Calhoun County Senior Center, 3 Market Street, Grantsville.

May 23, 2013 - 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Braxton County Senior Center, 33 Senior Center Drive, Sutton.

May 28, 2013 - 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Wirt County Senior Center, Washington Street, Elizabeth.

G-otcha™: Federal Guilty Pleads for Assault and Introduction of a Prohibited Object

•  JOHN THOMAS CHINNICI, age 27; VICTOR AVILES, age 32 and ALEX TEJADA, age 31, former inmates at FCI Gilmer entered pleas of guilty to “Assault.”

On June 30, 2011, CHINNICI, AVILES and TEJADA assaulted another inmate by punching,  kicking and stabbing him eight times with prison-made knives.

CHINNICI, AVILES and TEJADA were each sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Flower and was investigated by the Special Investigative Services Staff at FCI Gilmer.

•  ZSA ZSA DEE FIELDS, age 45, of Detroit, Michigan, entered a plea of guilty to “Introduction of a Prohibited Object - Marijuana.”

On December 17, 2011, FIELDS provided marijuana to an inmate at FCI Gilmer.

FIELDS was sentenced to 18 months probation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Flower and investigated by the Special Investigative Services at FCI Gilmer.

G-otcha™: Lewis County Resident Entered Guilty Plea to Providing a False Statement

LAWAN GADDY, age 24, of Lewis County, West Virginia, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release.

GADDY entered a plea of guilty on December 14, 2012, to “Providing a False Statement to a Federal Firearms Licensee in the Acquisition of a Firearm” on September 20, 2011.

GADDY, was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal pending designation to a Federal institution.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Zelda E. Wesley and investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Weston Police Department.

G-otcha™: Federal Guilty Plea for Illegal Firearm Possession by Starcher

A Roane County man who broke into a camper van and stole several firearms pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms.

Robert Allen Starcher, age 29, of Spencer, WV, entered into a guilty plea in federal court in Charleston.

On January 01, 2012, Starcher broke into a camper van that was located in Walton, Roane County, WV, and took four rifles and two shotguns that were inside.

Following the burglary, Starcher took the firearms that he had stolen from the camper, along with other stolen goods, and traded the items for an SUV.

Starcher was prohibited from possessing firearms because of multiple prior felony convictions.

Starcher was convicted in September 2007 in the Circuit Court of Ritchie County of transferring stolen goods.

Starcher was also convicted in January 2007 in the Circuit Court of Calhoun County of grand larceny.

Starcher also had prior felony convictions in Gilmer and Braxton counties from 2006. 

Starcher faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on August 15, 2013 by United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods.

Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by networking existing local programs targeting gun crime.

WayBackWhen™: May 13

Today is Monday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2013. There are 232 days left in the year.

Thought for Today:

“I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.“ — Wilson Mizner, American playwright (1876-1933).

Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 13, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Brady v. Maryland, upheld, 7-2, a lower court decision overturning the death sentence (but not the conviction) of John L. Brady for murder because the prosecution had withheld from the defense a statement by a separately tried accomplice, Charles D. Boblit, that he’d actually carried out the 1958 killing of William Brooks during a robbery. (Brady spent years in prison in legal limbo, declining his right to another sentencing hearing; he was eventually paroled. Boblit, 79, remains imprisoned in Maryland.)

On this date:

In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).

In 1846, the United States declared that a state of war already existed with Mexico.

In 1917, three shepherd children near Fatima, Portugal, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary.

In 1918, the first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were issued to the public. (On a few of the stamps, the biplane was inadvertently printed upside-down, making them collector’s items.)

In 1940, Britain’s new prime minister, Winston Churchill, told Parliament: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.“

In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 1968, a one-day general strike took place in France in support of student protesters.

In 1972, 118 people died after fire broke out at the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka, Japan.

In 1973, in tennis’ first so-called “Battle of the Sexes,“ Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Court 6-2, 6-1 in Ramona, Calif. (Riggs had his standing challenge to female players accepted by Billie Jean King, who soundly defeated Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in September.)

In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca (MEH’-met AH’-lee AH’-juh).

In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped a bomb onto the group’s row house; 11 people died in the resulting fire that destroyed 61 homes.

In 1992, the Falun Gong movement had its beginnings in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun.

Ten years ago:

A judge ruled that Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols should stand trial in state court on 160 counts of first-degree murder. (Nichols was later found guilty on 161 counts; the 161st count was for the fetus of a pregnant victim. Nichols was sentenced to life in prison.)

The government unveiled a more colorful version of the new $20 bill.

Algerian army commandos freed 17 European tourists who’d been kidnapped in the Sahara Desert by an al-Qaida-linked terror group.

Five years ago:

An embattled Hillary Rodham Clinton trounced Barack Obama in the West Virginia Democratic primary.

Eighty people were killed in coordinated bomb attacks on crowded markets and streets outside Hindu temples in Jaipur, India.

LPGA great Annika Sorenstam announced she would retire at the end of the season.

Actor John Phillip Law died in Los Angeles at age 70.

One year ago:

The mutilated bodies of 49 people were found near Monterrey, Mexico, apparent victims of a drug cartel.

A gunman assassinated Arsala Rahmani, a former high-ranking Taliban official working to end the decade-long war in Afghanistan.

Donald “Duck” Dunn, 70, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs, died in Tokyo while on tour.

Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Buck Taylor is 75

Actor Harvey Keitel is 74

Author Charles Baxter is 66

Actor Franklyn Ajaye is 64

Actress Zoe Wanamaker is 64

Singer Stevie Wonder is 63

Producer-writer Alan Ball is 56

Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 52

Actor-comedian Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR’) is 49

Rock musician John Richardson (The Gin Blossoms) is 49

Actor Tom Verica is 49

Country singer Lari White is 48

Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 47

Actress Susan Floyd is 45

Contemporary Christian musician Andy Williams (Casting Crowns) is 41

Actress Samantha Morton is 36

Rock musician Mickey Madden (Maroon 5) is 34

Actress-writer-director Lena Dunham is 27

Actor Robert Pattinson is 27

Actress Candice Accola is 26

Actor Hunter Parrish is 26

G-otcha™: Federal Court: Bank Employee Indicted for Embezzlement of Nearly $250,000

•  DEBORAH D. RADCLIFF, age 41, of Weston, West Virginia, was named in an eight-count Indictment charging her with one count of “Embezzlement by a Bank Employee” and seven counts of “Structuring.”

According to the Indictment, while serving as the branch manager of the Weston branch bank of Huntington National Bank from July 01,  2011,  to November 05,  2012, RADCLIFF embezzled and misapplied $247,249.88 from depositors’  accounts and engaged in acts of structuring to cause the bank to fail to file a Currency Transaction Report for currency transactions of $10,000 or more.

To execute the scheme, RADCLIFF utilized her position as branch manager to issue or direct to be issued cashier’s checks from funds withdrawn from depositors’ accounts issued in the name of the depositor.

RADCLIFF would take possession of the cashier’s check, forge the name of the depositor and cash the checks for her own personal benefit.

The ages of the alleged victims ranged from 56 to 90 years, with all but one alleged victim 64 years or older.

The Indictment also seeks the forfeiture of a money judgment of the $247,249.88.

If convicted, RADCLIFF faces up to 30 years imprisonment and a $1,000,000 fine on the embezzlement count and up to 10 years imprisonment and a $500,000 fine on each of the structuring counts.

This case will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John C. Parr and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

•  SHANE O. BRANTLEY, age 36, of Sutton, West Virginia, was named in a one-count Indictment charging him with “Felon in Possession of a Firearm” on April 25, 2012, in Braxton County.

If convicted, BRANTLEY faces a maximum exposure of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.

Raelynn Nicole Blake

A 9-pound baby girl was born to Autumn Lynn Lester and Andrew Timothy Blake of Weston, WV.

The little girl was born on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at the United Hospital Center of Clarksburg and named Raelynn Nicole Blake.

Maternal grandparents are Wavalene Conrad of Weston, WV and Timothy Lester of Roanoke, WV.

Paternal grandparents are Thomas Blake of Weston, WV. Great-grandparents are Louise and Shirley Lester and Dottie Haymond, all of Weston, WV.

G-otcha™: GSC Student Behind Bars on Drug Charges

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Smith,  Conner Madison
	Height:	6’  2"
	Weight:	150 lbs.
	Birth Date:	01.27.1993
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	05.08.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-82	GILMER COUNTY - Bail Amount: $150,000.00
Around 12:30 AM, Wednesday, Glenville Police pulled over a white Mitsubishi Eclipse driven left of the center line on Mineral Road. Smith was acting nervous and he admitted that he had marijuana pipes that he had used to smoke marijuana in the car. After search police found ingredients to make meth. (A can of starter fluid, Advil Flu and Body Ache containing pseudoephedrine, Zippo butane fuel, and a Ziploc bag containing what appeared to be crushed up pills.) Upon further search the officer found a green plastic bag containing pipe cutters, a jar full of white powder with lithium strips in it that tested positive for traces of meth, a bottle of lighter fluid, aluminum foil tubing, a cold pack busted open, and a bag of salt.

 

Nuclear Gauge Reported Missing in West Virginia

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is hoping to recover a portable gauge containing radioactive material that went missing from a West Virginia work site.

The federal agency says Pennsylvania-based Valley Quarries Inc. reported the device missing from a site near Martinsburg last Friday.

Officials say the company’s radiation safety officer stated that an employee of another firm reported seeing someone take what appeared to be the gauge.

The moisture-density gauge takes measurements by projecting radiation from the two radioactive sources into the ground and then displaying the amount of radiation reflected back to the gauge.

The agency says as long as the sources are in the shielded position, the gauge wouldn’t present a hazard to the public.

West Virginia Convictions Mount for Distracted Driving

In the first 10 months since a West Virginia law banned driving while texting or talking on a hand-held cell phone, 125 offenders have been convicted of doing just that.

The Legislature passed Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s distracted-driving bill last year.

Drivers caught texting while behind the wheel face fines of $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second violation and $300 for subsequent offenses.

Using a handheld cellphone to talk becomes a primary offense July 01, 2013.

G-otcha™: Ritchie County Man Behind Bars for Burglary

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Chadock,  Ronald Keith
	Height:	6’  1"
	Weight:	180 lbs.
	Birth Date:	11.09.1978
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	05.06.2013
	Facility:	North Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-17,18,19,20	RITCHIE COUNTY COURT - Bail Amount: $0.00
Charged with grand larceny and daytime burglary without entering.

 

Lewis County: Motorcycle Accident Kills a Man on I-79

John Lewis Hutton Jr., age 61, of Bridgeport, WV, was Killed about 5:00 PM on Sunday, May 05, 2013.

The accident happened near the mile marker 93 on Interstate 79 in Lewis County, WV.

According to WV State Police he was traveling north with another motorcyclist when he traveled left off of the roadway edge, into the median, struck the cable barrier and flipped off of the motorcycle.

Hutton was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two Radio Stations on the Hook for Public File Violations

Public file violations tripped up two broadcasters recently.

In both cases, licensees were fined $10,000 each for missing quarterly radio issues/programs lists from their station public file. The fines have now progressed to forfeiture orders.

Stephen Peters, former licensee of WHAW(FM), Lost Creek, WV, was originally fined in 2011 after a station inspection.

The FCC said he told the agent during the WHAW inspection the missing lists couldn’t be found because they were drying out from water damage during a storm — one that that also blew the roof off the studio and destroyed a lot of equipment.

The commission didn’t believe that. It also didn’t agree with Peters, who thought the fine was “excessive.” He has 30 days to pay.

Peters is also the general manager of WVRW(FM). The two stations share the same main studio in Weston, WV.

The commission also upheld a $10,000 fine for WVRW licensee Della Jane Woofter.

Woofter, too, claimed water damage ruined the lists. However, during the inspection, FCC agents noticed other parts of the public file were intact and dry.

The commission didn’t believe her account, either and said Woofter is liable for a $10,000 fine and must pay within 30 days.

G-Comm™: Hoppy’s Commentary - U. of C. Handles a Scandal

The arrest this week of three University of Charleston basketball players is disturbing.

Sure, college kids get in trouble all the time, but these “student athletes” are accused of jumping two men outside a Charleston bar early Sunday morning and robbing them.  Charleston police say Terrell Lipkins, Robbie Dreher and Quincy Washington are also “persons of interest” in the severe beating and robbery of a Boone County man last week.

These are serious crimes, and it’s important to note that the three have a presumption of innocence. Still, this is an embarrassment for the University of Charleston, a respected state institution.

Normally when these kinds of stories break, colleges go into media lockdown.  Schools and coaches have practiced methods of dealing with such controversies.

They say they have no comment or that it’s an internal matter or that they’ll wait until the police finish their investigation. The hypocrisy is that the schools rely upon, and even expect, the press to gush at their success, but then cooperate in a conspiracy of silence at their failures.

For that reason, the response by University of Charleston officials is refreshing and encouraging.

Within hours after the arrests, President Ed Welch had released a categorical statement condemning the alleged crimes, adding that the students had been kicked off the basketball team and out of their residence halls.

Later in the day, Welch and Coach Mark Downey held a no-holds-barred news conference where they answered questions from newspaper, TV and radio reporters.

It was particularly awkward when Downey and Welch had to explain how the school had recruited Dreher, even though he had left Winthrop University after being charged with third-degree criminal conduct.  He later pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and battery.

Welch said the review of Dreher’s background was “much more than we’ve ever done for anyone else we’ve admitted.” (I’m not sure if that’s reassuring or more troubling.)

Both Welch and Downey apologized to the university and the city of Charleston, and Downey took responsibility.

“I’m around these kids quite a bit and I take responsibility,” Downey said.

As he should.  Now he and President Welch need to decide what kind of basketball program they’re going to have to represent their university.

The press conference lasted about a half-hour, with Welch and Downey taking every question.  Welch made sure to ask if the press had any more questions before he left.

You can look at the picture of the two on the Metronews website and see that it was painful and embarrassing for them, but they did it.  They didn’t hide behind a press spokesman or send out a feckless statement.

It’s doubtful colleges and universities across the country took note, and even if they did, most would not be willing to venture from the safe cocoon of “no comment” when bad news breaks.

G-othcha™: Gilmer Man Behind Bar on Meth Charges

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Ash,  James Lee
	Height:	5’  30"
	Weight:	200 lbs.
	Birth Date:	09.04.1970
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.26.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-46\47\48\49	GILMER COUNTY - Bail Amount: $150,000.00
Charged with conspiracy plus operating or attempting to operate a clandestine meth lab.

 

G-otcha™: Lewis County Man Behind Bars on Drug Charges

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Romel,  Kenneth James
	Height:	5’  7"
	Weight:	163 lbs.
	Birth Date:	02.19.1975
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.22.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-97	LEWIS COUNTY - Bail Amount: $50,000.00
Charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. Lewis County Sheriff Deputies found 55 Percocet pills valued more than $2,500 in a vehicle he was traveling in. Officials searched the vehicle on a traffic stop. When arrested he had more $1000 in cash.

 

G-otcha™: Gilmer Men Behind Bars for Attempting to Kill Two People

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Moore,  Dustin Tyler
	Height:	6’  2"
	Weight:	232 lbs.
	Birth Date:	01.23.1990
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.19.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-	GILMER COUNTY - Bail Amount: $0.00
He went with three others to a home in December 2012 to try to kill the two people living there. They beat the two people with a lead pipe leaving them both unconscious.

 

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Stalnaker,  Derrick Lee
	Height:	6’  0"
	Weight:	292 lbs.
	Birth Date:	04.24.1994
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.21.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13M-56,57	GILMER COUNTY - Bail Amount: $150,000.00
He was arrested late last week for role in trying to kill the two people in a home. He and others beat the two people in the home with a lead pipe leaving them both unconscious. He is from Jane Lew, WV. Gilmer County Sheriff’s Department charged him with two counts of attempted murder. Gilmer Sheriff Deputies said on December 05, 2012, Stalnaker and three other people entered the home of Ricky Townsend and Lindsey Ables and struck them each in the head with a piece of pipe while attempting to murder them.

Edith M. “Peggy” Mossor

Edith M. “Peggy” Mossor

Age 71, of Sistersville, WV, passed away on April 18, 2013, at Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Glen Dale, WV.

She was born October 31, 1941, in Ritchie County, WV, a daughter of the late John and Lavone Britton.

She worked at the Pleasants County Library, St. Marys, WV. Peggy was a loving wife, mother, friend and aunt. In her spare time she enjoyed gardening, camping and painting.

She was Baptist by faith.

She is survived by sister, Gloria Jean Britton; sister-in-law, Emogene Blanton of Belpre, Ohio, and Maxine Lewis of Ellenboro, WV; brother-in-law, Don Mossor of Pennsboro, WV; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Mossor in 2009; son, Tim Mossor; brothers, Rodney, Benny and Ervin Britton; and one sister, Jeanette Carlquist.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon, April 21, 2013, at Myers Funeral Home, Sistersville, WV.

Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery of Sistersville.

Calling hours will be 4:00-8:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home.

Braxton County: Two Tractor trailers Accident

The state Division of Highways says traffic is going to be slow moving on Interstate 79 southbound in Braxton County, WV for most of Friday afternoon following an accident that involved two tractor trailers.

The crash occurred between the Flatwoods and Sutton exits in the Noon hour.

The DOH says motorists can expect delays.

One of the two large trucks caught on fire following the crash.

G-otcha™: Braxton Man Behind Bars for Operating Meth Lab

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Roupe,  Hollis Ray
	Height:	5’  10"
	Weight:	140 lbs.
	Birth Date:	08.24.1985
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.18.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-84-85	BRAXTON COUNTY - Bail Amount: $100,000.00
Charged with operating or attempting to operate a clandestine meth lab.

G-otcha™: Braxton Woman Behind Bars for Having Sex with Male Teen

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Skidmore,  Shirly Ann
	Height:	5’  2"
	Weight:	145 lbs.
	Birth Date:	11.01.1955
	Gender:	Female
	Booking Date:	04.14.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-72,73,74	BRAXTON COUNTY - Bail Amount: $60,000.00
Arrested for having sex with a 15-year-old male on multiple occasions in 2012. She started the relationship with the teen through computer in June of 2012. Then she met the teen. They continued their relations until August of 2012.

G-otcha™: Braxton County Man Behind Bars for Selling Prescription Pills

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Winebrenner,  Shane Curtis
	Height:	6’  2"
	Weight:	185 lbs.
	Birth Date:	05.09.1976
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.11.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-	BRAXTON COUNTY - Bail Amount: $50,000.00
He was arrested after police found him with prescription pills. An undercover informant bought a few Roxicodone pills from him. Officers then found more pills inside his home in Heaters.

G-otcha™: Braxton Family Memeber Behind Bars for Setting a Car on Fire

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Jeffers,  Doug Shane
	Height:	6’  0"
	Weight:	220 lbs.
	Birth Date:	10.24.1990
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.04.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-63/64	BRAXTON COUNTY - Bail Amount: $50,000.00
Accused of taking things from a car, and then setting it on fire in Braxton County. The car that was parked behind a Motel 79 in Burnsville, WV. After stealing the items from the car, set the car on fire, and then left.

 

 

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Jeffers,  Willard Earl
	Height:	5’  7"
	Weight:	205 lbs.
	Birth Date:	01.29.1965
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.04.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-61/62	BRAXTON COUNTY - Bail Amount: $50,000.00
Accused of taking things from a car, and then setting it on fire in Braxton County. The car that was parked behind a Motel 79 in Burnsville, WV. After stealing the items from the car, set the car on fire, and then left.

 

 

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Jeffers,  Barbara Sue
	Height:	5’  6"
	Weight:	155 lbs.
	Birth Date:	11.05.1958
	Gender:	Female
	Booking Date:	04.04.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-45/46	BRAXTON COUNTY - Bail Amount: $50,000.00
Accused of taking things from a car, and then setting it on fire in Braxton County. The car that was parked behind a Motel 79 in Burnsville, WV. After stealing the items from the car, set the car on fire, and then left.

 

G-otcha™: Two FCI Gilmer Inmates Enter Pleas and Are Sentenced in Federal Court

Two FCI Gilmer inmates entered pleas of guilty and were sentenced on April 10, 2013, in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Judge Irene M. Keeley.

•  DAVID BOGGS, age 29, entered a plea of guilty to “Possession of a Prohibited Object” on July 12, 2012, when the staff at FCI Gilmer found suboxone strips hidden inside an envelope of mail sent to inmate BOGGS.

BOGGS was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment to be served consecutively with his current 155-month sentence.

This case was investigated by the Special Investigative Services Staff at FCI Gilmer.

•  DWAYNE GILMORE, age 37, entered a plea of guilty to “Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Access Device” between December 01 and 31, 2011, when defendant participated in a scheme to defraud multiple Sears stores of merchandise.

GILMORE was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment to be served concurrently with his currently 85-month sentence and ordered to make restitution of $11,276.15 to Sears.

This case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and the Special Investigative Services Staff at FCI Gilmer.

These cases were prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Flower.

G-otcha™: Gilmer County Couple Behind Bars for Making Meth

Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Miller,  James Christopher
	Height:	5’  8"
	Weight:	170 lbs.
	Birth Date:	09.30.1990
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	04.08.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-40-42	GILMER COUNTY - Bail Amount: $110,000.00
Charged with: Operating or attempting to operate a clandestine drug lab. Possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. Conspiracy to commit a felony.

 

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Imprisonment Status:  Pre-Trial Felon
	Full Name:	Miller,  Brittiny Denise
	Height:	5’  4"
	Weight:	150 lbs.
	Birth Date:	03.25.1993
	Gender:	Female
	Booking Date:	04.08.2013
	Facility:	Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Pre-Trial Felon

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13F-38-39	GILMER COUNTY - Bail Amount: $100,000.00
Charged with: Operating or attempting to operate a clandestine drug lab. Conspiracy to commit a felony.

 

Lewis County: Fatal Traffic Wreck on I-79

A Harrison County man was killed in a rollover accident on Interstate 79.

Police say the man was driving north near the Weston exit Sunday morning when his vehicle rolled several times.

Officers say they could not find the man when they first arrived on scene because he had been thrown into the nearby woods.

Police believe speed may have been a factor.

The man’s name has not been released, although authorities say he was between 25 and 30 years old.

Gilmer County Board of Education Special Meeting - Tuesday - 04.09.13

AGENDA
Special Meeting
Sand Fork Elementary School
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
6:00 PM

I.     Call to Order

II.     Pledge of Allegiance

III.     Introductions

IV.     LSIC Chair or designee:

The following areas must be addressed during the presentation, but in no particular order.

A. Describe how instruction is provided for students who have been excluded from class, suspended from school or expelled?

B. Describe the alternative settings available for students?

C. Describe how the in-school suspension program is used.  If one is not present, are there future plans to implement one?

D. Describe any preventive discipline or student involvement programs, i.e., Peer Mediation, Natural Helpers, Responsible Students Program, that are in place.

E. Describe what the school has done to promote anti-bullying and prevent harassment.

F. In the event of a crisis, what procedures are in place to communicate and coordinate with local emergency service agencies?

G. Does the school have a discipline plan/code in place?  In what manner has the plan/code been discussed with students, staff and parents?

H. Describe how the LSIC has analyzed school discipline data.  What action steps have been taken to identify meaningful consequences and improve student behaviors and school culture?

I. When did the LSIC conduct its annual meeting to engage parents, students, school employees and other interested parties in a positive and interactive dialogue regarding effective discipline policies?  Provide the agenda and describe the comments received.

J. How does the LSIC know the discipline code is enforced fairly and consistently?  If the LSIC determines that student discipline is not enforced fairly and consistently, it shall transmit that determination in writing, along with supporting information, to the county superintendent of schools.

K. Describe school/student performance.

L. Describe school curriculum.

M. Describe the status of the school in meeting the school strategic plan.

N. Describe the status of the school in meeting the county strategic plan.

O. Describe the status of your PTO and how it functions with the school.

P. What other information, comments or suggestions do you have for improving your school? 

V.     Adjournment.

By Indictment or by Public Tip, Slain Mingo Sheriff Waited for Ways to Arrest Drug Suspects

The late Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum made it his mission to clean up the county’s pervasive drug problem.

He wanted residents to live without fear that illegal drugs were being sold in their neighborhoods.

He wanted to cut off the flow of drugs that he said often were coming from prescriptions from out-of-state doctors.

Many say he was largely successful in achieving those goals in his short time in office.

He was gunned down earlier this week in a downtown Williams parking

His funeral is Sunday, four days after the 59-year-old sheriff was shot to death in a downtown Williamson parking lot where he ate his lunch each day.

MINGO COUNTY SHERIFF SHOT TO DEATH

Sheriff Eugene Crum, a lawman known for cracking down on the drug trade in southern West Virginia’s coalfields, was fatally shot Wednesday in the spot where he usually parked his car for lunch, a state official said, and a suspect was in custody.

West Virginia State Police told Governor Earl Ray Tomblin that Crum, the Mingo County Sheriff, died of his wounds, said his chief of staff Rob Alsop.

The suspect, who was also shot, was taken to a hospital in Logan, Alsop said.

The courthouse was evacuated, streets into the city of Williamson were blocked off and officers held white sheets around the crime scene.

Crum’s body was further shielded by two vehicles.

The shooting occurred within a block of the county courthouse, said Office of Emergency Services head dispatcher Willis Spence.

Officials planned a news conference for 6:00 PM in the county in the southwest corner of West Virginia, on the border with Kentucky.

Delegate Harry Keith White, who campaigned with Crum last year, said his friend was shot to death in the same place where he parked his car most days to eat lunch, near the site of a former pharmacy known for illegally distributing pills.

Mingo County residents will miss Sheriff Eugene Crum

 

Residents in Mingo County are in shock after losing their beloved sheriff in a shooting Wednesday.

“It just shocked us and then their I was for about three hours just speechless,” said Calvin Muncy after he heard his friend Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum had been shot and killed.

Police say Crum was eating lunch in his cruiser around noon Wednesday in the parking lot of the Mingo County Courthouse in Williamson when an individual walked up to the sheriff’s vehicle and shot Crum at point blank range.

Muncy said Crum was always friendly and was just a fine man.

A large crowd gathered outside the courthouse Wednesday afternoon for a press conference regarding the incident.

Mingo County Commission President John Hubbard talked about the difference Crum made in the county and how the coming days are going to be tough.

“To say Eugene will be missed is a vast understatement and the healing process for his family and our county will be long and difficult,” said Hubbard.

Hubbard urged everyone to keep Crum’s family and the community in their prayers.

911 Dispatcher Willis Spence was devastated by the news and said Crum was always there to help anybody who needed it. He said Crum fought to make a difference in the county and that’s exactly what he did.

“He stood for what’s right and that’s been a long time coming here and he did a really good job,” said Spence. “It’s just unbelievable.”

Hubbard during the press conference mentioned how Crum and his deputies worked tirelessly to rid the county of crime, especially the drug dealers.

Chance Davis, a friend of Crum’s, said his goal was to clean up the community in terms of the drugs.

“It’s a tragic loss losing our sheriff and especially such a good sheriff at that,” said resident Chance Davis.

Davis said it’s going to take a long time for the family and the community to get over this loss.

The alleged shooter, Tennis Melvin Maynard, 37, of Ragland, was shot and captured moments later following the shooting by a Mingo County deputy in Delbarton. Maynard was taken to the hospital where is condition is unknown.

Mary Fields is just heartbroken by what happened and said it’s going to take a community effort to get through this.

“We will just have to pull together as a team and just pray for each other to get through this,” said Fields.

Crum babysat Fields when she was younger and she said he was a wonderful guy and will be greatly missed.

Family, friends and those from the community will be meeting once again in front of the Mingo County Courthouse Thursday night at 8:00 PM to hold a candlelight vigil in Crum’s honor.

“BUCKWILD”: Carbon Monoxide Killed MTV Star

Authorities in West Virginia say a star of the MTV reality show “BUCKWILD” and two passengers all died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Twenty-one-year-old Shain Gandee, his uncle and another passenger were found dead Monday.

Gandee’s 1984 Ford Bronco was stuck in a mud hole, its tail pipe submerged.

It is possible the gas could have filled the cabin because of the clogged exhaust pipe.

The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department says autopsies completed Tuesday confirmed the three men died from the gas.

Their deaths have been ruled accidental.

The victims’ bodies have been released to funeral homes, but no arrangements have yet been announced.

Shooting for the second season of the show set around Sissonville and Charleston has been suspended.

‘Mudding’ Was ‘BUCKWILD’ Reality Star’s Medication

The sport of tearing into trails in backwoods in trucks and all-terrain vehicles, known among enthusiasts as “muddin’,“ is a part of life for many amateur daredevils who love to get dirty in rural West Virginia, just as it was for “BUCKWILD” cast member Shain Gandee.

It was a fitting pastime for the 21-year-old, one of the stars on a show that warned viewers not to mimic the “wild and crazy behavior” they witnessed — swearing, fighting, four-wheeling, even swimming in the bed of a dump truck-turned-swimming-pool.

He and two others were found dead inside an SUV on Monday about a mile from Gandee’s Sissonville home. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that autopsies confirmed they died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. The vehicle was stuck so deep in a mud pit that its tail pipe was submerged; it is possible the gas flooded the cabin because of the clogged exhaust.

In one episode, he describes four-wheeling as a stress-reliever: “This is my medication right here,“ he says before getting stuck in a mud pit and blowing up his engine. And there was no place he enjoyed being more than behind the wheel in the woods, said Gandee’s cousin Ashley Gandee Lewis.

Just two days before he died, Gandee had gone mudding with people he met Saturday at the grand opening of her general store in Proctorville, Ohio.

“He said, ‘Let’s go!‘ And they went,“ Lewis said. “Mudding’s just taking your vehicle and finding the biggest mud holes you can get, and seeing how fast you can get through them. You can fish tail it sideways or get stuck.

“It’s just about having a good time. It’s just about making memories.“

Authorities said Gandee, his 48-year-old uncle, David Gandee, and 27-year-old Donald Robert Myers were last seen around 3 a.m. Sunday at a bar and they told people they were going driving off-road. The SUV was found by one of Shain Gandee’s friends next to a trail used by four-wheel drive vehicles, about 15 miles outside of Charleston.

The network has not said whether it was filming Gandee at the bar Sunday morning or after he left.

A four-wheeling charity event was being planned, with donations going to Gandee’s family for funeral costs.

Jim Humphrey, a salesman at Morgantown Power Sports, said mudding is just a part of the Mountain State’s history. People who live near lakes and oceans buy speedboats and personal watercraft. People who live near mountains and mud buy four-wheelers, he said.

“People around here just like to get muddy and have fun,“ said Humphrey, whose dealership sells 40 to 50 all-terrain vehicles a month at an average price of about $6,500.

West Virginia has an abundance of designated riding trails, including the 600-mile Hatfield-McCoy Trails network, which lets tourists and local alike traverse seven West Virginia counties. Local officials say riders have come from as far as Alaska and Canada.

But Humphrey, who used to ride two or three times a week, said locals often prefer to forge their own paths.

“That’s part of it, just the adventure,“ he said. “Just getting away from work or whatever.“

That thrill-seeking isn’t without risk. Statistics on off-road fatalities weren’t immediately available, but there were 588 ATV-related deaths reported from 1982-2011, the most recent statistics available from the state Division of Motor Vehicles. Of those, 144 occurred from 2008-2011.

People more commonly use ATVs, not trucks, Humphrey said.

“BUCKWILD” boasted millions of viewers during its first season and had already begun shooting season two, though it was not without detractors, including U.S. Sen. and former West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin. He asked MTV to cancel the show in September, telling the network’s president in a letter that the show profits off of “poor decisions of our youth” and that it plays to ugly, inaccurate stereotypes about the people of West Virginia.

“MTV didn’t make those kids do anything that those kids didn’t already do,“ Lewis said. “It’s not like they forced anybody to do anything.“

Shooting for the second season of “BUCKWILD” has been suspended because of Gandee’s death, according to an MTV spokesman.

Manchin was asked about the show again Tuesday during an appearance in Charleston, but he held back any harsh words.

“It’s just awful for a young person, very bright and promising, to have this happen,“ he said. “The series, that’s immaterial, it really is. This is all about family, it’s about losing a loved one at such a young age.“

Jorea Marple Wants Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Heard In State Court

Former West Virginia Schools Superintendent Jorea Marple wants her wrongful-termination lawsuit heard in state rather than federal court.

Marple and the state Board of Education filed several motions last week to dismiss the case in U.S. District Court in Charleston.

Marple sued the board in Kanawha County Circuit Court in February.

But the board had the case moved to federal court, arguing that Marple claimed her federal due-process rights were violated.

Marple said the case should be remanded because the issues center on West Virginia law.

The board argues Marple was a will-and-pleasure employee and denies it damaged her reputation.

The board also says that as a state agency, it is immune from liability.

Judge Thomas Johnston hadn’t scheduled a hearing or ruled as of Monday.

MTV’s ‘BUCKWILD’ Cast Member Found Dead

West Virginia authorities say a cast member of the MTV reality show “BUCKWILD” has been found dead, along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person.

Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. B.D. Humphreys says 21-year-old Shain Gandee and 48-year-old David Gandee were found Monday in a vehicle near Sissonville.

Humphreys says relatives had been searching since early Sunday morning for both men. They were last seen around 3 a.m. Sunday at a bar in Sissonville.

Humphreys says no foul play is expected.

MTV said in a statement that Shain had a magnetic personality, with a passion for life that touched everyone he met.

Shain Gandee is now the third BUCKWILD cast member to make headlines.

Last week, 24-year-old Salwa Amin was sent back to Central Regional Jail for violating the terms of her previous release.

She was charged in February with two counts of drug possession with intent to deliver and initially jailed on $200,000 bond. That was later reduced to $100,000, but Amin remained behind bars without bond on Monday.

State Police say a multi-agency task force arrested Amin and two other people at a Summersville residence after receiving a tip from an informant. A search found oxycodone pills, heroin and $3,000 in cash.

Another cast mate, Michael Douglas Burford, was charged in February with driving under the influence.

The MTV reality show was filmed largely around Sissonville and Charleston last summer.

G-otcha™: Father of Children Killed in Calhoun County Fire Arrested for Meth

Imprisonment Status:  Misdemeanor Pre-Trial
	Full Name:	Jackson,  Benjamin Paul
	Height:	5’  7"
	Weight:	155 lbs.
	Birth Date:	07.11.1977
	Gender:	Male
	Booking Date:	03.23.2013
	Facility:	South Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Misdemeanor Pre-Trial

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
13-M-2380	KANAWHA COUNTY - Bail Amount: $3,000.00
The father and son of the victims killed in a Calhoun County fire spoke out behind bars Monday night. Benjamin Jackson said he is still grieving and heartbroken because he couldn’t say goodbye to his loved ones. Aryanne, age 5, Patricia, age 6, Ryan Jackson, age 7, and their grandmother, Darlene Gooslin, died in a fire last month. The funerals for the grandmother and her grandchildren were held Saturday. Jackson and his brother, David, survived that fire and were taken to the hospital. But after leaving the hospital, Benjamin Jackson was arrested. When Benjamin Jackson was taken to the hospital after being severely burned, police said they found a small amount of meth in his pocket. As the investigation continues into what caused the tragic fire that killed four of his family members, he said drugs had nothing to do with it. “I loved them more than anything,“ Jackson said of his family. Waking up to screams for help, Jackson picked up his 7-year-old son Ryan and ran through the flames toward the door. Seconds later, his brother, David, came running out on fire. He said when he tried to knock out a window to save his two daughters - Aryane and Patricia - Ryan ran back inside and hid under the bed. The next thing he remembers is waking up in the hospital a few days later. “I thought I still had one kid left. I didn’t know that he ran back in the house until I woke up,“ he said. On Thursday, Jackson checked himself out of the hospital - wanting to prepare for and attend the four funerals. “I just keep thinking and wishing I could have done something different, or it might have been different,“ Jackson said. Police said it’s what Jackson had in his pocket when he was rushed to the hospital that has landed him in jail—15 grams of meth, coffee filters and a smoking device. Jackson does not deny those allegations, but he details an addiction he said he can’t overcome. “I might have been arrested for some drug charges, but the drugs had nothing to do with this accident,“ he said. Jackson is aware of talk around town that the fire was sparked by a meth lab. State Police and the state Fire Marshal’s Office won’t comment on that specifically but said they are investigating all possibilities. Jackson said he’s hurt and upset by the speculation. When asked if there was any drug activity in the home, he said, “No, there was nothing like that around my kids.“ Now a grief-stricken father and son is coming to terms with a tremendous loss is behind bars. “I wished it hadn’t ended like this,” Jackson said. “I wish there was something different I could have done.“ Investigators said an official cause for the fire has not been determined, and if they find evidence of a crime that information will be handed over to the Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office. Jackson is charged with misdemeanor drug possession, and hopes to soon post his $3,000 bond. ~~  WCHS ~~

Yeager Airport: Plane Lands Wheels-Up

A private twin-engine Navajo aircraft made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport Thursday morning without landing gear.

“It just looked like a normal landing until he got on the pavement,”  said Assistant Airport Manager Brian Belcher who actually witnessed the landing. “You saw the smoke come up and the propellers are all bent up and it came to a dead stop right in the middle of the runway.”

Emergency crews from the airport and the 130th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air Guard were quickly on the scene.  Belcher said although emergency officials were there, it ddn’t appear anybody was injured.

Crews are now working to remove the aircraft without causing further damage.  The tower at Yeager had no advanced warning from the pilot of a problem with the landing gear.

“There was definitely some metal to pavement smoke or debris coming up,” said Belcher. “Looks like the runway is okay and as soon as they get it removed, we’ll do a runway check and get it back open to commercial traffic.”

Belcher said it’s unknown if Charleston was the destination of the small plane or if the pilot diverted to make an emergency landing.  The Federal Aviation Administration and the NTSB are on the scene and will be conducting a full investigation.

~~  Chris Lawrence ~~

G-otcha™: ‘Buckwild’ Star Back Behind Bars

Nicholas County Prosecuting Attorney P.K. Milam says Salwa Amin, age 24, from Charleston, WV failed a drug test this week.

Because of that, her bond was revoked and she was booked at the Central Regional Jail on Wednesday.

Amin, who is part of the popular MTV reality series that is filmed in Kanawha County, was arrested on drug charges in February along with two others, Shawn Booker, age 42, of Detroit and Jason Jones, age 31, of Summersville.

They were all charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin and oxycodone and conspiracy.

The evidence against the three could be presented to a Nicholas County Grand Jury in May.

MTV has scheduled “Buckwild” for a second season.