Monroe crime cases dismissed for lack of victim interest
Union County prosecutors moved to dismiss felony indictments against David Brian South and Brian South of Ballard and Zeb Craft after failing to contact victims Curtis Gadd and Larry Bouldin. The trio faced unlawful wounding and nighttime burglary charges from January indictments.
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Monroe County
Rod Mohler
David Brian South
Brian South
Ballard
Zeb Craft
Craft
Souths
May Grand Jury
Curtis Gadd
Larry Bouldin
Gadd
McNeely case stuck as state Supreme Court weighs representation
The Summers County prosecutor Jim McNeely faces continuing criminal charges for assault and battery in Greenville as the state Supreme Court decides who will prosecute. Special Magistrate Louis Longanacre approves a general continuance while the high court rules on Mohler's disqualification and before Greenbrier County Prosecutor Kevin Hanson serves as special prosecutor in McNeely’s case and related matters involving Deputy prosecutor conflicts. Wright faces domestic assault and vehicle tampering charges linked to the same Sept. 16 incident.
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State Supreme Court
Summers
Jim McNeely
Louis Longanacre
McNeely
Greenville
Edmund “Ned” Wright
Monroe
Rod Mohler
Jennifer Dent
Monroe County
Malcomb
Longanacre
High Court
Mohler
Hanson
Michael Gravely
Kevin Miller
Wright
Mahler
Falwell expands property lawsuit to add defendants
Rev. Jerry Falwell's suit against state limits on church property grows to include the State Corporation Commission and Lynchburg Circuit Court clerk. Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel said an amended complaint would be filed this week after the attorney general's office argued it bears no liability though other state agencies might.
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McNeely seeks removal in Greenbrier case
Summers County Prosecutor Jim McNeely asks to be dismissed as special prosecutor in two Greenbrier County Commissioner Steve Malcomb charges after Kevin Hanson is named special prosecutor in McNeely's Monroe County assault case. McNeely cites potential conflict and appearance of impropriety. Mercer Circuit Judge John Frazier may rule on Hanson’s recusal.
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Mohler
Monroe
Robert Irons
Greenbrier
Kevin Hanson
Hanson
Greenbrier County
Steve Malcomb
Lewisburg
Summers County
Jim McNeely
Monroe County
Malcomb
Mercer County
John Frazier
Commission
Elizabeth Higginbotham
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