Government, The Braxton Democrat

Braxton Magistrate Report

Magistrate Beth Smith
December 23: Roger Lee Hudnall of Sutton, child neglect, guilty plea, domestic assault, dismissed per plea, domestic battery, dismissed per plea, violation of protective order, dismissed per plea, 90 days of jail with credit for time served of seven days, remainder suspended and placed on 18 months unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed.
December 26: William R. Lester of White Sulphur Springs, no seatbelt, no contest plea, fine assessed and paid; James Lucas Ancell of Heaters, no seatbelt, no contest plea, fine assessed and paid.
December 27: Walter E. Ingram of Nitro, speeding, no contest plea, fine/court costs assessed; Derek B. Strickland of Sutton, no proof of insurance, guilty plea, improper registration, dismissed per plea, possession of controlled substance, dismissed per plea, no MVI, dismissed per plea, 90 days of jail with credit for time served of 11 days, remainder suspended and placed on eight months unsupervised probation, fine/court costs assessed.
December 29: Hunter Lee Taylor of Glenville, assault x2, warrantless arrest, bond set at $2500 cash or surety.


Magistrate David Singleton
December 22: Nathaniel H. Asbury of Sutton, possession of meth, driving suspended, no proof of insurance, no MVI, prohibited person in possession of firearm, improper registration, warrantless arrest, bond set at $5000 cash or surety; Josh C. Hearn of Whitney, TX, driving revoked for DUI, warrantless arrest, bond set at $1500 cash or surety.
December 23: Rafael Eugenio Soto of Burnsville, failure to register sex offender x4, preliminary hearing waived, transferred to circuit court; Joseph Carlten Westfall of Gassaway, possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, dismissed, deterioration of evidence, driving suspended, no contest plea, no proof of insurance, no contest plea, no MVI, dismissed per plea, no registration, dismissed per plea, fines/court costs assessed; Brandon Doyle McCourt, of Sutton, grand larceny, burglary, conspiracy, probable cause found, transferred to circuit court.