Government, The Braxton Democrat

Braxton Magistrate Report

Magistrate Beth Smith
July 10: Allen Perry Bennett of Exchange, battery on officer x2, obstructing an officer x3, disorderly conduct, warrantless arrest, bond set at $5000 cash or surety; Carter J. Johns of Elkins, speeding no contest plea, expired MVI, no contest plea, fines/court costs assessed; Matthew Allen Crawford of Sutton, battery on officer, dismissed, assault on officer, dismissed, hearing set multiple times and each time has gotten continued by motions by both defense and prosecution.
Magistrate David Singleton
June 29: Keator Paul Chipps of Jane Lew, fishing without license, dismissed, valid license provided.
July 4: Scott Carpenter of Saint Albans, DUI, possession of meth, warrantless arrest, bond set at $5000 cash, surety or 10% to the court; Patrick O. Hambrick of Fayetteville, DUI, warrantless arrest, bond set at $5000 cash, surety or 10% to the court.
July 5: Prabesh Bhujel of Louisville, KY, obstructing an officer, warrantless arrest, bond set at $1500 personal recognizance; Christina Justice of Gassaway, driving suspended, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Robert Venezel of Bellevue, PA, speeding, guilty plea, fine/court costs assessed.
July 6: Evelyn Flortasha Petry of Clay, driving suspended-general, guilty plea, fine/court costs assessed; Robert M. Warner of Charleston, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed and paid; Mitchell Bennett Dunn of Flatwoods, DUI, guilty plea, 100 days of jail with credit for time served of two days, remainder suspended and placed on eight months unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed; John Charles Barnette of Sutton, fleeing from officer x2, guilty plea, trespassing, dismissed per plea, fleeing from officer, dismissed per plea, 120 days of jail with credit for time served of 43 days, remainder suspended and placed on eight months unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed.
July 7: Lamia Hunt of Flatwoods, domestic battery, domestic assault, warrantless arrest, bond set at $1800 cash, surety, or 10% to the court; William Hunt of Flatwoods, domestic battery, domestic assault, warrantless arrest, bond set at $1800 cash, surety, or 10% to the court; Paul Allen Jenkins of Linn, attempt to commit felony, warrantless arrest, bond set at $5000 cash or surety, breaking and entering, trespassing, warrantless arrest, bond set at $1500 personal recognizance; Carl Pelfry of Chesapeake, OH, speeding, guilty plea, fine/court costs assessed.
July 8: Orry A. Price of St. Albans, assault on officer, obstructing an officer x3, warrantless arrest, bond set at $4500 personal recognizance.