By Stephen Smoot
Last week, the Pendleton County grand jury met to deliberate and issue indictments.
A grand jury indictment does not indicate guilt. It merely means that the body has met, reviewed evidence, and decided that enough evidence exists to take the case to the petit jury stage. At that point, if the case proceeds that far, the defendant will have his or her Constitutional right to a jury trial where 12 citizens will review evidence presented and determine a verdict of guilty or not guilty.
The grand jury issued three indictments against Jeffrey James Windett. The first count states that Windett “did unlawfully, knowingly, and feloniously use a computer to solicit, entice, seduce, or lure . . . a juvenile . . . to commit an illegal act . . . to transmit to him a visual portrayal . . . (of) sexually explicit conduct, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The second count alleged that Windett “did unlawfully, feloniously, knowingly, and willfully possess or electronically access with intent to view more than fifty (50) but fewer than six hundred (600) images visually portraying a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
In the third count, the grand jury stated that Windett “did unlawfully, feloniously, knowingly, and willfully, send or distribute more than fifty (50) but fewer than six hundred (600) images visually portraying a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, against the dignity and peace of the State of West Virginia.”
The grand jury issued two indictments against Zachary Edward Mongold. The first of these states that Mongold “did feloniously, willfully, maliciously, and with premeditation, deliberately, and unlawfully slay, kill, and murder Raymond Auville, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
In the second count, the grand jury alleges that Mongold “did unlawfully, feloniously, willfully, and maliciously set fire to . . . the outbuilding belonging to Bill Warshauer, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The grand jury issued a single felony indictment against Thomas Allen Dumire, alleging that he “was ordered to pay child support for (a) minor child . . . and has been delinquent in the payment of said child support . . . and has accrued an arrearage in excess of $35,000, and said balance remains unpaid, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The grand jury issued three counts against Quinton Eugene Harper, alleging that he “did unlawfully, and feloniously, and wantonly perform an act with a firearm which created a substantial risk of death or bodily injury . . . against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The second count carries the same allegation, but against a different individual.
The third count alleges that Harper “did unlawfully destroy, injure, or deface property . . . that was not his own . . . against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The grand jury issued 25 counts against Wesley Alin Kidwell. The first of which alleges that he “did unlawfully and feloniously possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance, to wit; Methamphetamine, a schedule II narcotic drug, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The second count alleges that Kidwell “did unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously, conspire with Ashley Vandevander . . . to commit the offense of Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) . . . against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The third count alleges that Kidwell “did unlawfully and feloniously forge a West Virginia Registration Sticker, purporting it to have been issued by the department, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The fourth and fifth count allege the same offense as the third.
The sixth through 13th counts allege that Kidwell “did unlawfully and knowingly make, issue, or knowingly use an imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The remainder of the counts, 14 through 25, allege that Kidwell “did unlawfully possess a firearm, being a person prohibited from possession of a firearm by virtue of being an unlawful user of, or habitually addicted to, a controlled substance, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The Pendleton County Grand Jury issued 25 indictments against Ashley Vandevander. The first of which alleges that she “did unlawfully and feloniously possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance, to wit; Methamphetamine, a schedule II narcotic drug, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The second count alleges that Vandevander “did unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously, conspire with Wesley Alin Kidwell. . . to commit the offense of Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) . . . against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The third through fifth counts allege that Vandevander “did unlawfully and feloniously forge a West Virginia Registration Sticker, purporting it to have been issued by the department, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The sixth through 13th counts allege that Vandevander “did unlawfully and knowingly make, issue, or knowingly use an imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
The remainder of the counts, 14 through 25, allege that Vandevander “did unlawfully possess a firearm, being a person prohibited from possession of a firearm by virtue of being an unlawful user of, or habitually addicted to, a controlled substance, against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia.”
