By Shawn Stinson
FRANKLIN – There were 10 individuals indicted on 21 felonies by the latest grand jury.
The members of the grand jury met March 1 at the Pendleton County Courthouse in Franklin.
Robbie Hartman, 27, was indicted on two felony charges. Hartman, of R and Eve Lane, Franklin, is facing two charges of delivery of a controlled substance from two separate incidents in 2021 in the county.
Authorities allege Hartman did unlawfully and feloniously on or about April 26, 2021 as well as April 27, 2021, deliver a controlled substance – methamphetamine, a schedule II non-narcotic drug.
Curtis Kimble, 39, was indicted on four felony charges. Kimble, of Bennett Gap Road, Riverton, is facing four charges of delivery of a controlled substance from four separate incidents in 2021.
Authorities allege Kimble did unlawfully and feloniously on or about April 17, 2021, deliver a controlled substance – methamphetamine, a schedule II non-narcotic drug. Authorities also allege Kimble delivered methamphetamine on April 23, 2021, May 10, 2021, and June 23, 2021, in the county.
Jon Eugene Michael, 29, was indicted on a felony charge of failure to register as a sexual offender or provide notice of registration charges, second or subsequent offense.
Authorities allege Michael, of Bowers Wood Edge Lane, Seneca Rocks, on or about Nov. 5, 2021, did unlawfully, feloniously and knowingly refuse to provide accurate information when so required or did knowingly fail to register for life. They also allege Michael did knowingly refuse to provide accurate information or did knowingly fail to provide notice of a change in his place of employment or occupation within 10 business days. Michael is required to register as a sexual offender for life following an order in 2010 by the Superior Court of Guam for third degree criminal sexual conduct. The victims were minors and he is required to register as a level one sexual offender for life.
Michael was convicted of failure to register as a sexual offender or provide notice of registration changes on or about April 8, 2021, in the Circuit Court of Pendleton County.
Amanda Scott, 29, was indicted on a felony charge of conspiracy. Authorities did not have an address for Scott.
Authorities allege Scott did unlawfully, willfully and feloniously conspire with Jerry Lee Vance Jr., Paul Shipco and Andrea Suarez to commit the offense of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance – fentanyl.
Paul Shipco, 39, was indicted on two felony charges. Shipco of Buttercup Lane, Upper Tract, is facing a charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and conspiracy.
Authorities allege Shipco on or about July 26, 2021, did unlawfully and feloniously possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance – methamphetamine, a schedule II non-narcotic drug. Shipco is also alleged to have unlawfully, willfully and feloniously conspired with Jerry Lee Vance Jr., Amanda Scott and Andrea Suarez to commit the offense of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance – fentanyl.
Ethan Randall Shively, 32, was indicted on two felony charges and five misdemeanor charges. Shively of Midlothian, Virginia, is facing charges of domestic battery, battery upon a law enforcement officer, fleeing from an officer by any means other than the use of a vehicle, possession of a controlled substance and three counts of obstructing an officer.
Authorities allege Shively on or about Dec. 21, 2021, did unlawfully, feloniously and intentionally make physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with his family or household member or did unlawfully and intentionally cause physical harm to his family or household member. Shively is alleged to have struck a family or household member in the face, causing a bloody nose. Shively has been convicted on at least two prior occasions of the same or similar offense in 2013 and 2015 in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Authorities also allege Shively on the same date did unlawfully and feloniously, knowingly and intentionally make physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature or did unlawfully and intentionally cause physical harm to a government representative, healthcare worker, utility worker, emergency service personnel, correctional employee or law enforcement officer acting in their official capacity and did so knowingly or having reason to know that the victim was acting in their official capacity – Pendleton County Sheriff Chad Bowers. Shively had been convicted of the same or similar offense in 2016 in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Authorities allege Shively on the same date did unlawfully and intentionally flee or attempt to flee by any means other than the use of a vehicle from any law enforcement officer, probation officer or parole officer acting in their official capacity.
Authorities allege Shively did unlawfully by threats, menaces, acts or otherwise forcibly or illegally hinder or obstruct or did attempt to hinder or obstruct any law enforcement officer, probation officer or parole officer acting in their official capacity. Shively is alleged to have committed this offense against West Virginia State Police Sgt. Andy Teter, West Virginia State Police Cpl. Justin Ware and Bowers.
Shively is also alleged to have unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally possess a controlled substance that was not obtained directly from and pursuant to a valid prescription and order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his professional practice – gabapentin, a schedule V controlled substance.
Charles Louis Smiley III, 37, was indicted on a felony charge of failure to register as a sexual offender, second offense.
Authorities allege Smiley of Petersburg Pike, Upper Tract, on or about Sept. 22, 2021, did unlawfully, feloniously and knowingly refuse to provide accurate information when so required or did knowingly fail to register for life. They also allege Smiley did knowingly refuse to provide accurate information or did knowingly fail to provide notice of a change in his place of employment or occupation within 10 business days. Smiley is required to register for life having been ordered in the Circuit Court of Baltimore, Maryland, and having been previously convicted of failure to register as a sexual offender or provide notice of registration changes on Dec. 4, 2020, in the Circuit Court of Grant County.
Matthew Solarchick, 41, was indicted on four felony charges. Solarchick of Mount Freedom Drive, Circleville, is facing four charges of delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school.
Authorities allege Solarchick on or about April 7, 2021, did unlawfully and feloniously deliver a controlled substance – methamphetamine, a schedule II non-narcotic drug – and being 18 years of age or older at the time of the distribution which took place in, on or within 1,000 feet of North Fork Elementary School. Authorities allege this took place twice on the date.
Authorities also allege Solarchick on or about June 23, 2021, did unlawfully and feloniously deliver a controlled substance – methamphetamine, a schedule II non-narcotic drug – and being 18 years of age or older at the time of the distribution which took place in, on or within 1,000 feet of North Fork Elementary School. Authorities allege this took place twice on the date.
Andrea L. Suarez, 40, was indicted on a felony charge of conspiracy. Suarez of Buttercup Lane, Upper Tract, is alleged to have unlawfully, willfully and feloniously conspired with Jerry Lee Vance Jr., Paul Shipco and Amanda Scott to commit the offense of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance – fentanyl.
Jerry Lee Vance Jr., 53, was indicted on three felony charges and one misdemeanor charge. Authorities did not have an address for Vance. He is facing a charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, a charge of possession of fentanyl, conspiracy and possession of a controlled substance.
Authorities allege Vance on or about July 26, 2021, did unlawfully and feloniously possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance – fentanyl, a schedule II narcotic drug. Vance was also alleged to be in possession of fentanyl, a controlled substance, involved in the offense, either alone or in combination with another controlled substance and the net weight of the fentanyl was one gram or more, but less than five grams.
Authorities also allege Vance did unlawfully, willfully and feloniously conspire with Amanda Scott, Paul Shipco and Andrea Suarez to commit the offense of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance – fentanyl.
Vance is also alleged to have unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally possessed a controlled substance that was not obtained directly from and pursuant to a valid prescription and order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his professional practice – marijuana, a schedule I, non-narcotic controlled substance.
Vance is facing two felony charges from a May 13, 2021, incident in the county. Authorities allege Vance did unlawfully and feloniously deliver a controlled substance – fentanyl. Vance is also alleged to unlawfully and feloniously be in possession of fentanyl involved in the offense, either alone or in combination with another controlled substance and the net weight of the fentanyl was less than one gram.
