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Preston Grand Jury indicts Terra Alta mayor, others

KINGWOOD — The mayor of Terra Ala was among those indicted by the final Preston County Grand Jury of 2020 on Tuesday.

Mayor Robert Anthony DeLauder, 55, was indicted on a charge of damaging or destroying telecommunications or cable service.

In August, Preston Prosecuting Attorney Melvin C. Snyder III said in a criminal complaint that on June 3 or 4 DeLauder entered city hall and damaged the Prodigi box inside a closet connected to council chambers.

He allegedly removed the power line and damaged the phone wiring block, interrupting phone and internet service that night.

Other indictments returned included burglary and drug charges. They were:

Metheny, Jeffery Grant, 43, of North Central Regional Jail — Third-offense DUI, operating vehicle without Interlock.

Cress, Charles Roy, 41, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Third-offense driving on license revoked for DUI.

Wilson, David Paul, 60, of Kingwood — Conspiracy to commit breaking and entering.

Wilson, Benjamin Lee, 33, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Breaking and entering, conspiracy.

Bosley, Scott A., 38, of Tunnelton — Burglary, two counts of grand larceny, breaking and entering, three counts of conspiracy.

McCloud, Keith Russell, 22, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Burglary, breaking and entering, grand larceny, three counts of conspiracy.

Simmons, Randell Neil, 28, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Burglary, conspiracy, grand larceny.

Alvey, Dottie Delsa, 27, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Burglary, conspiracy, three counts of delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

Greenlee, Shane Donovan, 23, of Tunnelton — Breaking and entering.

Hess, Brian Weston, 44, of Bruceton Mills — Burglary, domestic battery.

Shaffer, Robert Lee, 29, of North Central Regional Jail — Breaking and entering, grand larceny.

Reeder, Jack Ernest, 40, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Three counts of strangulation, DUI with a minor in the vehicle, driving on license revoked for DUI.

Braham, Jason Lee, 47, of Independence — Prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

Armstrong, Emily J., 36, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Three counts of delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

Wolfe, Shelley Shaun, 53, of Kingwood — Three counts of delivery of a controlled substance (cocaine), four counts of delivery of a controlled substance (Subutex), one count of delivery of a controlled substance (Xanax).

Sell, Candis May, 38, of Morgantown — Two counts of delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

McCloud, Craig Allen, 34, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

Newlon, Marsha Jean, 34, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Four counts of delivery of a controlled substance (meth), two counts of conspiracy.

Shaffer, Kelvin Brent, 60, of Tunnelton — Four counts of delivery of a controlled substance (meth), two counts of conspiracy.

Louk, David Scott, 24, of Masontown — Delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

Burgess, Keith Wayne, 32, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Two counts of delivery of a controlled substance (Subutex).

Greenlee, Shane Donovan, 23, of Tunnelton — Four counts of delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

Moyer, Wayne Allen, 33, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail —Two counts of delivery of a controlled substance (heroin), delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

Dalton, Justin Ray, 36, of Potomac Highlands Regional Jail — Delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

Mitter, Aaron Lee Jr., 34, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Five counts of delivery of a controlled substance (meth).

Lewis, Gloria, 48, of Masontown — Four counts of delivery of a controlled substance (meth), one count of delivery of a controlled substance (Fentanyl).

Rudd, Kara Jeananne, no age provided, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Burglary, two counts of battery on a police officer.

Baylor, William Robert, no age provided, of Tygart Valley Regional Jail — Possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (Fentanyl), possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (meth).

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