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PARKERSBURG Two Parkersburg men were arrested following separate incidents involving the possession of child pornography and a stolen vehicle.
Mark Ronald Barnard, 68, 1908 19th St., Parkersburg, was found with pornography after several cybertips to law enforcement, according to a criminal complaint filed with the Wood County Magistrate Court.
Following a search warrant in May 2020, computers were searched and Barnard admitted to looking at child pornography on the computer at his residence, the complaint said.
“There is children and teenagers and it’s hard to tell the difference sometimes, but I have looked at child porn,” Barnard said as stated in the criminal complaint.
PARKERSBURG Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Feb. 2: Travis Wayne Chichester, 29, 1229 22nd St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of burglary and grand larceny and was released on a $8,000 surety bond. Joannie Lynn Davis, 55, 916 14th St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a battery charge and was released on a $500 surety bond. Ronnie Lee Lockhart, 50, 1009 Broadway Ave., Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of battery and possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, and was released on a $3,000 surety bond. Anthony Bruce Wade, 18, 104 Grady Drive, Walker, was arraigned on charges of improper disposal and mandatory proof of disposal and was released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond.
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PARKERSBURG A Wood County man and woman have been charged with arson and breaking and entering, accused of starting a fire in an apartment building in December, according to criminal complaints in Wood County Magistrate Court.
Carl Lee Martin III, 33, of 710 28th St., Vienna, was arrested Dec. 28 after authorities received a complaint from a local construction company that an apartment building they are remodeling on Worthington Lane in Parkersburg was forcefully entered and a fire was started within, a complaint said.
A construction company employee confronted Martin and another subject, Rachael Lee Davis, 32, of 506 42nd St., Vienna, who also is also facing charges of arson and breaking and entering, according to an additional criminal complaint in magistrate court.