Tag: Barboursville

Ex-Barboursville Doctor Admits to Committing Fraud for Pills

A former Cabell County physician has admitted to writing a fraudulent prescription to illegally obtain more than 100 oxycodone pills from an employee.

U.S. Attorney Carol Casto said in a news release that 52-year-old Gregory Donald Chaney, of Barboursville, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. He faces up to four years in prison and a $250,000 fine at his April 3 sentencing.

Chaney had been the owner of Tri-State Medical Center before it went out of business.

Chaney admitted to writing a prescription for 120 oxycodone pills for an employee in December 2015 without a physical examination. Chaney then instructed the employee to get the prescription filled and return the pills to him in exchange for about $830 in lieu of unpaid wages.

Man Briefly Escapes Custody by Climbing out of Squad Car

Putnam County deputies have recaptured a man who briefly escaped custody by climbing out of a squad car window.

Deputies caught 28-year-old Robert Charles Jordan Monday morning near a Barboursville road about an hour after he escaped.

Putnam County Chief Deputy Eric Hayzlett says Jordan was being transported to Western Regional Jail by the sheriff’s department and claimed he felt sick on the drive to the jail. The deputy transporting Jordan rolled the window down halfway because she was concerned he was going to vomit in the car.

Once the vehicle stopped at the gate of the jail, Jordan exited through the window and briefly escaped.

Jordan will now be charged with fleeing and evading. It’s unclear if he has an attorney.

Jenkins Begins Raiding Western Virginia: August 22, 1862

On August 22, 1862, newly appointed Confederate Brigadier General Albert Gallatin Jenkins began a raid through Western Virginia. It was in response to a string of events that began with Robert E. Lee’s impending invasion of Maryland.

Earlier that month, the Union Army had shifted some 5,000 troops from the Charleston area to help protect Washington, DC. So, the Confederates took advantage of the troop reduction.

Jenkins launched his raid from Salt Sulphur Springs in Monroe County with 550 troops. The Confederates rode first into the Tygart Valley and skirmished with U.S. forces near Huttonsville. Next, they traveled to Buckhannon, Weston, Glenville, Spencer, and Ripley.

On September 4, the raiders crossed the Ohio River in Jackson County—about 60 miles north of Jenkins’s home at Green Bottom—and became the first to raise a Confederate flag on Ohio soil. They soon returned and skirmished with Union forces at Point Pleasant before moving on to Buffalo in Putnam County. On September 8, the raiders defeated a Union force at Barboursville and then rode through Wayne, Logan, and Raleigh counties. In all, Jenkins’s raid covered 500 miles.

Ex-Barboursville Pharmacy Owner Sentenced on Bank Charge

A former Barboursville pharmacy owner has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for avoiding federal cash reporting requirements.

Thirty-seven-year-old Kofi Ohene Agyekum also will forfeit more than $2 million and a vehicle.

Agyekum had pleaded guilty in May to violating federal banking laws. He admitted that he made a series of cash deposits in amounts less than $10,000 to multiple accounts at banks in the Barboursville area.

Federal law requires financial institutions to report cash transactions exceeding $10,000 to the federal government.

U.S Attorney Booth Goodwin says the money came from distributing oxycodone from Agyekum’s pharmacy.

Agyekum was sentenced on Monday in U.S. District Court in Huntington.

Substance Sickens Two Inmates at Western Regional

A state agency spokesman says authorities are investigating the sickening of two inmates at the Western Regional Jail.

Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina says the inmates had an adverse reaction to an unknown substance. He tells WSAZ-TV TV that both inmates were taken to a hospital for treatment.

Messina says West Virginia State Police are investigating the incident, which occurred last week. An internal investigation also is being conducted.

Authorities haven’t determined what the substance was or how it got into the jail in Barboursville.

Messina says the jail has a zero tolerance policy for contraband.

The jail ended contact visits in 2014 because of concerns about contraband being brought into the facility.

I-64 Reopened After Tanker Accident

Traffic is moving again on Interstate 64 in Cabell County 12 hours after a tanker-truck accident.

The West Virginia Department of Transportation says in a statement that both eastbound and westbound sections reopened on Friday afternoon.

Media outlets report the tanker rolled over at about 3:15 a.m. between the Milton and Barboursville exits, forcing traffic to be diverted off the interstate.

Milton Volunteer Fire Chief Brent Taylor says the tanker was carrying propane, which didn’t leak and was transferred to another vehicle.

Taylor says the driver of the tanker was taken to a hospital with undisclosed injuries.

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