Braxton Magistrate Report

Magistrate Beth Smith
August 30: Ronnie Bland Walker of Gassaway, interfere with or prevent emergency communications, warrantless arrest, bond set at $6000 cash or surety, terroristic threats, warrantless arrest, bond set at $15,000 cash only.
August 31: Jesse Leaf of Akron, OH, driving suspended, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Thomas Justin Ryan Bennett of Fenwick, speeding, no proof of insurance, not guilty plea; Russell Lee Kirk of Fairmont, assault, dismissed, battery, dismissed, unlawful restraint of another person, dismissed, conspiracy, dismissed, state no longer wishes to pursue.
September 1: Leann Toler of Chapmanville, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Terry Belt of Birch River, speeding, guilty plea, fine/court costs assessed and paid; Lee Alan Pyles of Morgantown, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Connie Jean Holcomb of Sutton, domestic battery, dismissed, parties no longer reside in the same home; William Lee Surwilo, Jr. of Grantsville, obstructing an officer, no contest plea, battery on government official, dismissed per plea, five days of jail with credit for time served of five days, fine/court costs assessed.
September 2: Bryan Harris of Foxworth, MS, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Douglas Wayne Miller of Rosedale, trespassing asked to leave, warrantless arrest, bond set at $1500 cash or surety; Paul Adam Sears of Frametown, obstructing an officer x3, warrantless arrest, bond set at $4500 cash or surety; Charles Cody Greenlief of Sutton, no MVI, no contest plea, unsigned registration, no contest plea, fines/court costs assessed; Leland Doyle Pickens, Jr. of Ireland, hunting without permission, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Amina Tahirah Glenn of Buffalo, NY, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed.
September 6: Christina Leigh Kniceley of Sutton, no proof of insurance, dismissed proof provided; Gregory Michael Smith of Sutton, expired registration, dismissed proof provided, expired MVI, dismissed proof provided; Jessie Grose of Duck, no seatbelt, no contest plea, no proof of insurance, dismissed proof provided, fine assessed and paid; Walter Bradley Sherman, II of Gassaway, harassing phone calls, dismissed-deferred sentence, defendant complete pre-trial diversion.
Magistrate David Singleton
September 6: Jacob Allen Prince of Napier, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Ashley N. Lunceford of Gem, failure to obey traffic control device, guilty plea, fine/court costs assessed; Cody Paul Robinson of Exchange, driving suspended-2nd offense, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Grant M. Moats of Hacker Valley, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Sarah B. Balcourt of Sutton, driving revoked for DUI, dismissed, transportation of prohibited items into jail, dismissed, state does not wish to pursue charges at this time; Matthew Ben Hamrick of Gassaway, burglary x2, preliminary hearing waived, transferred to circuit court.