Residential Burglaries Reported in Bluefield Area
Four residential burglaries were being investigated by Bluefield City Police. Homes on Shenandoah Avenue, Sherwood Lane, Leandrea Drive, and Fincastle Lane were broken into Wednesday night or Thursday morning. An attempted burglary at 100 Kyle Street was logged. Police said no details would be released. In Princeton, Patrolman S B Hawley resigned after six months to take a higher paying job, effective immediately, stating no discontent with the department and praising Chief Ellis as fair. He did not reveal his new position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield City
G.H. Sluss
Shenandoah Ave
Bill Croye
Sherwood Lane
James O'Hara
Leandrea Drive
Dave Shields
Fincastle Lane
Kyle St
Princeton
S.B. Hawley
Robert L. Ellis
Ellis
Hawley
Warrant Dispositions In Bluefield Magistrate Court
Thursday cases in Bluefield before Magistrate David Pedneau saw dismissals for a fraudulently obtained telephone service warrant against Shence Smalls and a reckless driving charge for Loyd Cowlan. Other matters included a waiver bound over for delivery of a controlled substance, a dismissed weapon brandishing warrant, and several no shows or bail actions. Chief Magistrate Ernest R. Six oversaw additional arraignments and warrants involving various defendants and offenses.
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Bluefield
David Pedneau
Shence Smalls
Bland St
Edwin Wiley
Buford Early
General Telephone Company of the
Southeast
Loyd Cowlan
Powell Road
Charles Ruble
Tazewell County
Straley Ave
Apartment 11
Princeton
Ronald Howard
Wiley
Parr
Leonard Thompson, Jr
Park St
Princeton Man Charged With Abductions
Mercer County jail holds 24 year old David Sowers on an armed robbery charge tied to two separate abductions in Green Valley area. Police say the suspect, previously freed on Bluefield rape charges, faced arraignment before Chief Magistrate Ernest Six with additional charges pending. No injuries reported. victims unnamed.
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Roger Kessinger
Larry Patterson
McLennan
Tex
J.R. Howell
Daniel Skeens
Bluefield
Judy Taylor
Ernest Taylor
Frances Houze
Randall Earnest
Michael E. Stupalsky
Princeton
Mercer County
Warden's Market
Gerald Meadows
Connie Lilly
Oakvale
Tonya Lockard
Meadows
David Honaker
Coaldale
Carol Knuckles
Scottie Lee Rose
Helen Rose
W.T. Jones
Green Valley
David
Sowers
Ernest Six
J.F. Bulford
Gibson Named Chairman of Public Defender Board
Princeton attorney Michael Gibson is named chairman of the Mercer County Public Defender Board for the Ninth Judicial Circuit by Gov. John D. Rockefeller IV. The public defender system expands to 14 of West Virginia's 30 circuits, with boards appointed by county commissions and bar association presidents. chairmen appointed by the governor.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Michael Gibson
Mercer County Public Defender Board
Ninth Judicial Circuit
John D. Rockefeller IV
Gibson
West Virginia
Bar Association
Mercer County
2Nd Circuit
Marshall, Tyler and
Wetzel
Thomas E. Loehr
Martinsville
7Th Circuit
Logan
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Automobile Auction
Thorn Street
W.va
Bulford
Hall’s Ridge
Mercer Mall
C.W. Mitchem
L.J. McCarthy
R.E. Baughman
Public Defense Board
Douglas Witten
McDowell
Ernest Moore
Welch
Mercer
Greenbrier
Monroe
Pocahontas
Summers
Richard Ford
Lewisburg
Kanawha
John MacCorkle
Charleston
Braxton
Clay, Gilmer and
Webster
Jack Alsop
Webster Springs
Harrison
Douglas Cornelius
Clarksburg
Berkeley
Jefferson and
Morgan
Lucien Lewin
Martinsburg
Baltimore
Penn
The
Carolinas
G. C. Murphy CO
Blue Prince Plaza
Bonanza
Bluefield Bonanza
Your Electric Service
New Hope Area
Dan Hale Reservoir
Sandlick
Glenwood
Green Tree Crossroads
Kirby Hollow
Powder House Hollow
Maple Acres
New Hope
Quail Valley
Beckley Road
Camp Creek
Ellison’s Ridge
Moore Hollow
Cornbread Ridge
Upper & Lower Bell St’s
Kegley
Stoval Ridge
Rich Creek
Spanishburg
Wolf Creek
Black Oak MT
Appalachian Power CO
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