More charges added to case involving robbery

Published 9:36 am Thursday, January 31, 2013

A Pedro man already facing charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and violating a protection order answered additional charges Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.

Virgil Cole, 40, of 647 County Road 14, was arraigned on a bill of information of first-degree aggravated robbery, third-degree having weapons under a disability and fourth-degree assault on a police officer.

Cole, represented by attorney Scott Evans, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Cole had also previously pleaded not guilty to the aggravated vehicular homicide and violating a protection order charges on Jan. 9.

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Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson asked that the two separate cases be consolidated for trial since the incidents involved the same victim.

Judge Charles Cooper set bond at $100,000 cash or surety for the new charges. Cole has been incarcerated since his last arraignment, also on a $100,000 bond. A pretrial was set for Feb. 20.

In other cases:

• Phillip Dingess, 32, of 3152 County Road 1, South Point, was arraigned on four fifth-degree counts of breaking and entering and one count of complicity to breaking and entering, also a felony of the fifth degree.

Dingess pleaded not guilty though attorney Luke Styer.

Cooper continued bond from a lower court and added a $20,000 own-recognizance bond. A pretrial was scheduled for Feb. 6.

• James Cade, 34, of 1114 S. Sixth St., Ironton, was arraigned on a bill of information of second-degree burglary. The man pleaded not guilty through Styer.

Cooper set bond at $100,000 cash or surety and set a pretrial for Feb. 6.

• Michelle Curry, 31, of 2120 S. Sixth St., Ironton, pleaded guilty to three fifth-degree counts of theft. Cooper ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for Friday.

• Brandon Mullens, 30, of 171 Township Road 211, Ironton, was arraigned on one count of fifth-degree forgery. The man pleaded not guilty through Evans.

Cooper continued bond from a lower court and added a $20,000 OR bond. A pretrial was set for Feb. 20.

• Savannah Jenkins, 25, of 2615 S. Fifth St., Ironton, was arraigned on counts of fifth-degree possession of drugs (oxycodone) and misdemeanor endangering children.

Jenkins pleaded not guilty through Evans.

Cooper set bond at $10,000 cash or surety plus $10,000 OR. A pretrial was set for Feb. 6.