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Martin County grand jury indicts 11
Meth trafficking, criminal abuse, theft among charges BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County grand jury returned 16 indictments against 11 people Sept. 3. Charges range from methamphetamine trafficking and criminal abuse to theft, wanton endangerment, flagrant nonsupport and fleeing police. Joey Mat Luster, 67, of Inez, is facing a charge of…
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Child abuse, assault charges lead Martin County grand jury indictments
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County grand jury returned indictments May 7 in cases ranging from alleged child abuse and first-degree assault to a series of bail-jumping charges involving multiple defendants. Tiffany Taylor, 46, of Huntington, West Virginia, is facing one count of criminal abuse in the second degree – child…
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One drug case, six missed court dates drive grand jury indictments
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County grand jury’s December session told two different stories at once. One case centers on alleged drug-related charges, while six others are not new offenses, but failure to appear when the court required it. James Howell, 35, of Beauty, stands accused of first-degree possession of a…
