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ELKINS A Parsons woman is facing a felony charge after allegedly stealing items from the Elkins Walmart.
Heather Nicole Watson is being charged with a felony count of third offense shoplifting. Watson was arraigned by Magistrate Tracy M. Harper and bond was set at $1,500 cash only.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Randolph County Magistrate Court by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Deputy A.B. Beverly, the officer responded to Walmart on March 29 in regard to a shoplifting incident. At the store the Walmart asset protection associate had a woman, later identified as Watson, in the office. The complaint states Randolph County 911 advised the officer that Watson had two prior shoplifting convictions.
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ELKINS A Montrose man was convicted on sexual abuse charges Friday following a two-day trial in Randolph County Circuit Court.
James Thomas Miller, 42, was convicted of two felony counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, and one felony count of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust to a child.
Sentencing has been sent for April 19. Miller is facing a possible maximum sentence of no less than 20 years and no more than 70 years in the state penitentiary. He will be required to register for life as a sexual offender.
Prosecuting Attorney Michael Parker represented the state, while Miller was represented by Brent Easton.
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ELKINS A Randolph County woman is behind bars after she allegedly almost crashed into a West Virginia State Trooper and struck another vehicle while driving intoxicated with a child in her vehicle.
Maria M. Romo is being charged with a felony count of DUI with bodily injury. According to a criminal complaint filed in Randolph County Magistrate Court, on Jan. 18, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. B.A. Talkington was traveling north on Route 219/250 near Colonial Mill Works when a red Honda Accord, heading south, came around the turn at a high rate of speed.
“The vehicle spun sideways in the roadway and crossed the center line. I steered my cruiser toward the ditch to avoid a collision,” Talkington writes in the complaint. “The vehicle slid past me and struck the vehicle directly behind me. I initiated my emergency lights and turned around. I found the defendant … unconscious laying across the center console with her feet still under the