Arraignments dominate court docket
Published 10:06 am Thursday, September 5, 2013
A long list of defendants answered charges stemming from a recent grand jury, including four people accused of selling prescription drugs.
Esmond Roach, 60, of 717 Second Ave., Chesapeake, was arraigned on four counts of fourth-degree trafficking in drugs, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Judge Charles Cooper set bond at $25,000 cash or surety plus a $25,000 own-recognizance bond. A pretrial was set for Sept. 11
David Adkins, 35, of 20 Township Road 1416, Proctorville, was arraigned on a fourth-degree count of trafficking in drugs, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Cooper set bond at $10,000 cash or surety plus $10,000 OR. A pretrial was set for Sept. 18.
Rebecca Lewis, 35, of 103 Stanley St., Proctorville, was arraigned on two counts of fourth-degree trafficking in drugs, third-degree trafficking and fourth-degree complicity to trafficking, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Cooper set bond at $25,000 cash or surety, $50,000 property and $25,000 OR. A pretrial was set for Sept. 18.
Travis Moore, 31, of 98 Prichard St., Proctorville, was arraigned on two third-degree and one fourth-degree counts of trafficking in drugs, to which he pleaded not guilty. Cooper set bond at $15,000 cash or surety and $15,000 OR. A pretrial was set for Sept. 18.
In other cases:
• Curtis Sudderth, 32, of 819 S. Seventh St., Ironton, was arraigned on a fourth-degree count of domestic violence, to which he pleaded not guilty. Cooper set bond at $20,000 cash or surety plus $20,000 OR. A pretrial was set for Sept. 18.
• Kenneth Holtzaphel, 34, of 1515 S. Third St., Ironton, admitted community control sanctions violations and was sentenced to two years in prison.
• Michael Omasta II, Route 3 Box 363, Fort Gay, W.Va., was arraigned on a third-degree count of attempted burglary, to which he pleaded not guilty. Cooper set bond at $25,000 cash or surety and $35,000 OR. A pretrial was set for Sept. 11.
• Justin Shelton, 22, of Grandview Inn Room 301, South Point, was arraigned on a count of third-degree attempted burglary, to which he pleaded not guilty. Cooper set bond at $35,000 cash or surety plus $35,000 OR. A pretrial was set for Sept. 11.
• Homer Crank, 37, homeless, was arraigned on counts of first-degree aggravated burglary, third-degree violating a protection order and fourth-degree domestic violence.
• Margaret Sparks, 32, of 1603 Luci Mae Drive, Flatwoods, Ky., was sentenced to 11 months in prison with a judicial release to the STAR Community Justice Center. Sparks had previously pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree count of possession of drugs.
Cooper also ordered the woman to pay a $1,200 fine and suspended her driver’s license for six months.