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    • Grand Jury indicts eight

    December 2, 2015

    The Pocahontas County Grand Jury handed up indictments against eight individuals Tuesday.
    Arraignments in the following cases are scheduled for Thursday, December 3, at 9 a.m. before the Honorable Judge James J. Rowe:
    Angela G. Turner, 41, of Marlinton – One Count, Manufacture of a Controlled Substance, a felony.
    Harold T. Turner, 60, of Marlinton – One Count, Manufacture of a Controlled Substance, a felony
    Rodney Swearingen, 34, of Hillsboro – One Count, Driving While Suspended or Revoked for Driving under the Influence of Alcohol, a felony.
    Ernest Frank Hardy, II, 40, of Mt. Olive Correctional Center – One Count, Malicious Assault, a felony; and One Count Attempted Murder, a felony.
    Arraignments in the following cases are scheduled for Friday, December 11, at 9:30 a.m. before the Honorable Judge Robert E. Richardson:
    Christian Paige Haney, 21, of Hillsboro – One Count, Manufacture of a Controlled Substance, a felony.
    Burt Harmon, 18, of Hillsboro – One Count, Manufacture of a Controlled Sub- stance, a felony.
    Dustin D. Morrison, 20, of Marlinton – One Count, Possession of a Controlled Substance, a misdemeanor; One Count, Brandishing a Deadly Weapon, a misdemeanor.
    Kimberly Vandevender, 27, of Green Bank – Eight Counts, Taking the Identity of another Person, a felony.
    An indictment is not proof of guilt. All persons are considered innocent until proven otherwise by a jury of their peers.

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