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Abduction caseProbation, wedlock stand in way of kidnap suspect's alleged objectiveBy Alan Wallace Staff WriterA Mabscott woman accused of conspiring to abduct a North Carolina minister to further her romantic interest in him faces at least two obstacles to attaining her alleged objective.Mary Lou Godbey, 41, identified by Mabscott Police Chief Charlie Thomson as the instigator of the plot, remains in the Raleigh County Jail under $15,-000 bond.The first obstacle she faces will keep her in jail for the time being, even if she is able to post bontfGodbey was charged Jan. 21, 1982 and later convicted in Raleigh County Circuit Court on a felony charge of unlawfully obtaining welfare assistance in excess of $2,300 by failing to report receipt of child support payments to the West Virginia Department of Welfare.She was sentenced to five years’ probation on Jan. 25,1983, meaning she was still on probation when she was arrested in connection with the alleged abduction plan earlier this week.According to a spokeswoman for the Raleigh County Probation Office, when a person on probation is arrested, an automatic “hold” is placed on them.The “hold” prevents that person from being released from jail until a probation officer OKs the move and the person postsbond, or until alter a probation revocation hearing is held which results in a favorable judgment for the accused. The spokeswoman said no such hearing has been scheduled in Godbey’s case.The second obstacle Godbey faces may be equally formidable.The object of Godbey’s alleged affection and conspiracy, the Rev. Quinton Mills of Hendersonville, N.C., is married and has a family, according to Thomson.Mills, who is scheduled to be in the area Thursday or Friday and give Thomson a statement in the case, has made frequent appearances at revivals in the Maoscott area, and Thomson said Godbey attended many of the services.She allegedly started a conspiracy last November with Paula Carol McGuire, 20, also of Mabscott, to abduct the minister so Godbey could marry him.McGuire, who faces the same charges as Godbey, is free on $5,-000 bond. Thomson said she gave him a confession which he intends to use as state’s evidence in the case and which outlined details of the alleged plot.In April, the two women allegedly went to Mills’ home in North Carolina and tried to “arrest” him with a forged warrant. According to Thomson, McGuire was dressed to resemble a police officer and carrying a store-bought badge.
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Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Thu, May 15, 1986
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