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Woman arraigned on murder charge
Published 9:39am Tuesday, June 12, 2012An Ironton woman accused of murder was arraigned Monday afternoon in Ironton Municipal Court.
Ashley D. Seagraves, 23, of 214 1/2 Pearl St., appeared briefly in front of Ironton Municipal Court Judge O. Clark Collins, who set bond at $250,000 cash.
“Do you have an attorney?” Collins asked Seagraves.
“No,” she replied.
“Can you afford to hire an attorney?”
Collins asked.
“No,” Seagraves replied. Collins appointed Warren Morford to represent her and set a preliminary hearing for 9 a.m. Thursday.
Seagraves is accused of going to the home of Delmar Jenkins, 53, of Elizabeth Township, at approximately 5 a.m. Sunday and shooting him while he slept.
Jenkins’ family members were in court Monday and watched from the front row of the gallery as Seagraves was led in, handcuffed and shackled, for a brief appearance before being led away and back to jail. Seagraves is seven months pregnant.
“Anybody who could do a man like that, in my book she’s trash,” Jenkins’ sister, Joyce McClellan said after the arraignment.
McClellan said she did not know Seagraves and did not know how Seagraves knew her brother.
“Anyone who knew him knew he was a good man,” McClellan said.
Lawrence County Sheriff’s Detective Aaron Bollinger said a family member found Jenkins in bed and suffering from “substantial head trauma” just after 10 a.m. Sunday morning at Jenkins’ Township Road 323 residence.
Jenkins was taken by medical helicopter to St. Mary’s Medical Center, where it was discovered the head trauma was from a gunshot wound. He was placed on life support but died at approximately 5 a.m. Monday morning.
Outside the courtroom Monday afternoon, McClellan showed a photo she had taken with her cellular telephone camera. It showed a man hooked up to respirator equipment.
Bollinger said witnesses were able to provide information that led to Seagraves’ arrest. Bollinger said Seagraves had confessed to the shooting but he declined to say what the motive was.
Seagraves remains in the Lawrence County Jail.
I know, I have higher expectations for the county than most!
We live in a country that offers us every opportunity to succeed yet I have never seen so many low lifes in one Ohio county!
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your asking an awful lot!!
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WANTED: new citizens to relocate to Lawrence County Ohio that will displace the existing red neck hillbillies that have moved into and are taking over our county. New citizens can be from an Appalachian background or other but MUST value education more than sports, MUST be able to speak English without marbles in their mouth, MUST be involved in the community and volunteer activities, MUST keep their homes and yards neat and clean, MUST not throw trash out their car windows, MUST not modify their vehicles to make them loud or to resemble a stock car, MUST be respectful of the environment/land/nature, MUST have artistic or creative abilities, MUST have other recreational interests besides junk cars, ATVs, guns, theft, and drugs. New citizens MUST not spit on sidewalks or throw gum on sidewalks, MUST appreciate the value of open space and land and have respect for wildlife other than target practice, MUST have some kind of knowledge that will benefit southern Ohio rather than just knowledge of where the liquor stores are located, MUST be a good neighbor rather than a Rat Family, MUST be involved in local politics to initiate change, MUST not break the law, MUST want a better quality of life and not a capitalistic way of life, MUST have a strong affinity toward local businesses and locally grown food and MUST NOT EVER FOR ONE SECOND TOLERATE ANY CORRUPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. We welcome visitors that can appreciate our people, our county, our state, and our country – anyone else need not apply.
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Whats wrong with ATVs??????? I very much agree though..
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