Judge Ric Facemire handled Court duties on Feb 1st. In
addition to a bunch of Juvy proceedings, three individuals
coughed up guilty pleas and one asked for his record to be
expunged from record.
The public is not allowed in for youthful issues so, here goes with our coverage on David Lee Patterson, Christain Elliot and James Edward Neal.
Before that was Isaiah Adam Stephenson. Remember him? Way back 15 years ago the guy made pretty regular appearances in The Communicator over in the Magistrate Court and Blotter sections. He spent time in the Anthony Correctional Center for possession and conspiracy. If we remember right, the action was over in the Pisgah neighborhood, included making meth and maybe a run away via ATV.
Well, that was a long time ago, he fulfilled his slammer time, now holds a job, has a family, and as kept his nose clean.
In Court, Mr Stephenson was well dressed and spoke well. The problem is, with that bad stuff on his record, many job opportunities are not available to him.
Stephenson: I am not the same person... I am doing the right thing now.... and this is an opportunity for my family too.
With Prosecutor Jim Samples not objecting, Judge Facemire was obliging. All the bad background is now expunged, removed from his record as far as for standard background checks for stuff like employment.
Now for the main event.
In the Courtroom were David Lee Patterson and James Edward Neal. On the phone was Christian Elliot. Note: anytime they do an internet connection via a wittle bitty lap top, hearing from the far end is nearly impossible. It's our understanding, Elliot was in quarantine and was allowed to stay at home for this proceeding.
Around 11:50am, all three had rendered their guilty pleas.
Here's what we saw that morning.
For Ms Elliot, the West Virginia Auditor's office investigated the case. According to Jim Samples, back in Jan 2019, Elliot forged a check from Lizemore Fire Dept for $176.10... on a couple other occasions, Nov 1 2018 and June 30 2019, altered the Fire Dept books so as to not get caught... in all, for this plea, she swiped for personal use, over $1000 from Lizemores Fire Dept.
The plea arrangement tossed all the other charges but left standing just two indictments. She has to pay back the stuff stolen. Note: For sure, your tax dollars needed to do the investigation, that cost tens of thousands. You paid for it with your tax dollars.
We tried to see Elliot on the small puter screen and noticed, it looked like she was distracted and often looked away from her home puter camera.
While wordsmithing, Samples referenced something about $$ missing from the Clay County Apple Festival.
Sure seems like, little Ms Perfect, had, has, a bad case of sticky finger itus with her targets being non profit organizations.
Something else we've put together based on what was said in Court and what we're hearing from outside the big walnut doors. We don't think this case is over. It sounds like there are a couple others that had knowledge of what was going on and we may see more charges coming in the near future. Just a guess so keep your ear to the ground.
Elliot is looking at 2 10 years sentences behind bars. Each sentence could run side by side or stacked one after another.
Remember David
Patterson from about this time of year in 2020? He's the guy
that while driving managed to wipe out 2 Big Otter
Community Center attendees causing very serious injuries.
After smashing both with a Nissan Mazama, he kept going.
He did not offer any help nor did he have insurance. Badges were able to locate the Nissan by GPS positioning after a cell phone was thrown from a vehicle.
A very cool calm and collect David Patterson explained, he just panic'd .. it was very dark that night... it wasn't his vehicle.... it's not my car... I just panic'd
The reality is, Patterson is a known drunk driver, an arrested drunk driver, and others suffered greatly due to his no responsible attitude.
Patterson is guilty of Reckless inference with injuries, DUI, driving while suspended, possession and a bond violation. All the other stuff was tossed.
He's lookin at up to 3 years behind bars, fines, and other penalities.
As for 28 year old
James Edward Neal. Dumbarss Neal was already in the cross
hairs of local Badges. While out tooling around, Brown Shirt
Stuart Sims noticed him and knew he didn't have insurance,
license, registrations etc. Yelp, when Simms turned on the
blue lights, Neal skedaddled big time and reckless to boot.
Neal's BS before the Robe included: Ah Gee Judge, I was driving home to help my Mother take care of my Grandfather.
What a crock of bull.
When sentenced James Edward Neal is looking at up to 5 years in the pen plus a fine.
Sentencing comes after the Probation Officer does background checks. March 30th is the date set for all three criminals to be sentenced. Action will begin at 9am that morning. Mark your calendars.
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The public is not allowed in for youthful issues so, here goes with our coverage on David Lee Patterson, Christain Elliot and James Edward Neal.
Before that was Isaiah Adam Stephenson. Remember him? Way back 15 years ago the guy made pretty regular appearances in The Communicator over in the Magistrate Court and Blotter sections. He spent time in the Anthony Correctional Center for possession and conspiracy. If we remember right, the action was over in the Pisgah neighborhood, included making meth and maybe a run away via ATV.
Well, that was a long time ago, he fulfilled his slammer time, now holds a job, has a family, and as kept his nose clean.
In Court, Mr Stephenson was well dressed and spoke well. The problem is, with that bad stuff on his record, many job opportunities are not available to him.
Stephenson: I am not the same person... I am doing the right thing now.... and this is an opportunity for my family too.
With Prosecutor Jim Samples not objecting, Judge Facemire was obliging. All the bad background is now expunged, removed from his record as far as for standard background checks for stuff like employment.
Now for the main event.
In the Courtroom were David Lee Patterson and James Edward Neal. On the phone was Christian Elliot. Note: anytime they do an internet connection via a wittle bitty lap top, hearing from the far end is nearly impossible. It's our understanding, Elliot was in quarantine and was allowed to stay at home for this proceeding.
Around 11:50am, all three had rendered their guilty pleas.
Here's what we saw that morning.
For Ms Elliot, the West Virginia Auditor's office investigated the case. According to Jim Samples, back in Jan 2019, Elliot forged a check from Lizemore Fire Dept for $176.10... on a couple other occasions, Nov 1 2018 and June 30 2019, altered the Fire Dept books so as to not get caught... in all, for this plea, she swiped for personal use, over $1000 from Lizemores Fire Dept.
The plea arrangement tossed all the other charges but left standing just two indictments. She has to pay back the stuff stolen. Note: For sure, your tax dollars needed to do the investigation, that cost tens of thousands. You paid for it with your tax dollars.
We tried to see Elliot on the small puter screen and noticed, it looked like she was distracted and often looked away from her home puter camera.
While wordsmithing, Samples referenced something about $$ missing from the Clay County Apple Festival.
Sure seems like, little Ms Perfect, had, has, a bad case of sticky finger itus with her targets being non profit organizations.
Something else we've put together based on what was said in Court and what we're hearing from outside the big walnut doors. We don't think this case is over. It sounds like there are a couple others that had knowledge of what was going on and we may see more charges coming in the near future. Just a guess so keep your ear to the ground.
Elliot is looking at 2 10 years sentences behind bars. Each sentence could run side by side or stacked one after another.
He did not offer any help nor did he have insurance. Badges were able to locate the Nissan by GPS positioning after a cell phone was thrown from a vehicle.
A very cool calm and collect David Patterson explained, he just panic'd .. it was very dark that night... it wasn't his vehicle.... it's not my car... I just panic'd
The reality is, Patterson is a known drunk driver, an arrested drunk driver, and others suffered greatly due to his no responsible attitude.
Patterson is guilty of Reckless inference with injuries, DUI, driving while suspended, possession and a bond violation. All the other stuff was tossed.
He's lookin at up to 3 years behind bars, fines, and other penalities.
Neal's BS before the Robe included: Ah Gee Judge, I was driving home to help my Mother take care of my Grandfather.
What a crock of bull.
When sentenced James Edward Neal is looking at up to 5 years in the pen plus a fine.
Sentencing comes after the Probation Officer does background checks. March 30th is the date set for all three criminals to be sentenced. Action will begin at 9am that morning. Mark your calendars.
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