A Kanawha County grand jury indicted 69 people last week, Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plants announced Thursday.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt. It means only that the grand jury believes there is enough evidence of a crime to merit a jury trial.
Those charged by the grand jury will be arraigned in the Kanawha County Judicial Annex in downtown Charleston in front of the following judges at the following times:
Judge Jennifer Bailey, March 9, 10 a.m.
Jeurmaine Allen, 29, Dunbar, conspiracy, drug charges; Traci Anthony Colbert, 42, Charleston, conspiracy, drug charges; Michael Kai Gordon, 30, Charleston, burglary, second-offense domestic battery; William Lee Harper, 30, Charleston, transferring and receiving stolen property; Tamara L. Morton, 28, Charleston, transferring and receiving stolen property; Tony Ross Johnson, 30, Cross Lanes, possession of a stolen vehicle.
William Kent Parsons, 30, Charleston, possession of a stolen vehicle; Gregory Lamont Mitchell, 49, Charleston, breaking and entering, grand larceny; Beth Ringel, 42, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Donnie Kyle, 33, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; William E. Smith, 49, Charleston, failure to register as a sex offender.
Judge Charles King, March 10, 2 p.m.
John Stanley Ford III, 19, Charleston, wanton endangerment; Tisha Fulks, 39, Charleston, cultivation; Joey M. King, 30, Alum Creek, forgery and uttering; Michael Edward Modaff, 40, Cross Lanes, false reports concerning bombs, making terroristic threats, telephone harassment; Shantay A. Shipp, 35, Charleston, fraud in connection with an access device; Cory Anthony Simpson, South Charleston, second-offense battery of a police officer; Heather Ann Surface, 30, Charleston, child neglect creating substantial risk of serious bodily injury and death; Kizzy Marie Tyler, 32, Charleston, conspiracy, drug charges.
Judge Duke Bloom, Feb. 14, 1:30 p.m.
Gerald Lee Arbaugh, 33, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Justin Lee McCoy, 32, Marmet, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Franklin Eugene Arthur, 41, Marmet, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; James Brindo, 30, Parkersburg, third-offense DUI; Jack W. Davis Jr., 28, Ranson, grand larceny, transferring stolen property; Laura L. Morris, 26, Elkview, grand larceny, transferring stolen property.
A Kanawha County grand jury indicted 69 people last week, Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plants announced Thursday.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt. It means only that the grand jury believes there is enough evidence of a crime to merit a jury trial.
Those charged by the grand jury will be arraigned in the Kanawha County Judicial Annex in downtown Charleston in front of the following judges at the following times:
Judge Jennifer Bailey, March 9, 10 a.m.
Jeurmaine Allen, 29, Dunbar, conspiracy, drug charges; Traci Anthony Colbert, 42, Charleston, conspiracy, drug charges; Michael Kai Gordon, 30, Charleston, burglary, second-offense domestic battery; William Lee Harper, 30, Charleston, transferring and receiving stolen property; Tamara L. Morton, 28, Charleston, transferring and receiving stolen property; Tony Ross Johnson, 30, Cross Lanes, possession of a stolen vehicle.
William Kent Parsons, 30, Charleston, possession of a stolen vehicle; Gregory Lamont Mitchell, 49, Charleston, breaking and entering, grand larceny; Beth Ringel, 42, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Donnie Kyle, 33, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; William E. Smith, 49, Charleston, failure to register as a sex offender.
Judge Charles King, March 10, 2 p.m.
John Stanley Ford III, 19, Charleston, wanton endangerment; Tisha Fulks, 39, Charleston, cultivation; Joey M. King, 30, Alum Creek, forgery and uttering; Michael Edward Modaff, 40, Cross Lanes, false reports concerning bombs, making terroristic threats, telephone harassment; Shantay A. Shipp, 35, Charleston, fraud in connection with an access device; Cory Anthony Simpson, South Charleston, second-offense battery of a police officer; Heather Ann Surface, 30, Charleston, child neglect creating substantial risk of serious bodily injury and death; Kizzy Marie Tyler, 32, Charleston, conspiracy, drug charges.
Judge Duke Bloom, Feb. 14, 1:30 p.m.
Gerald Lee Arbaugh, 33, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Justin Lee McCoy, 32, Marmet, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Franklin Eugene Arthur, 41, Marmet, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; James Brindo, 30, Parkersburg, third-offense DUI; Jack W. Davis Jr., 28, Ranson, grand larceny, transferring stolen property; Laura L. Morris, 26, Elkview, grand larceny, transferring stolen property.
Joseph M. Gibson, 18, Charleston, burglary, conspiracy, breaking and entering of an automobile; Shane B. Peck, 19, Sissonville, burglary, conspiracy, grand larceny, petit larceny, breaking and entering of an automobile; Jonathan Douglas Layne, 52, South Charleston, failure to register as a sex offender; Christian Ryan Bowles, 19, Charleston, burglary, petit larceny, breaking and entering of an automobile, grand larceny; Nathaniel James Youngblood Jr., 34, Charleston, third- and subsequent offense domestic battery, third- and subsequent offense domestic assault, destruction of property.
Judge James Stucky, March 9, 9 a.m.
Eddie Barker, 61, Charleston, conspiracy and operating a clandestine drug lab; William Christopher Gibson, 39, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Clarence Alvin Pauley, 31, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Michael Milam, 32, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Douglas Sizemore, 49, St. Albans, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth.
Dusty Allen Jones, 23, Charleston, forgery and uttering, petit larceny; Clinton E. Kirk, 69, Burbank, Ill., failure to register as a sex offender; Mary L. McKinney, 36, Charleston, embezzlement, falsifying accounts; Matthew Michael Phillips, 23, breaking and entering, entering without breaking, grand larceny, possession of stolen vehicle; Joey Nixon Pleasant, 42, Charleston, breaking and entering of an automobile, grand larceny, petit larceny, third- and subsequent offense driving while license revoked for DUI; Jonathan Rubenstein, 30, Charleston, malicious assault and domestic battery.
Judge Tod J. Kaufman, Feb. 14, noon
Chad Robert Ball, 33, St. Albans, grand larceny; Wesley Ryan Camp, 28, Sissonville, attempted burglary, breaking and entering of an automobile, destruction of property, petit larceny; Jeremiah Johnson, 33, St. Albans, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Robert L. Peck, 35, Charleston, grand larceny; David Lee Williams, 18, South Charleston, breaking and entering, destruction of property, petit larceny.
Judge Carrie Webster, Feb. 23, 1:30 p.m.
Sasha Lynne Barrasso, 22, Charleston, breaking and entering, grand larceny; William Bookheimer, 43, Dunbar, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Kenneth Bookheimer, 46, Dunbar, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Jessica Tingler, 31, Charleston, conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug lab, possession of substances to be used to make meth; Helen Cecilia Boswell, 41, Charleston, malicious assault.
Sarah Hanson, 20, St. Albans, conspiracy, drug charges; Tracy Watt, 26, Detroit, conspiracy, drug charges; Daniel Lewis Nicholson, 21, Elkview, conspiracy, drug charges; Mary Ann Horton, 53, Rand, fraud in connection with an access device, third-offense shoplifting, battery; Brandon Dion Lampkins, 24, Columbus, conspiracy, drug charges; Jason Ray Morris, 36, Santa Fe, Texas, third-offense DUI; Doris Arlene Pringle, 60, Poca, embezzlement, falsifying accounts.
Judge Paul Zakaib Jr., Feb. 18, 2 p.m.
Ashley Dixon, 22, Charleston, conspiracy, drug charges; Deshawn Romail Dukes; 31, Charleston, grand larceny; James Earl Jones III, 38, St. Albans, conspiracy, drug charges; Ami R. King, 35, South Charleston, obtaining by worthless check; Kristy Marie Woodall, 34, South Charleston, obtaining by worthless check; Forest King, age and hometown unknown, obtaining by worthless check; Melissa Lynn Sigman, 30, Charleston, first-degree sexual assault, first-degree sexual abuse; James Gregory Spears, 30, Charleston, possession of stolen vehicle, fleeing in vehicle from police; Paul Anthony Warren, 28, Charleston, failure to register as a sex offender.
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