Government, The Braxton Democrat

Braxton Magistrate Report

Magistrate Beth Smith
October 31: Carl William James of Napier, child abuse creating risk of injury or death, warrant issued, bond set at $10,000 cash or surety; Robin Louise James of Napier, child abuse creating risk of injury or death, warrant issued, bond set at $10,000 cash or surety.
November 1: Lucky Dewitt Barber of Summersville, domestic battery x2, dismissed, domestic assault x2, dismissed, destruction of property, dismissed, unable to locate victim, DUI, guilty plea, 12 days of jail with credit for time served of 12 days, fine/court costs assessed.
November 3: David Hosey of Flatwoods, obstructing an officer x2, domestic battery, domestic assault, warrantless arrest, bond set at $5000 cash or surety.
November 6: Latasha Frame of Shock, hunting from auto, guilty plea, failure to check deer, guilty plea, fines/court costs assessed; Jackie Dale Isenhart, Jr. of Shock, conspiracy to violate (hunting), guilty plea, fine/court costs assessed; Robert Lytle Dean of Sutton, expired MVI, dismissed proof provided; Michael Paul Knight of Burnsville, false information to trooper, driving revoked for DUI, expired registration, failure to produce operators, no proof of insurance, warrantless arrest, bond set at $2100 cash or surety.

Magistrate David Singleton
October 31: Kimberly A. Norris-Keffer of Shinnston, no proof of insurance, dismissed proof provided; Steven Shane Franklin of Waynesburg, PA, driving revoked for DUI-3rd offense, dismissed, defendant to be extradited to PA; Brian Scott Stewart of Gassaway, possession of meth, guilty plea, 90 days of jail with credit for time served of seven days, remainder suspended and placed on eight months unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed; Darrell Leon Carpenter, Jr. of Webster Springs, driving revoked for DUI-3rd offense, preliminary hearing waived, transferred to circuit court.
November 1: Hunter B. Tolliver of Denton, KY, speeding, no contest plea, no MVI, no contest plea, fines/court costs assessed.
November 6: Parris King, Jr. of Flora, MS, malicious assault, preliminary hearing waived, transferred to circuit court; Patricia Ann Ratcliff of Gassaway, possession of meth, guilty plea, 90 days of jail with credit for time served of two days, remainder suspended and placed on eight months of unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed; Billy Ray Webb, Jr. of Craigsville, assault on officer, no contest plea, obstructing an officer, no contest plea, trespassing, dismissed per plea, disorderly conduct, dismissed per plea, 180 days of jail with credit for time served of three days, remainder suspended and placed on eight months unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed.
November 7: Phillip Gerald Gray of Little Rock, AR, fugitive from another state, transferred to circuit court; James Matthew Harper of Little Birch, DUI-2nd offense, driving revoked for DUI, refusal of live scan, assault on officer, warrantless arrest, bond set at $5000 cash, surety, or 10% to the court.