The following hearings were recently held in Pocahontas County Circuit Court before the Honorable Judge Patrick I. Via:
It was revealed in a remote status hearing that Cassey Beverage, 34, of Marlinton, had passed all drug tests and paid off court fines in Randolph County. Another status hearing is set for November 9.
A four-day jury trial is set for February 9 -12, 2027 in the case the State vs Christopher Brier Dinsmore, 35, of Hillsboro. Dinsmore was indicted by the April Grand Jury on 12 counts, use of obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor; one count, soliciting a minor via computer; two counts, sexual assault, second degree; one count, burglary.
Evan M. Hamrick, 21, of Marlinton, completed the drug court program and was an extraordinary participant. The court granted a motion to withdraw the felony plea, and Hamrick pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of the misdemeanor of DUI. Court costs were assessed as judgment.
Regis H. Markl, 50, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, waived his right to a speedy trial. He was released on a modified $5,000 PR bond. He will reside with his grandmother in Pennsylvania and is to have no contact with the victim or the victim’s family in this matter. A remote status hearing is set for November 12. Markl was indicted by the August Grand Jury on one count, burglary; one count, grand larceny; one count, unlawful taking of a vehicle.
Adjudication for Christina Giese, 44, of Arbovale, had been deferred upon completion of drug court. Giese was terminated from the drug court program, and the court adjudicated her guilty of Count I and Count II of the indictment. As to Count I, the felony charge of Grand Larceny, she was sentenced to not less than one year nor more than 10 years. As to Count II, entering a building other than a dwelling, not less than one year nor more than 10 years. Sentences will run consecutively. The defendant was given credit of 168 days for time served. The court denied a motion for referral to the GOALS program.
In person sentencing was held in the case the State vs Cory Alderman, 41, of Marlinton, wherein the court denied a delay in commitment. Alderman was sentenced for the lesser included offense in Count I of the indictment, Domestic Battery Second Offense, one year to be served immediately at a regional jail facility. The Court will consider home confinement after residence is approved.
Remote sentencing was held in the case the State vs Jonathan Keith Bennett, 36, of Marlinton, wherein the court ordered the defendant to be confined at the Department of Corrections for not less than one year nor more than five years, with 366 days credit for time served. In June, Bennett had been found guilty by a jury for failure to appear.
Ashley Simpson, 35, of Charmco, waived her right to a trial by jury and signed a plea agreement. The court accepted the guilty plea to two counts of fraudulent schemes and dismissed, without prejudice, two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony. In person sentencing is set for October 22.
