A grand jury also indicted Patrick G. Moore, 41, of Poca on three counts of sexual assault and three counts of sexual abuse by a parent or guardian, in addition to possession of child pornography and failure to provide notice of registration changes as a registered sex offender.
Moore was also indicted on charges of fleeing in a vehicle and assaulting a Hurricane police officer after allegedly trying to run him over during a June 14 traffic stop.
WINFIELD, W.Va. -- A Red House man was indicted this week in the shooting death of a woman in her home and the attempted murder of her fiancé.
Jesse J. Cossin, 21, was indicted by a Putnam County grand jury on charges of murder in the first degree and attempted murder in connection with the Feb. 19 shooting of 20-year-old Angela Dawn Casto and Nick Hanshaw in their home in Red House.
Cossin allegedly knocked on Casto's and Hanshaw's door, then opened fire, hitting Casto in the chest and Hanshaw, 24, in the leg.
Cossin struggled with Hanshaw before fleeing. Casto was pronounced dead at the scene. Police found Cossin hiding in the area.
PARSONS, W.Va. -- A Tucker County man has been arrested after investigators found skeletal remains under a shed behind his house during a search for the body of his ex-wife, State Police said Friday.
Wesley Cale Sr., 42, is charged with concealing a body and is being held on $150,000 cash bond at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail, First Sgt. J.A. Wise said.
Cale was arrested at a makeshift camp near Lead Mine in rural Tucker County on Friday afternoon, Wise said. Cale was accompanied by his current wife and his eldest son, but Wise said neither was arrested.
Officers looking for the body of Cale's former wife, Bonnie, found human remains under the dirt floor of a small shed behind Cale's home Wednesday. Bonnie Woods-Cale has been missing since March 2002.
Police are waiting for the state medical examiner to identify the remains and determine the cause of death, Wise said.
"From the state of the body, it appears to us that it wasn't like that person took their own life. Plus it was buried," Wise said. "We're treating the investigation as a homicide."
Troopers have searched Wesley Cale's property near the Tucker-Preston county line before, but decided to return after reopening the case recently, Wise said. This time they returned with ground-penetrating radar to check three sites that interested them, he said.
Information on a State Police Web site for missing adults says Bonnie Woods-Cale was last seen leaving her home March 24, 2002 and had indicated she was heading to Cleveland to obtain a birth certificate for her daughter. Her vehicle was found in Webster County.
Wesley Cale was granted a divorce at some point after Woods-Cale disappeared, Wise said.
Along with confiscating several items used to make meth, officers arrested 48 year old Charles Walker on scene.
Undercover officers then called a second suspect, 46 year old Dwayne Means, on his cell. He turned himself in Thursday afternoon.
Officers say cooking meth is bad enough, but when it's close to a school a totally new set of charges could come into play.
"When they do it this close to school... It's one thing to have a neighbor on each side of you, which shouldn't happen anyway. But that's several hundred children that are gonna be exposed to it." says an undercover officer.
Walker is facing two felony meth charges and is currently in South Central Regional Jail. Means is facing a single felony for attempting to make meth and bonded out. Both have preliminary hearings November 18th
Dewayne Means
Charles Walker
Christopher Holley, 24, of Gallagher pleaded guilty before United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. to the distribution of Oxycontin pills. He admitted his involvement in a Paint Creek-area Oxycontin ring that was led by his father, James Robert Holley, according to court records.
The younger man was recruited by his father to join the conspiracy in 2007 and distributed approximately 2,400 pills in six months. He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, James Holley obtained pills from Detroit and elsewhere. Already sentenced to prison in connection with the conspiracy were Charles Coiner, George Breckenridge, Terrance Haliburton and Nehemiah Lujoh Allen Griggs. The group sold thousands of Oxycontin pills in Kanawha County over a period of seven years.
Christopher Holley, 24, of Gallagher pleaded guilty before United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. to the distribution of Oxycontin pills. He admitted his involvement in a Paint Creek-area Oxycontin ring that was led by his father, James Robert Holley, according to court records.
The younger man was recruited by his father to join the conspiracy in 2007 and distributed approximately 2,400 pills in six months. He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, James Holley obtained pills from Detroit and elsewhere. Already sentenced to prison in connection with the conspiracy were Charles Coiner, George Breckenridge, Terrance Haliburton and Nehemiah Lujoh Allen Griggs. The group sold thousands of Oxycontin pills in Kanawha County over a period of seven years.
A 53-year-old Beckley man faces up to 26 years in prison after pleading guilty in Raleigh County Circuit Court to, among other things, attempting to kill his then-wife.
Ronald Keith Legg appeared before Judge H.L. Kirkpatrick Thursday, pleading guilty to attempted murder, unlawful wounding, child abuse causing bodily injury and domestic battery.
Prosecutor Kristen Keller said Legg’s convictions stem from Oct. 21, 2007, when, during an argument with his then-wife, he hid a kitchen knife in his pants, which he used to stab her four times in the chest and temple
Keller said Legg also stabbed his 13-year-old daughter in the lower abdomen when she attempted to intervene.
Legg then fled the scene and hid until he was captured days later in Monroe County.
During the plea hearing, Legg told Kirkpatrick he did not dispute the allegations but said he had no memory of stabbing his daughter.
Because Legg pleaded guilty to crimes of violence, Kirkpatrick revoked his bond and remanded him to Southern Regional Jail pending sentencing on Dec. 30.
Beckley police said Thursday night they had identified the man who allegedly robbed a downtown bank earlier in the day and had obtained a warrant for his arrest.
The warrant charges Remington Alexander Wright, 20, whose last known address was 309 Neville St., Beckley, with bank robbery, said Capt. Jeff Shumate, chief of detectives.
Police allege Wright entered Chase bank on Neville Street just after 1 p.m. Thursday and gave a teller a note demanding money. The teller complied, putting the cash inside a backpack the suspect provided.
Shumate said Wright did not brandish a weapon. Shumate declined to disclose the note’s contents, but he said the teller believed violence was implied when the suspect produced the note.
Wright fled on foot, Shumate said. He is believed to have headed east on Neville Street, toward South Heber Street and the judicial annex construction area.
Police received information after they released surveillance footage of the robbery, Shumate said. Later, they positively identified Wright after speaking with people who know him personally. Police also compared photos of Wright they obtained from a crime information center to the surveillance video, and Shumate said they could tell the robbery suspect was the same person.
Shumate said police could not locate Wright at his apartment, located a few blocks from the bank, or elsewhere Thursday.
A bank robbery conviction carries a 10-to-20-year prison sentence, Shumate said. The federal government can also become involved in bank robbery cases, but that choice lies with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Shumate said Wright is believed to still be in the Beckley area, but he possibly has relatives in Texas. He is not believed to own a vehicle.
Shumate urged anyone who may come in contact with Wright to call police.
“Robbery is a very heinous crime,” he said. “Like with any other person who commits such a crime, we always recommend that if you see the suspect or know his whereabouts, call local law enforcement.”
Shumate praised Chase, which had a digital surveillance system that gave police clear images. Employees were extremely helpful. He noted they did what police always recommend anyone confronted with a robber should do — remain calm, comply with demands and be observant.
Those who have information about Wright’s whereabouts are urged to call the Beckley Police Department at 304-256-1708 or Crime Stoppers at 304-255-7867. Crime Stoppers also accepts tips online at www.crimestoppersofraleighco.org.
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