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An Upshur County Grand Jury meeting in Buckhannon this week returned 17 indictments on Monday. Here is the list of indictments provided by the Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office:
| Eric Wayne Richards Residence: Walkersville Age: 38 | Driving While License Revoked for D.U.I., 3rd or Subsequent Offense, a felony, three (3) counts. No Insurance, a misdemeanor, two (2) counts. |
| Dallas Sterling Lantz Residence: Buckhannon Age: 34 | Driving While License Revoked for D.U.I., 3rd or Subsequent Offense, a felony, one (1) count. No Insurance, a misdemeanor, one (1) count. |
| Jennifer Lyn Moreland Residence: Buckhannon Age: 37 | Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver, Methamphetamine, a felony, one (1) count. |
| Charyn Elizabeth Fortune Residence: Chapmanville Age: 31 | Grand Larceny, a felony, one (1) count. |
| Joseph Brian Kelley Residence: Buckhannon Age: 28 | Prohibited Person in Possession of a Concealed Firearm, a felony, one (1) count. Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm, a felony, one (1) count. False Evidence of Registration, a felony, one (1) count. Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver, a felony, one (1) count (Methamphetamine). |
| Blaine Allen Ash Residence: Salem Age: 37 | Driving While License Revoked for D.U.I., 3rd or Subsequent Offense, a felony, one (1) count. Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver, a felony, three (3) counts (Methamphetamine), (Buprenorphine), (Alprazolam). |
| Christopher Michael Lipps Residence: Jane Lew Age: 31 | Fleeing in a Vehicle with Reckless Indifference to the Safety of Others, a felony, one (1) count. Fleeing on Foot, a misdemeanor, one (1) count. |
| Christopher Wayne Tenney Residence: Pickens Age: 33 | Escape from Custody, a felony, one (1) count. |
| Joshua Lee Swiger Residence: Bridgeport Age: 29 | Forgery, a felony, one (1) count. Uttering, a felony, one (1) count. |
| Breauna Kay Heater Residence: Fairmont Age: 27 | Grand Larceny, a felony, one (1) count. |
| Robert Lee Blish Residence: French Creek Age:42 | Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, a felony, two (2) counts. |
| Justin Skyler Hoover Residence: Lumberport Age: 26 | Grand Larceny, a felony, one (1) count. |
| Alan Lee Stanley Residence: Buckhannon Age: 41 | Escape from Custody, a felony, one (1) count. |
| Zachary Anton McCartney Residence: Crawford Age: 28 | Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver, a felony, four (4) counts. (Heroin)(Fentanyl)(Methamphetamine)(Clonazepam) |
| Daniel Travis Dunlavy Residence: Buckhannon Age: 30 | Driving While License Revoked for D.U.I., 3rd or Subsequent Offense, a felony, one (1) count. Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Crash with Damage to a Vehicle, a misdemeanor, one (1) count. |
| Barbara Sue Mitchell Residence: Buckhannon Age: 59 | Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, a felony, one (1) count. Sexual Abuse of a Child by a Parent, Guardian or Person in a Position of Trust, a felony, one (1) count. |
| Tyler Lynn Wolford Residence: Buckhannon Age: 29 | Failure to Provide Notice of a Change in Sex Offender Registration Information, Life Registrant, a felony, two (2) counts. |
