Behind closed doors, during the second week of July, our Summer Grand Jury returned the eight true bills. That means, the empaneled jurors believed the info provided by Prosecutor Jim Samples and agreed to send the eight to trial.
   Judge Jack Alsop is handling the honor from the front bench.
   From the public record, here goes.
   Timothy Michael Drake possession with intent to deliver x 2; prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Attorney John Mitchell Jr will be representing Mr Drake . $75K bond
   Robert Lee Deel burglary, petit larceny, destruction of property. Wayne King represents Deel.  $10K bond
   Christopher David Pritt prohibited person in possession of a fire arm, petit larceny, destruction of property. Wayne King is handling this offender as well. Pritt's bond has been revoked.
   Jeremiah Donovan Neff possession of  child porno. Wayne King once again. Bond is set at $25K
   Kevin Wayne Tanner breaking and entering, grand larceny, and conspiracy. Bond stands at $30K  
   Tabitha Ashley Tanner breaking and entering, grand larceny, conspiracy
   William Patrick Wayne Lane failure to appear
   James Patterson McCune threats of terrorism acts.

   Once the bad guys and girls get their names in the system (via grand jury) they have a chance to tell the court, guilty or not guilty. That's called Arraignment Day which was held July 19th in the upstairs Courtroom. We sat thru most of those proceedings and report as follows.

   Right on time, actually a couple minutes ahead of the 9am start time, 34 year old Timothy Drake was first up. Charleston's John R Mitchell Jr will represent Drake who was well dressed, clean and neat looking. Well, actually, both of em were well dressed and cleaned up. If convicted of the charges, Drake could be behind bars for over 15 years. According to court testimony, Drake was caught with hydros. After pleading not guilty three times, his trial date was set for Oct 12th.
   Each person has to submit to a whiz test. Drake's pee test came back hot for weed. Attorney Mitchell has been at his game for decades and knows when to speak up for his client. He did just that: my guy, there's no way he could flunk a drug test, he works in New York, steady, he's already in a treatment program and they test regularly. Didn't work, to jail he did go.

   Robert Deel Jr , 27 years old and a high school graduate, showed up in his orange jumpsuit and plead not guilty to his Oct 2021 transgressions. His trial is also set for the morning of Oct 12th.
   Alsop had those first two matters completed in less than 9 minutes.

   38 year old Chris Pritt has been thru the Clayberry Court system many times. Now balding and clad in his CRJ jumpsuit, he looked nervous . His most recent capers were caught on Feb 16th of this year. Back to CRJ he was sent pending his Oct 12th trial.
  We can remember when Chris was actually a pretty nice kid. He even worked here and there and did a good job at manual laborer efforts. Based on his criminal records and his current looks, Chris Pritt is pretty far down in the hole of life. Sad

   31  year old Jeremiah Neff (sorry no mug pic on file) is a big, burly lookin, high school graduate. His 24 count pervert charges stem from an April 8th 2021 arrest where kiddy porn pics and videos were seized.  Defense attorney Wayne King wants to an expert witness to come to court for the trial.
   The way it will work, the evidence will be kept in a locked box at the Big Otter Green Shirt Retreat where all parties can view the stuff. No copies will be allowed the defense team.  Trial is set for Oct 12th. 

   We're lumping Kenneth (47 years old) and Tabitha Tanner (38 years old) into one notation. Both are charged with unlawful conduct in Jan of this year. Trial time is set for Oct 18th before Judge Alsop