Legal News for Beckely, West Virginia
United States of America v. Terry Pierce
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported by Kent Morlan Terry Pierce, 48, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme. BEC schemes are a sophistica... More...
(07-17-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Kelvin Rydele Myles, also known as “D” and Kristina Renea Clark
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Reported by Kent Morlan On March 14, 2024, Kelvin Rydele Myles, also known as “D,” 49, of Charleston, sold approximately 2.9 grams of fentanyl to a confident... More...
(07-17-2026 - WV)United States of America v. James Burke
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement. Reported by Kent Morlan James Burke, 56, of Greenup, Kentucky, was the financial secretary of a labor organization located in Huntington. Burke admitted that he issued nine unauthori... More...
(07-04-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Sebastian Andres Arquilla
Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud with identification documents in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028. Reported by Kent Morlan Sebastian Andres Arquilla, 22, of Palmyra, Virginia, advertised, sold, and shipped fake identification d... More...
(07-03-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Cody Lee Smith
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making threats against the President. Reported by Kent Morlan Cody Lee Smith, 20, admitted to making threats to kill the President and to harm ICE agents. According to court statements, on January... More...
(07-03-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Christina Nolte
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of public money. Reported by Kent Morlan Christina Nolte, 42, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, fraudulently obtained disability to have $242,528 in federal student loans discharged. Nolte, a... More...
(06-23-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Karen Shea Radford
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money. Reported by Kent Morlan Karen Shea Radford, 47, of Princeton, executed a fraud scheme while an owner of Healthcare Therapy Services LLC (HCTS), doing business as Medica... More...
(06-23-2026 - WV)Lucust Hill Unit Owner's Association, Inc. v. Michael B. Wilber
Clarksburg, West Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented the parties Michael B. Wilber owns Lot 407, located at 90 Sawgrass Drive within the Locust Hill subdivision, a common-interest community organized pursuant to the West Virginia Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act as codified in Chapter 36B of the West Virginia Code. As a property owner within the subdivision, Mr. Wilber is a membe... More...
(06-11-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Matthew Clemont
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Reported by Kent Morlan Matthew Clemont, 33, of Wheeling, West Virginia, worked with others in a drug trafficking operation in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia... More...
(06-03-2026 - WV)United States of America v. McCayla Myers
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting theft of government money. Reported by Kent Morlan McCayla Myers, 27, of Cabin Creek, engaged in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $83,332.00 in COVI... More...
(05-28-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Jaquan Marquis Brock
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of the United States Postal Service to attempt to possess and distribute fentanyl. By Kent Morlan U.S. Postal Inspectors intercepted a package mailed to an apartment in Morgantown from an address in Scottsdale, Arizona. A search warrant for the package was executed and investigators found more than ... More...
(05-04-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Dennis Eugene West
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal discharge of pollutant. By Kent Morlan On August 24, 2022, Dennis Eugene West, age 58, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, was driving a tractor trailer in the northbound lane of the West Virginia Turnpike/Interstate 64-77 when he crashed while crossing Skitter Creek Bridge in Fayette County. Nume... More...
(05-04-2026 - wV)United States of America v. Kelli Renee Miller
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, identity theft, and bank fraud. Kelli Renee Miller, 43, of Richmond, Virginia, worked with Michael Vordjorbe to assume the identities of account holders without their knowledge or permission and withdrew funds from accounts at several banks, some in the Northern District o... More...
(04-24-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Michael Graves
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statements. On November 15, 2021, Michael Graves, 70, of Charlton Heights, West Virginia, filed a Form 1040, U.S. Individual Tax Return for tax year 2016 listing his income as $816.00. As part of his guilty plea, Graves admitted that he filed a false return and that his corrected tax income... More...
(04-23-2026 - WV)State of West Virginia v. Darrell R. Sharp, II
Fayette County, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal application for registration to vote. Darrell R. Sharp, II, was charged with attempting to vote after conviction of a felony while on parole. He attempted to vote in the 2022 general election. The poll workers did not find his name on the list of eligible voters, so he su... More...
(04-21-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Kelli Renee Miller
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, and identity fraud. Kelli Renee Miller, 43, worked with Michael Vordjorbe to assume the identities of account holders without their knowledge or permission and withdrew funds from accounts at several banks, some in the Northern District ... More...
(04-14-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Michael Graves
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statement. Michael Graves On November 15, 2021, Michael Graves filed a Form 1040, U.S. Individual Tax Return for tax year 2016 listing his income as $816.00. As part of his guilty plea, Graves admitted that he filed a false return and that his corrected tax income for 2016 was approximat... More...
(04-14-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Gary Lee Hodges
Beckley, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor. In 2021, Gary Lee Hodges connected online with “Alice,” who claimed to have an 11-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old daughter. The pair spoke at length about Hodges’s desire to engage in “family sexual relations.” J.A. 15. As it turns out, Alice and her two daughte... More...
(03-26-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Ryan Rasheed Shaw
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug traffiking. Ryan Rasheed Shaw, 29, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the point of contact in West Virginia for the operation led by Rodney Johnson in Philadelphia. Shaw was managing the drug business in Morgantown, supplying significant quantities of illicit drugs to local dealers. Shaw was responsib... More...
(03-24-2026 - WV)United States of America v. James Garner, aka "Jake"
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. On January 17, 2025, James Garner, also known as “Jake,” 35, of Detroit, Michigan, sold approximately 50 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for $350. As part of his guilty plea, Garner admitted that co-defendant Joshua Willie McCarver directed the confide... More...
(03-24-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Brian Poling, Levi S. Weaver, and Leroy M. Miller
Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. A federal indictment charges Brian Poling, 51, of Albright, West Virginia; Levi S. Weaver,74, of Fredericksburg, Ohio; and Leroy M. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio; with violations of the Lacey Act. As charged in the indictment, Poling, the manager of Dream Mountain... More...
(03-14-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Francis Combs
Beckley, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling fentanyl and felony possession of a firearm. Francis Combs, age 58, of Cool Ridge, sold a Bryco Arms model Jennings J-22 .22-caliber pistol to a confidential informant in Raleigh County. As part of his guilty plea, Combs admitted to conducting the transaction at his residence and after selling a quant... More...
(03-14-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Todd M. Chapman
Huntington, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Todd M. Chapman, age 58, of Huntington, West Virginia embezzled at least $602,000 from a now-defunct Huntington law firm while its office manager.... More...
(03-04-2026 - WV)United States of America v. Gerald Henry, a/k/a “Unc,” “G,” and “G-ball,” a
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Gerald Henry, also known as “Unc,” “G,” and “G-ball,” age 41, was accused of possessing and distributing 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Henry transported large quantities of fentanyl to Hancock County, West Virginia to distribute to others for sale. Investigators s... More...
(03-04-2026 - WV)State of West Virginia v. Kayla Six
Wellsburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud in connection with an access device. Kayla Six, 31, was charged with felony offense of fraud in connection with an access device.... More...
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