WILLIAMSON – A Pike County, Ky., man for whom an arrest warrant had been outstanding since his indictment last September, was among 11 persons arraigned in Mingo County Circuit Court Monday.
Ten of those arraigned were among the 11 indicted by the Mingo Grand Jury in a special, one-day session last week.
Chief Judge Michael Thornsbury had another arraignment scheduled this morning in connection with last week’s indictments. It will be unsealed when the arraignment is held.
Mingo County Pro-secuting Attorney C. Michael Sparks represented the State in all of the proceedings. All of the defendants, in turn, pleaded not guilty to the charges contained in their indictments.
– Victor Henry Scott, 31, of Jamboree, Ky., indicted by the September Grand Jury and sought by capias, appeared before Thorns-bury Monday. He pleaded not guilty to charges of $2,500 destruction of the Grapevine Substation, and grand larceny of copper ground wire valued at $1.000 or more, all property of the Ap-palachian Electric Power Company. The incidents allegedly occurred May 19, 2008.
Scott’s trial is set for March 31. His bond was set at $75,000 with conditions including electronic home confinement (in Mingo County), weekly random drug testing, no association with an abuser of controlled substance, Judge’s work program, and not to appear within 500 feet of the AEP property. He is represented by Williamson Attorney David Foley.
Charges contained in three of the latest indictments supersede those listed in the September Grand Jury indictments. They include:
Mark Robby Belcher, 33, Baisden, charged with one count of delivery of a Schedule II controlled substance (Oxycodone), and two counts of conspiracy to deliver that drug. He is represented by Kathy C. Sturgell and his trial is set for April 7. Bond was set at $60,000 with the usual conditions.
Sandra Kay Belcher, 32, Gilbert, is charged with one count of delivery of a Schedule II controlled substance (Oxycodone) and one count of conspiracy to deliver that drug. Her bond is set at $75,000 with usual conditions including taking General Educational Deve-lopment (GED) classes, and she is represented by Stacy Bowens.
Nathan Ray Ellis, 26, Gilbert, is charged with one count of delivering Sch-edule II controlled substance (Oxycodone) and one count of conspiracy to deliver that drug. His bond is $75,000 with the usual conditions, including Jud-ge’s work program. His trial date is March 31 and he is represented by Williamson Attorney Charles S. West.
• Others arraigned Monday on the latest indictments were as follows:
• Stanley Gene Marcum, 37, Logan County, charged with one count each of grand larceny, conspiracy and destruction of property. His trial is set for April 7 and his legal counsel is Jerry Lyall of Williamson. Bond is set at $80,000 with the usual conditions.
• Andreau Chapman Morgan, 21, Gilbert, was indicted on one charge each of burglary, grand larceny, computer fraud, forgery and uttering a forged check. Trial is set for March 31 and Greg K. Smith of Williamson is his attorney.
• Judge Thornsbury re-manded Morgan to South-western Regional Jail without bond and imposed in-patient substance abuse counseling as an additional condition of any bond.
• Matthew Shane Parks, 20, Williamson, is charged with one count of delivering Schedule II controlled substances (Oxycodone and Cocaine) and one count each of delivering Oxycodone; possession of Cocaine with intent to deliver, and possession of a Schedule I controlled substance (Marijuana) with intent to deliver.
Parks, who is represented by Charles S. West, has a trial date of March 31. His bond was set at $175,000 ($10,000 full cash re-quired), with the usual conditions.
• Cody James Rife, 21, Hanover, is charged with computer fraud, forgery and uttering. He is represented by Williamson Attorney Ronald J. Rumora and his trial date is April 7. Bond was set at $100,000 ($5,000 full cash required), with the usual conditions also including Judge’s work program and prohibited from having any contact with the co-defendant in the case.
• April Dawn Vance, 28, Lenore, stands indicted on one count of conspiracy. Trial date is April 7 and her bond is $25,000 with conditions including no contact with the victim of her alleged offense. She is represented by Gary Michels.
• Dianne Vance, 49, Lenore, is charged with malicious assault and conspiracy and her attorney is Kathy C. Sturgell. Trial is set for April 7 and her bond is $35,000 with conditions including no contact with the victim of the alleged offense. She is represented by David Foley.
• Dewey Glen Wolford, 49, Gilbert, is charged with one count of manufacturing a Schedule I controlled substance (Marijuana); one count of delivering a Schedule IV controlled substance (Alprazolam), and one count of possession of Alprazolam with intent to deliver. Wolford’s trial date is March 31 and his bond is set at $85,000 with the usual conditions, including Judge’s work program. Foley is his legal counsel.
Chief Circuit Clerk Cam-illa Ellis confirmed that four of those arraigned were able to post bonds. They included Mark Robby Belcher, Sandra Kay Bel-cher, Stanley Gene Mar-cum and April Dawn Vance.





