Northfork Police win $50,000 suit in McDowell jury ruling
McDowell County Circuit Court jury sided with the Town of Northfork in a $50,000 lawsuit against the Northfork Police Department. Teddy Bryant alleged false arrest and assault by Officers Jackie Johnson and Leonard Stewart after a July 1981 incident at Seven-Eleven. The jury also ruled Bryant failed on a separate assault claim. Judge Jack Marinari presided the trial in Welch.
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Mary Davis
Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County
Northfork
Teddy Bryant
Jackie Johnson
Leonard Stewart
McDowell ‘County
Bryant
Johnson
David Brumfield
Ballard and Brumfield
Sheriff's Department
7-11
Jack Marinari
Bomb threat at WVVA TV studio in Bluefield investigated
Police continued probing a bomb threat telephoned Tuesday night to WVVA employees Greg Blackburn and Melody Kimmel. The caller spoke in a drunken manner, warned staff to evacuate, then repeated threats during multiple calls. Officers searched the station but found no device.
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WVVA
Bluefield
Greg Blackburn
Melody Kimmel
Blackburn
Kimmel
T.W. Hatfield
Hatfield
Tim Graham
Ben Allen
David O'Neal
Kelly Walls
M.W
Portable Radio Lost by Bluefield Officer During Foot Pursuit
Bluefield Police Chief Jim Dent seeks a portable police radio dropped by Patrolman R F Ferrell while chasing a suspect on December 12. The device was found missing after Ferrell returned to the area. Annie Hu, owner of China Inn, says a regular customer took it and put it in his car. Dent urged return with no questions asked. the radio requires a battery and charger to operate.
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Bluefield
Jim Dent
China Inn
Jefferson Street
Dent
R.F. Ferrell
Ferrell
Annie Hu
Jury Deadlocked in Mercer County Drunk Driving Case
Mercer County Circuit Court jurors deliberated about an hour and a half in the Daniel Lee Blankenship drunken driving case and were dismissed until Monday. The 12 member panel, facing a fatal collision May 5, 1983 on Rt. 460 near Oakvale, will reconvene at 9 30 a m to resume deliberations. Robert Daniel Moore Jr. of Charleston, killed in the two car crash, was en route to West Virginia from Danville Va with his Irish Setter, as Blankenship pleaded innocent to the charge.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Daniel Lee Blankenship
Rt. 460
Oakvale
Blankenship
Robert Daniel Moore, Jr
Charleston
West Virginia
Danville
Moore
David Katz
Bluefield
Derek Swope
Deborah Garton
Callaghan Quits As DNR Director
State Department of Natural Resources Director David C. Callaghan resigns effective Jan. 3 to form his own consulting business. Willis H. Hertig Jr. named to replace him. Ron Potesta moves to DNR as deputy, and Thomas V. Reishman becomes marketing director.
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Charleston
W.va
State Department of Natural Resources
David C. Callaghan
Jay Rockefeller
Callaghan
Rockefeller
Willis H. Hertig Jr
Huntington
Ron Potesta
State Coal Development Authority
DNR
Hertig
Thomas V. Reishman
Potesta
Daniel Green
Coal Development Authority
Hulett Smith
Commerce Department
West Virginia
Marshall
George Washington
Cabell County
Man Not Guilty Of Grand Larceny
A McDowell County jury found Waman Welch A Rich Creek not guilty of grand larceny in Circuit Court before Judge Rudolph Marensky. Davy Buckland faced charges for allegedly stealing water coolers light fixtures and other items from Welch Emergency Hospital while on a construction crew last year. No charges were tied to recipients lacking evidence of knowledge items were stolen. Dennis Wiley of Mullens faces trial on Jan 6 for grand larceny. Buckland was represented by McGinnis Hatfield of Princeton with Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Sarah Hall prosecuting.
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Welch
Rich Creek
Waman
McDowell County
Rudolph Marensky
Davy Buckland
Welch Emergency Hospital
Dennis Wiley
Mullens
McGinnis Hatfield
Princeton
Buckland
Sarah Hall
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Glen Lyn
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