WILLIAMSON – Recalled for duty in a one-day session Friday, the Mingo County Grand Jury produced 11 felony indictments including six that were left sealed pending defendants’ appearance for arraignment on drug charges.

The jury reported its findings at about 4 p.m. and Chief Judge Michael Thornsbury announced that arraignments of those charged will be held Monday, Feb. 23, beginning at 8:30 a.m., in the Circuit Courtroom.

Mingo County Prosecuting Attorney C. Michael Sparks said ‘we will be endeavoring to have the grand jury convene at least once each month so as to continue the momentum that resulted from the county’s recent drug enforcement effort.’

He said the six drug indictments will remain sealed pending the appearance of the individuals charged, either voluntarily or by arrest.

Sparks, who worked with the jury during the daylong investigative session, said the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department was responsible for investigating one of the drug cases in which an indictment was returned. The West Virginia State Police accounted for the five other drug indictments.

The first sealed indictment is numbered Felony 82, taking up where January’s initial 81 indictments left off. Sixty-nine of those indictments contained drug offenses.

In the latest grand jury report, a 37-year-old Logan man, Stanley Gene Marcum, was indicted on one count of grand larceny in connection with stealing and carrying away personal property of the Bank of Mingo on or about May 29, 2008. That property is identified as $14,990 in monies.

Count II of Marcum’s indictment charges him with conspiracy with another person to commit grand larceny, and one count of destruction of a Fijitshu ATM Triton FT 5,000 belonging to the Bank of Mingo. The loss to the property as a result of destruction was listed as $2,500.

Andreau Chapman Morgan, 21, of Gilbert, was indicted on one count each of burglary, grand larceny, computer fraud, forgery and uttering. The burglary during the period July 6-10, 2008 involved the dwelling house of Warren Brown.

The grand larceny charge related to the taking of a $2,000 Arch Coal Company Safety Award, and three shotguns and two rifles owned by Warren Brown. He is charged with feloniously causing the Bank of Mingo computer network to be accessed for the purpose of obtaining $275 in U.S. currency by means of fraud. He is also charged with forging a Bank of Mingo check with intent to defraud Judith Gaye Chapman, and with uttering that forgd check.

Cody James Rife, 21, Hanover, is also charged with computer fraud that caused the Bank of Mingo computer network to be accessed Feb. 17, 2009 in order to obtain $275 in currency. Rife is accused of forgery and also uttering of a Bank of Mingo check to the prejudice of Judith Gaye Chapman.

April Dawn Vance, 28, Lenore, was indicted on one count of conspiracy with another person, identified in the indictment as Dianne Vance, 49, Lenore, to commit malicious wounding of Amber Chandler on Feb. 3, 2008.

Dianne Vance is charged with feloniously wounding Amber Chandler with the use of her fists, hands and feet. She also is charged with conspiracy with April Dawn Vance to commit malicious wounding of Chandler.

The drug charges contained in the six sealed indictments were not identified.