South Point man indicted for fatality
Published 12:00 am Friday, September 14, 2007
The driver in a fatal two-car crash earlier this summer has been indicted by a Lawrence County grand jury.
Matthew Cecil, 40, of 132 Township Road 1504, South Point, was indicted on one count of aggravated vehicular homicide.
The crash occurred June 29 on Ohio 141, just north of Milepost 5 in Upper Township. Authorities said Cecil was driving eastbound on Ohio 141 when he drove left of center striking another vehicle driven by Kayla L. Hankins, 19, of Ironton, who was driving westbound. The Hankins car went off the left side of the road and overturned on its side in a ditch. Hankins was pronounced dead at the scene.
That indictment was among a couple dozen handed down late last week by a Lawrence County grand jury, according to information from the office of Lawrence County Prosecutor J.B. Collier Jr.
Others indicted were:
—Lucas Waddell, 31, Franklin Furnace, theft by deception.
—Eddie Dennison, 46, Huntington, W.Va., aggravated possession of drugs.
—Aaron Porter, 31, Huntington, W.Va., burglary and falsification and his co-defendant,
—Shirley Berry, 49, 415 Township Road 104, complicity to burglary.
—Jesse Mezo, 21. 368 County Road 70, Proctorville, felonious assault, aggravated menacing and violation of protection order.
—Larry Stoots, 27, 121 N. Sixth St., Ironton, breaking and entering and theft.
—Dale A. Blake, 24, Gallipolis, breaking and entering and theft.
—Charles E. Holley, 33, 75 Township Road 1039, Chesapeake, escape.
—Clinton Cremeans, 27, 1365 County Road 1, South Point, burglary.
—Michael D. Nelson, 47, 988 County Road 14, Pedro, possession of cocaine.
—Thomas E. Rucker, 61, five counts of rape and one count of domestic violence. The victim of the rapes was a female.
—Raymond E. Wilson, 48, 258 Private Drive 4649, Ironton, domestic violence.
—Grant W. Lambert, 37, 1461 Township Road 158, Chesapeake, having a weapon under a disability.
—Ryan Hannon, 26, 4059 County Road 73, Scottown, burglary and his co-defendant.
—Jennifer Belle, 23, 104 N. Jones St., Proctorville, burglary.
—Alvin Lewis, 35, 95 Private Drive 2183, Chesapeake, domestic violence.
—John G. Carter, 36, 18 Township Road 1022, South Point, obstruction of justice.
—Jeffrey Rowe, 50, Lawrence County Jail, burglary, possess of drug instruments and resisting arrest.
—Michael D. Hankins, 29, 15 Township Road 1405, South Point, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, attempt to commit burglary and voyeurism.
There were also four secret indictments. The grand jury met Thursday and Friday.