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Man charged after allegedly purchasing meth supplies
GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man charged with purchasing items with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine was recently arraigned in the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County. Ronald M. Schaefer, 33, Crown City, pleaded not guilty to the illegal assembly or possession of chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine, a third degree felony, during a hearing last week. The original complaint filed with the Gallipolis Municipal Court by a Gallip...
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AG warns parents of recent child enticement incidents
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently reminded parents to talk with their children about how to respond if approached by a suspicious person. DeWine made the suggestion today after members of his Crimes Against Children and Missing Persons units discovered several similar incidents of child enticement and attempted abductions happening in Ohio, West Virginia, and Michigan. “Our agents are working right now to determine if ...
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Gallia man headed to prison for car theft
GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man charged with stealing a vehicle from a local car dealership last year was recently sentenced in the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County. Jason B. Holcomb-French, 29, Gallipolis, was sentenced last Friday to serve six months in a state prison after pleading guilty to a fourth-degree felony theft charge. The indictment in this case, filed on September 13, 2012, states that on August 30, 2012, the defendant, ...
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Pair arraigned on meth charges in presence of kids
GALLIPOLIS — A Gallipolis pair arrested late last month for allegedly cooking methamphetamine in the presence of children, were recently arraigned in the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County. Mary C. Marcum, 33, and Aaron Fitzpatrick, 19, were charged last week, and both entered not guilty pleas to a first degree felony charge of the illegal manufacture of drugs, an offense allegedly committed in the vicinity of juveniles at their residence....
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Crown City man gets four years for burglaries
GALLIPOLIS — A four-year prison sentence was handed down last week against a Gallia County man charged with burglarizing a neighbor’s residence on two separate occasions in 2011. Jonathan L. McWhorter, 27, 2350 Hazel Ridge Road, Crown City, was sentenced last week in the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County after pleading guilty to a second degree felony burglary, as well as a third degree burglary charge. McWhorter was arrested in late Oc...
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Special prosecutor appointed in Adkins trial
MASON COUNTY — A special prosecutor appointed to represent the state of West Virginia in the trial against the man accused of shooting and killing René Gonzalez in 2011, is requesting the trial be delayed. Mark A. Sorsaia, the Putnam County Prosecuting Attorney, has been appointed as a special prosecutor in the trial of Steven L Adkins, Jr., 26, Apple Grove. As reported earlier, the original request to disqualify the Mason County Prosecut...
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Probation handed down in arson case
GALLIPOLIS — A Bidwell man charged with lighting a gasoline fire that damaged a Vinton residence last July was recently sentenced in the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County. Rodney S. White, 46, was sentenced last week to five years of probation after pleading guilty in December to one count of third-degree felony arson. According to the original complaint filed with the Gallipolis Municipal Court and signed by Allen Flickinger of the Ohi...
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CAA Emergency HEAP help winding down
CHESHIRE — Gallia-Meigs Community Action Agency’s Emergency (CAA) Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) will only continue through March 31, which is six weeks from now, explained Sandra Edwards, Emergency Services Division Director. Edward said that the CAA is taking calls for appointments each Friday at 8 a.m. or those wanting to apply may walk in to book an appointment. She stressed that an appointment may not extend a scheduled utilit...
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