A former Kanawha County home confinement officer admitted this week that he took $4,000 in cash in exchange for not reporting that a man under his supervision had violated his home confinement.

Jacques S. Vance pleaded guilty to one count of felony bribery in official and political matters before Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King on Monday afternoon.

Vance faces up to 10 years in prison, according to the agreement filed in the case. His plea was filed as part of an information document, which usually indicates that a defendant has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the case.

Vance also waived his right to a preliminary hearing and to have the facts of his case presented to a grand jury for possible indictment as part of his plea.

He is scheduled to be sentenced by King at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 31.

In the information, first assistant Kanawha prosecutor Don Morris said Vance accepted $4,000 in cash from Robert Henry Hebert Jr. between Oct. 7, 2015, and April 17, 2017. Hebert was serving home confinement under Vance's supervision at the time.

In exchange for cash, Morris said, Vance did not report Hebert's home confinement violations, according to the information document. The nature of those violations were not included in the information.

Per the plea agreement, prosecutors will not pursue additional charges stemming from Vance's conduct between October 2015 and June 22, 2017.

There was no other information about other misconduct by Vance in his case file in the Kanawha circuit clerk's office Tuesday morning.

Hebert pleaded guilty to felony possession with intent to deliver heroin in September 2015. His sentence of one to 15 years in prison was suspended in favor of two years of home confinement.

Between October 2016 and June 2017, three reports documenting home confinement violations by Hebert were filed against him. Two of them were reported by Vance.

In July 2017, while he was in South Central Regional Jail for violating home confinement, Hebert was accepted into a 28-day in-patient rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment program in Princeton, according to an order by Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Tod Kaufman.

Kaufman ordered Hebert released from prison to participate in the program. Per Kaufman's order, upon his completion of the program, Hebert was set to be placed on probation, instead of home confinement, for the remainder of his sentence for possession with intent to deliver, according to an order from Kaufman filed on Aug. 20.

Sgt. Brian Humphreys, a spokesman for the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office, said someone contacted the Kanawha County prosecuting attorney's office about Vance. The sheriff's office was directed to do an investigation of Vance. At the conclusion of the investigation, Vance was immediately fired and the results of the investigation were turned over to the prosecutor's office, Humphreys said.

Sheriff Mike Rutherford was out of town Tuesday, Humphreys said, and could not be reached for comment.

Staff writer Lori Kersey contributed to this report. Reach Lacie Pierson at 304-348-1723, lacie.pierson@wvgazettemail.com or follow @laciepierson on Twitter.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Council members of a West Virginia city have passed an ordinance that will hold owners accountable for crimes that occur on their properties.

Local news outlets report the Huntington City Council passed the "drug house ordinance" Monday night.

As part of the ordinance, properties where two or more felony incidents occur within a 12-month period would be declared a public nuisance and the city would issue and order for the eviction of the tenants involved in the illegal activities. The targeted offenses in the ordinance include prostitution, illegal gambling and other activities.

American Civil Liberties Union-West Virginia executive director Joseph Cohen released a statement expressing concern about the ordinance. It says, in part, the ordinance is "shortsighted and fails to account for the best interests of the whole community."

A pursuit on Tuesday morning led to the discovery of guns, drugs and money in Charleston.

Cpl. A.J. Miller barely avoided a car as it drove past a stop sign near Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary, according to a news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office.

He would later arrest Jackie Sebastian Harper, of Elkview, who rode in the car, according to the release.

The driver failed to pull over as Miller activated his lights and siren, the release states.

Miller followed the car into North Charleston and onto 29th Street, a dead-end road.

The driver and two passengers, including Harper, jumped from the vehicle as it continued to roll into a parked car, according to the release.

Harper, 24, leaped over fences and then fought with the deputy, the release states.

The deputy eventually arrested Harper, who allegedly had $18,000 in his possession.

Harper is charged with resisting arrest and fleeing on foot. He remained at South Central Regional Jail without bond on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the release, authorities also found firearms and drugs in the car. Sheriff's deputies are working with Charleston police to investigate the incident.

Authorities had yet to arrest the driver or the other passenger as of Tuesday morning, said Sgt. Brian Humphreys, a spokesman for the sheriff's office.

He said the car may be connected to a prior incident in Charleston, and that more details may be released in the future.

A plane again touched down on Interstate 77 in Jackson County on Tuesday afternoon, less than 24 hours after its first emergency landing.

The plane remained nearby Monday night, and officials made way for an interstate takeoff Tuesday, said Walter Smittle, director of Jackson County 911.

He said workers closed the road for less than five minutes as the pilot took off.

The pilot traveled toward Charleston but, for the second time, the plane's engine soon failed.

"The landing was almost the exact same location as yesterday," Smittle said.

The Piper PA-18 Super Cub, an approximately 1,400-pound aircraft, twice landed on the northbound side of Interstate 77, near Fairplain.

Jackson County Emergency Services relocated the plane to an empty parking lot, and the interstate reopened shortly after.

Smittle said the pilot had two options Tuesday: dismantle the plane and transport it, or get approval for another takeoff.

"The key thing is safety, and we're thankful that everything is in one piece," he said.

Authorities arrested two teens after a foiled attempt at breaking and entering turned into a deadly confrontation.

Lucas Caine Watson, 18, and an unnamed boy, 17, escaped from authorities after an encounter at K&E Mart, an Exxon Mobil gas station located just outside Danville.

Boone sheriff's deputies responded to the business at about 2:30 a.m. on Monday, said Chief Deputy Chad Barker, of the Boone County Sheriff's Office.

He said someone reported two men in masks and gloves at the business. Deputies arrived to find Watson and the juvenile in a truck.

"It came speeding toward him and the other officer, and they fired on the vehicle," Barker said.

He said the deputies' bullets damaged the truck's tires and electrical wiring, causing it to stop a half-mile from the gas station.

The suspects allegedly ran into a wooded area and evaded authorities until Monday night.

Barker said the deputies' names are expected to be released on Wednesday.

Police arrested the suspects in Lincoln County at about 11 p.m. Monday. They now face charges of malicious assault on a police officer and attempted breaking and entering.

Watson remained at Western Regional Jail in lieu of a $20,000 bail on Tuesday afternoon.

"It's kind of shocking, I guess, and sad at the same time for a situation to turn that serious and for it to be two kids," Barker said.

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A man unexpectedly died during his arrest on Tuesday afternoon, and the Charleston Police Department cleared both of the involved officers.

Officer Job Ouma and Senior Patrolman Erick Miller responded to a frantic call for help on Falls Run Road, where Adam Myers, 36, allegedly attacked his father.

Chief Steve Cooper said the officers found Walter Myers, 73, in a pool of his own blood.

"He told officers that Adam Myers had tried to gouge his eyes out," Cooper said. "There were some bad lacerations all around his eyes."

The officers struggled to arrest Myers as he locked both arms against his sides, Cooper said. Body cameras captured the entire incident.

He said the video shows police eventually handcuffing Myers, who lost consciousness a short time later.

Both officers performed CPR until paramedics arrived, Cooper said.

The cause of Myers death was unknown on Wednesday afternoon, and an autopsy had yet to be completed.

Cooper offered his condolences to the Myers family, and he called the officers heroic for their attempts to save the man.

"Clearly he was in a bad way, and unfortunately this happened," Cooper said. "We wish the best to his family; we hope that Walter Myers recovers from his injuries quickly."

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Officials in the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office are reviewing the department's quality control measures after a home confinement officer admitted to accepting money in exchange for not reporting a person's home confinement violations.

In addition to the daily systematic checks they complete, officials have been reviewing department policies since it became known that former home confinement officer Jacques Vance had accepted a bribe from Robert Henry Hebert Jr., this summer, Sgt. Brian Humphreys, spokesman for the department, said Wednesday.

Humphreys said officials are working to prevent such an incident from happening again.

"The supervisors in the home confinement unit do a daily review of the logs of people who are on home confinement," Humphreys said. "They review the case files of people to see if there are any potential violations, and they check to see what the managing officers have done to address those issues."

Humphreys said a new facet of the review will seek ways to better identify if an officer is being outright dishonest in their reporting.

There are, on average, about 110 people serving home confinement in Kanawha County with seven officers in the sheriff's office to monitor them, Humphreys said Wednesday.

He said supervisors on a daily basis review random case files for each officer. They also follow-up on any anomalies with the GPS-tracking home confinement bracelets.

On Monday, Jacques Vance, a former home confinement officer in Kanawha County, pleaded guilty to one felony count of bribery in official and political matters.

According to the information filed in the case, Vance accepted $4,000 from Hebert in exchange for not reporting home confinement violations.

Humphreys said officials became aware of the situation when someone contacted the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney's office. Vance was fired this summer following an investigation into the matter.

Vance faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on Oct. 31.

Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Chuck Miller said Tuesday he doesn't intend to press charges against Hebert. It would be up to the judge handling Hebert's case to rule on what to do in response of Hebert's home confinement violation, Miller said.

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ST. MARYS - Three inmates who were convicted of murder as teenagers decades ago have again been denied their pleas for freedom under a West Virginia law that allows parole for juveniles who commit serious crimes.

A state parole board rejected bids by William E. Wayne, Lawrence T. Redman and Larry D. Hall II during separate hearings Wednesday at St. Marys Correctional Center.

The three-member board told each prisoner in brief remarks afterward that it wasn't ready to let them go. But the board scheduled their next hearings in September 2018.

Wednesday's hearing came three years after they were denied initial bids for release following the 2014 passage of the law. The state parole board applied the new law retroactively and singled out seven juvenile lifers in murder cases, including Wayne, Redman and Hall.

Lawmakers had acted two years after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012 banned mandatory life without parole for juveniles convicted of murder. Last year, the court said the ruling was retroactive for the more than 2,000 offenders serving such sentences nationwide.

Both Hall and Redman were 17 when their crimes were committed.

Hall had two children and another one on the way in 1995 when he was sentenced to life without parole in the fatal beating of a man in a confrontation at Hall's house during a party in Taylor County. Hall's attorney said his client was under the influence of alcohol, marijuana and LSD at the time.

Now 40, Hall said a 2011 car accident that paralyzed his oldest daughter was the low point of his life.

"That right there has changed my outlook," Hall said. "I made a vow to myself then, I've got to do everything I can" to win freedom.

Hall wiped away tears and closed his eyes as he listened to a plea to the board from his father, Larry. After the hearing, the elder Hall said he was shocked by the board's decision.

"They passed this new law. They need to start honoring the law," he said.

Redman, 50, was convicted for the September 1984 murder of a Berkeley County shopkeeper for $104 in pennies.

"I'm trying to go back to a family that I lost," Redman told the board. "I've done everything I can do here."

Wayne, who has been in prison for 42 years and now is 59, said he had "no hope at all" before the state law was passed.

He was among more than a dozen prisoners who escaped from the old state penitentiary in Moundsville in 1979 when an off-duty state trooper was killed during the breakout.

At the time of the breakout, Wayne had been serving a life sentence without parole for killing a shopkeeper in Wood County during a 1975 robbery. He received a life sentence with the chance for parole in the trooper's' death.

Three other inmates convicted for murders committed as juveniles are scheduled for hearings later this year:

n John Moss Jr., 55, convicted of the December 1979 murders of a Kanawha County woman and her two children, 7 and 4.

n Cecil "Clay" Holcomb III, 39, convicted of the May 1993 murders of his parents in Fayette County.

n Michael Day, 32, convicted of the June 2002 murder of a homeless veteran in Cabell County. Day also was convicted of felony conspiracy.

Another inmate is eligible for a parole hearing in 2023. Kelly Chapman, 24, was convicted of the November 2008 murder of his intended victim's unborn child in Kanawha County.

For the second time, a West Virginia Board of Medicine disciplinary hearing for a Charleston doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients has been delayed because of anticipated criminal proceedings involving the doctor.

The board's hearing for Dr. Steven Matulis was set to begin Wednesday morning, but Matulis filed a motion on Sept. 8 to delay the hearing, according to an order issued by Herschel H. Rose III, the hearing examiner in the case.

Per Rose's order, Matulis said the disciplinary hearing would hurt his ability to defend himself against criminal charges, because the public hearing would make additional evidence against him available to prosecutors. Matulis also said his counsel told him that Kanawha County prosecutors plan to present evidence against him to a grand jury "in the near future."

Rose said in the order it was unfair for Matulis to have waited until the last minute to ask for a delay in the hearing, but he found Matulis' argument good enough to reschedule the hearing. A new date has not been set.

Matulis' attorneys are to keep Board of Medicine members informed about the status of the criminal proceedings, so the board's disciplinary hearing can be rescheduled "after the criminal process is concluded," Rose said in the order. But if that doesn't happen before Dec. 31, both sides were ordered to submit dates for a disciplinary hearing in January 2018.

Matulis' disciplinary hearing originally was set for June, but was delayed until September. The doctor voluntarily changed his medical license to inactive in May 2016 amid the initial sexual assault investigation.

Former patients of Matulis sued the doctor after allegations that he assaulted patients while they were under anesthesia during colonoscopy procedure at Charleston Area Medical Center. Some patients say they don't know whether they were victims of sexual assault, and can't know if their colonoscopies and diagnoses were reliable.

One patient in one of the lawsuits said about a week after her colonoscopy, she was informed by Charleston Police officers that she had been sexually assaulted. At least one patient says that not knowing whether an assault occurred has created substantial concern and distress, leading her to seek treatment from a counselor for emotional and mental distress.

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Seven people are facing charges after a Kohl's employee pointed South Charleston police to an alleged credit card scheme on Wednesday evening.

Several of the men used fake identification to successfully open charge accounts at the store, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.

Acting on instinct, the store's loss prevention officer soon contacted the South Charleston Police Department, the complaint states.

He said the men left in cars with out-of-state registrations: one from Georgia and another from Tennessee.

Authorities later identified those men as Sei Bunadin, William Shorter, Fredrick Clark, Koderius Worley, Abraham Dausuah, Fabio Wolfe and Jacoby Berry.

The men, each between the ages of 24 to 27, have addresses from North Carolina and South Carolina, according to the complaint.

Shorter is the only suspect who's address is listed as Charleston, West Virginia, in the complaint.

Police used unmarked cars and followed the suspects to a Holiday Inn Express and Suites on 95 RHL Blvd.

Dausuah tried to buy two rooms and the included jacuzzi for about $200, according to the complaint. He left after the card failed to process.

Identity thieves sometimes make credit cards with a faulty chip or data. The card is meant to fail, prompting cashiers to enter the card numbers by hand, according to the complaint.

The officers followed both cars about 6 miles until they approached the Charleston Town Center.

Fearing the men would go into the mall, police stopped both cars near the former Sears Auto Center.

One of the men ran and left the other seven people behind. He was never found, according to the complaint.

An officer, the complaint states, smelled burnt marijuana and then saw a card encoder in one of the cars.

Police checked the men's licenses and found several inconsistencies. The cards used false pictures, expiration dates or names, according to the complaint.

One of the cars also contained a printer and laptop, along with a stack of blank checks, the complaint states. A detective allegedly heard Bubadin say "they had been arrested a week ago for the same thing" in Virginia.

Authorities arrested each man on a charge of conspiracy. They remained at South Central Regional Jail in lieu of separate $25,000 bails on Thursday morning.

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A Putnam County man sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend and threatened her with a knife, according to State Police.

Devin James Knicely, 29, of Scott Depot, went to dinner with his ex-girlfriend on Sept. 8. The two then attended a concert at EZ Street, a St. Albans bar, according to a criminal complaint filed in Putnam County Magistrate Court. Although the two were not dating, the woman told police they were "sociable."

After the concert, Knicely convinced the woman to give him a ride back to his home in Scott Depot, according to the complaint filed by State Police Senior Trooper C.J. Eastridge.

Once the two arrived at Knicely's home, he became "very agitated and refused to leave her vehicle," the complaint said. The woman told police he was "agitated about their relationship status."

The woman threatened to drive to a police station, but Knicely allegedly mocked her because she was not familiar with the area. The woman said she got out of the car to walk for help, but Knicely grabbed her and carried her inside his home against her will.

The woman told police she resisted the entire time and screamed for help, trying to get the attention of neighbors, but Knicely is much bigger than she is.

Once inside the home, Knicely allegedly forced her onto his couch and began yelling at the woman about their previous relationship. According to the complaint, he left the room and the woman tried to escape, making it to the front porch before he grabbed her and forced her back inside.

Knicely then forced the woman back onto the couch and held a 10-inch knife to her throat "for several minutes while he berated her," according to the complaint.

The woman jabbed her keys into Knicely's stomach, causing him to drop the knife, which she grabbed and threw into another room, cutting her hand. She ran again, making it to the top of Knicely's driveway before he again grabbed her and forced her back inside the home. She said she was kicking and screaming, and bit him on the arm.

Knicely then allegedly sexually assaulted the woman on the couch, while saying "it was a shame she had to die and they couldn't be together forever."

The woman said he then took her into the bedroom and sexually assaulted her "for an extended period of time," the complaint said. Eventually, the woman told police she was able to convince Knicely everything would be OK with their relationship. The woman was able to leave Knicely's home in the early hours of Sept. 9.

The woman told troopers she thought Knicely was going to kill her that night, so she left specific pieces of jewelry in specific and unusual locations. Troopers searched Knicely's home, where they found the jewelry and an "intense" bite mark on his forearm, the complaint said. When police questioned Knicely he told the two did have an argument about their relationship, but had consensual sex.

Knicely was charged with first-degree sexual assault. If convicted, he faces 15 to 35 years and prison and fines of up to $10,000.

Knicely is being held at the Western Regional jail. No bond information was listed Thursday.

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Two people accused of kidnapping and robbing a man at gunpoint in Putnam County in September 2016 were sentenced to prison as part of a plea deal this week.

Michael Gary Sniff, 30, and Kasey Danielle Kincaid, 34, each were sentenced to serve 50 years in prison by Putnam Circuit Judge Joseph Reeder.

Sniff and Kincaid originally were charged with robbery, kidnapping and assault during the commission of a felony, but the kidnapping charge was dropped as part of their plea deal.

They each pleaded guilty to robbery and assault during the commission of a felony.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Putnam County Magistrate Court, the victim said he was at a gas station in Hurricane on Sept. 21, 2016, when Kincaid offered him $100, drugs and sexual favors for a ride to a motel in Cross Lanes. When the victim refused, he said Smith pointed a gun at him. The victim said the pair emptied his wallet and threatened to kill him multiple times as they put him in a vehicle, drove him to a bank in Poca and forced him to withdraw $320, according to the complaint.

The victim told police he was struck at least once in the head with the butt of Sniff's gun, and that Kincaid and Sniff said they wanted to "schedule killing him," according to the complaint.

The man said Sniff was trying to drive to Charleston, but got lost and went to a fast food restaurant in Hurricane to get food, which is when the man escaped and called 911, according to the complaint.

A man was fatally shot by State Police Thursday in Braxton County as troopers entered a home in which the man had barricaded himself, according to a news release from the State Police detachment in Sutton.

The shooting put an end to a stand-off between the man and troopers that was the culmination of a series of events that began with a report of a shooting Wednesday night near Frametown and carried over Thursday morning when a woman reported to authorities she thought her son was going to kill someone, State Police Sgt. M.R. Yost said in the release.

The man's name was not released by troopers Thursday, nor was the name of the trooper who fired the fatal shot.

The man died at the scene, and no one else was injured.

Troopers responded to a report of a shooting at a residence near Frametown in southern Braxton County at 9:17 p.m. Wednesday, Yost said. Troopers spoke with the person who called 911, and that person said a man had a high-power rifle, and possibly a pistol, in his possession.

The troopers found three bullet holes in a nearby house, but they were unable to find the suspect at the time of the report, despite searching three buildings in the area, Yost said. There was no indication anyone was injured during that incident, but Yost said the victims were relocated to a safer residence for the night.

A few hours after leaving the scene of the shooting, troopers were notified by State Police dispatchers in Elkins early Thursday morning that a woman called and said her son was going to kill someone. They received a second call from authorities in Elkins, who said the son, who was the suspect in the shooting, was at a neighbor's house on Upper Sleith Road near Rosedale and had attempted to set it on fire, Yost said.

The neighbor reported the man had a knife while he was at his home and had threatened to kill him with it, Yost said.

Troopers responded to the home in Rosedale, which is just north of Frametown, and a witness at the scene said the suspect was in the house.

Yost said the man exited the home carrying a knife and walked toward his mother, who then walked toward the troopers. The troopers drew their weapons, and the man "fled back inside where he barricaded himself for an extended period of time," Yost said.

The man's mother told troopers he was on drugs, Yost said.

The troopers kept in verbal contact with the man, trying to get him to exit the home without the knife, Yost said, but the man kept exiting and entering the house carrying the knife.

"The suspect continued stating he was going to kill all the officers, or they were going to have to kill him," Yost said. "The suspect said he was not going to kill himself, because he would not go to Heaven, but was going to make the officers kill him, so they could go to Hell."

Troopers attempted to negotiate with the man, who repeatedly told the officers he would kill them if he had a gun and "that the officers were going to have to kill him because he's not going back to jail," Yost said.

Troopers were able to enter the house, but the man barricaded himself in one room using a mattress, box spring and multiple items, which troopers found when they removed the door from its hinges, Yost said.

The responding troopers sprayed pepper spray over the barricade in an attempt to subdue the man, but Yost said the man responded by saying "You all are going to have to kill me, I guess," and running at the troopers while carrying a knife, at which time the troopers fired at the man.

It was unclear Thursday how many troopers were on the scene and fired shots during the incident.

The investigation into the incident was ongoing Thursday evening.

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Police arrested a man on Thursday after he allegedly stored videos of sexually explicit encounters between young girls and a dog.

An anonymous tip first accused Kevin Clark Nicholas, 46, of uploading 11 child pornography videos to Dropbox, an online storage service, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.

The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received the tip, and West Virginia State Police began an investigation in March.

Investigators believe Nicholas uploaded the videos while at his father's home on Sugar Creek Drive, the complaint sates.

The trooper later executed a search warrant at Nicholas' home on Kilby Street in Charleston, according to the complaint.

Authorities seized a laptop and a cellphone from the home on April 27. On Monday, the crime lab reported five videos found on the cellphone, the complaint states.

The videos allegedly depicted minors engaged in bestiality, or sexual intercourse between a person and an animal.

Nicholas is charged with the felony offense of distributing and exhibiting material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

If convicted, Nicholas faces between 5 to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.

He remained at South Central Regional Jail on a $75,000 bond Friday morning.

A Big Chimney man faces a murder charge after deputies say he killed his wife and told authorities she committed suicided.

Randall Todd Chapman, 47, is charged with first-degree murder.

Chapman, of Kennedy Road, called 911 just after 2 a.m. Saturday and said that his wife, Shirlene Chapman, had shot herself, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office. Deputies arrived to find the woman dead in the home with a firearm near her body, according to the criminal complaint.

Randall Chapman allegedly told detectives he had awoken to find his wife dead and bleeding on the living room floor.

A medical examiner investigator found a gunshot wound to the victim's back, which was determined to be the entry wound, the complaint says. Another wound, on the victim's chest area, was determined to be an exit wound, according to the criminal complaint.

Chapman was arraigned Saturday morning in Kanawha County Magistrate Court and taken to South Central Regional Jail, where he awaits a preliminary hearing Sept. 26.

The Charleston Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division is asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects in a stolen-vehicle case.

In a news release Saturday, police said the two men might have been involved in stealing a Dodge Ram truck from Grove Avenue in Charleston early Friday morning.

Police released three photos of the men.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of the pictured suspects is asked to call CPD's Records Division at 304-348-6400.

Marriages

The following people filed for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Sept. 8 and 14, 2017:

Philip Ryan Pack, 31, of Elkview and Kady Margaret Simone Rogers, 27, of Ripley.

Alfred Gillium Martin Jr., 40, of Kincaid and Tammy Lynn Davis, 42, of Charleston.

Sonja Lynn Nesselrotte, 32, and Brenda Sue Redman, 46, both of Charleston.

Irvin VanMeter Jr., 86, of Morgantown and Nancy Carol VanMeter, 73, of Charleston.

Robert Daniel Moore, 62, of St. Albans and Irene Belcher, 55, of Louisa, Kentucky.

Colt W. Knight, 33, of Milford, Maine and Ashley Lauren Stribling, 34, of St. Albans.

Kenneth Otis Burdette Jr., 55, of Charleston and Lois Ann Kent, 54, of St. Albans.

David Kendle Watkins Jr., 49, of Dawes and Karen Sue Runion, 46, of Eskdale.

Alan Patrick Siders, 49, and Amy Elizabeth Shriver, 46, both of Charleston.

Jason Preston Graves, 41, and Gara Sue Bowley, 36 both of Nitro.

Jonathan Edward Bennett, 36, and Sandra Judith Adkins, 36, both of Charleston.

Brooks Henry Farmer, 32, and Cailtin Paige Spratt, 26, both of Charleston.

Garrett Lee Roark, 22, of St. Albans and Kaiya AnnMarie Eads, 21, of Hurricane.

Anthony David Medford, 27, and Sara Beth Young, 27, both of Belle.

Houston Caleb Hill, 20, of Charleston and Cheyenne Brook Davis, 20, of Elkview.

Shawn Edward Spurlock, 41, and Amanda Dawn Gillispie, 37, both of Elkview.

Christopher Allan Perdue, 31, of Chesapeake and Kimberly Dawn Holeston, 32, of Danville.

Andrew Winkler Holbrook, 28, and Ashton Michelle Young, 27, both of South Charleston.

Mark Emerson Sanders Jr., 39, and Freda Irene Bradshaw, 53, both of Nitro.

Matthew Walker Williamson, 33, and Amy Leighann Padgett, 27, both of Charleston.

Wesley Randall McGraw, 69, and Judith Elaine McGraw, 74, both of Charleston.

Thomas Gerald Stover II, 41, and Felicia Hope Abernathy, 36, both of Charleston.

Steven Bernard Ransbottom, 29, of Belle and Erica Lynn Jackson, 26, of Charleston.

Jason Wayne McGhee, 40, of St. Albans and Leslie Nicole Morris, 41, of Milton.

Thomas Lee Cook, 21, and Haley Celeste Sizemore, 17, both of Charleston.

The following people applied for marriage licenses in Putnam County between Sept. 8 and 14, 2017.

Tyler Ray Taylor, 24, and Brooke Rachelle Penny, 22, both of Scott Depot.

John Ellsworth Adkison III, 34, and Cassandra Ann Sanders, 18, both of Buffalo.

Joshua Nyle Fisher, 23, of Winfield, and Aria Marie Trador, 22, of Nitro.

Wain Alan Smith, 30, and Buffy Michele Black, 36, both of Hurricane.

Taylor Jeffrey McFadden, 24, and Trey Nicholas Townsend, 21, both of Hurricane.

Tyler Scott Shamblin, 26, and Taylor Brooke Pauley, 23, both of Scott Depot.

Matthew Scott Shafer, 32, and Ashley Nicole McDaniel, 29, both of St. Albans.

Divorces

The following people filed for divorce in Kanawha County between Sept. 8 and 14, 2017:

Mary J. Hodges from Brian J. Hodges

Rebecca Marie Campbell from Matthew Stephen Campbell

Jordy J. Johnson from Emily Ann Johnson

John David Sowards from Amy Jo Sowards

Patricia Walker from Eric Taylor

Lindsay Danielle Bays from Markus Taylor Bays

Samantha Ann Baire from Mark Edward Baire

Carol Renee Mann from Raymond K. Mann Jr.

Kelly Jean Petry from Terry Lee Petry

Dewayne Eric Dickens from Melissa Ann Dickens

Lori M. Dickerson from Melissa Ann Dickerson

Kevin W. Pennington from Julie Ann Pennington

Matthew Jess Thomas from Greta K. Thomas

Shelia Joann Shuler from Geoffrey Brenton Shuler

Michael Wayne Prowse from Amber Dawn Prowse

Cheryl Ayunnah Billups from Jason Edmond Billups

Brandy Nicole Swift from John Allen Swift

Linda Joann Hodge from Robert Earl Hodge

The following people filed for divorce in Putnam County between Sept. 8 and 14, 2017.

Crystal R. Abbott from Joshua Abbott.

Jessica L. Walker from Chad E. Walker.

Valerie Starsick from John S. Starsick.Property Transfers

The following property transfers of $75,000 or more were recorded in Kanawha County between Sept. 8 and 14, 2017:

WV Trustee Service LLC to Ditech Financial LLC. Lot, Jefferson District, $98,800.

Pill and Pill PLLC to Wells Fargo Bank. Lot, Loudon District, $86,408.52.

Robert C. and Myra N. Fernatt to Steven Finney. Lot, Charleston, $146,000.

Carl D. Hall to AEP West Virginia Transmission Company Inc. Parcel, Washington District, $125,000.

David A. Gibbons to Krista L. Comer and Zachary J. Rosencrance. Lot, Loudon District, $212,000.

Brandie G. Parsons to Megan Walker. Lot, Union District, $113,000.

Etta J. McGuire and Beverly S. Goldfarb to Nicholas A. and Suellen R. Dolin. Lots, South Charleston, $92,500.

Sy P. Nguyen and Ngan Nguyen to Jean Kennedy. Lot, Charleston, $90,000.

Lloyd H. and Phyllis Jean Collins to William L. Jr. and Christine E. Evans. Lot, South Charleston, $85,000.

Carla Ann Taylor to Dorethea Taylor-Henshaw. Lot, Jefferson District, $90,000.

Bryan D. Byrd to Julie Hitsman. Lots, Union District, $79,900.

Joseph R. and Robin E. Toler to Michael W. Upton. Lot, Union District, $158,500.

Jason P. Alford to Casey A. Clark. Lot, Nitro District, $78,500.

Jay M. and Zen J. Potter to Roman D. Stauffer. Lots, Loudon District, $240,000.

Andrew D. and Leslie J. Ventura to Ciara N. Carnell. Lot, Jefferson District, $97,500.

Robert A. and Lisa Martin Easter to Emilee A. Burkhamer. Lot, Dunbar, $79,000.

Kimberly S. Williams to Mindy Schmitt. Lot, Union District, $145,500.

Carl J. Cremeans to Savanna J. Chandler. Lot, Jefferson District, $83,500.

Kristi E. and Buddy F. Whitley II to Jonathon Strong. Lot, Union District, $155,000.

Mendy Radyshewsky, Jack Hunt, Marcy Duff and Molly Wald to Roger A. Spencer. Lots, Loudon District, $95,000.

WV Trustee Service LLC to Wells Fargo Bank. Lot, Malden District, $85,685.79.

Kevin T. and Kari Ann Chikombero to Franklin P. Jr. and Kelsey L. Juarez. Lot, Dunbar, $116,000.

The following property transfers of $75,000 or more were recorded in Putnam County between Sept. 8 and 14, 2017.

James D. Panaro and Panaro Contracting to Jack A. Jentz and Linda Sutphin. Lot, Eleanor, $235,000.

Design Development Inc. to Kristi E. and Buddy F. Whitley II. Lot, Scott District, $240,000.

Steve and Linda Allen to Larry David and Shae M. Dean. Lot, Winfield, $253,500.

Gerald L. and Pamela G. Loudin to Philip A. Reale II and Abby J. Sobonya. Lot, Scott District, $352,700.

Sean W. and Heather O'Leary to William Matthew and Kimberly Nichole Guinn. Lot, Hurricane, $154,900.

Leland Selbe to Hector H. Guillen. Unit, Scott District, $115,000.

David A. Mullins and Ekta Shrestha to Joel A. Lewis. Lots, Scott District, $260,200.

Deborah L. Napier to Stephen N. Boone. Lot, Scott District, $135,000.

Michael J. and Catherine L. Johnston to John Eric and Tracey M. Clark. Lot, Scott District, $3334,000.

Beverly R. and Hallett B. Hill Jr to Robert Herdman Jr. Acres, Scott District, $128,000.

Pearl Gate Construction Inc. to Ronnie and Tasha Elswick. Lot, Winfield, $295,000.

David A. and Robin C. Collins to John M. Kersey and Angela K. Hedrick. Lot, Scott District, $274,000.

Jeffrey W, and Kimberly F. Long to Adam S. and Jessica Jackson. Lot, Teays Valley, $217,500.

Johnnie R. Deweese to Jacob D. and Marci C. Simmons. Lot, Scott District, $167,000.

Bankruptcies

The bankruptcies listed below are limited to those filed by residents or companies in the Gazette-Mail's circulation area. Chapter 7 designates the liquidation of non-exempt property; Chapter 11 calls for business reorganization; Chapter 13 establishes a schedule of payments to creditors. The following bankruptcies were filed between Sept. 1 and 8, 2017:

Richard Ryan and Tia Mache Lemon, Dunbar, Chapter 7. Assets: $101,062, Liabilities: $136,692.

Gregory Eugene and Virginia Ruth Tignor, Nitro, Chapter 7. Assets: $121,280, Liabilities: $221,404.

Sherry Mae Maynard, Kermit, Chapter 7. Assets: $36,380, Liabilities: $59,980.

Robert Franklin and Sarah Annie Crabtree, Delbarton, Chapter 7. Assets: $59,920, Liabilities: $28,388.

Carol June Truman, Charleston, Chapter 7. Assets: $30,755, Liabilities: $57,274.

Madison Ann Ormsbee, Ronceverte, Chapter 7. Assets: $0.00, Liabilities: $13,298.

Melvin and Cammie Lynn Brown, Beckley, Chapter 7. Assets: $37,155, Liabilities: $90,915.

Timothy Noah and Tabatha Dawn Brown, Beckley, Chapter 7. Assets: $119,254, Liabilities: $188,816.

Bruce Allen Sutphin, Chesapeake, Chapter 13. Assets: $101,897.68, Liabilities: $54,605.

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities say a man accused of setting a woman on fire has been captured.

WVVA-TV reports that Beckley police took Dwayne Michael Lane into custody Sunday in connection with an incident earlier that day in which a woman was doused in gasoline and set on fire in a home.

The Register-Herald reports that Police Chief Lonnie D. Christian says the victim was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital with severe burns.

Christian would not identify the woman, but told the Register-Herald that police believed she was Lane's fiancee or girlfriend. There was no immediate report on her condition.

Lane was being held at Southern Regional Jail on a $1 million cash-only bond.

A Charleston man pleaded guilty Monday to killing his sister in a December 2014 shooting.

A charge of attempted murder against Glen David Skidmore, 43, who was also accused of shooting his nephew in the incident, was dropped in exchange for the plea.

Skidmore apologized to his family, specifically mentioning his nephew, before he was sentenced to life in prison with mercy in Judge James Stucky's courtroom in the Kanawha County Judicial Building.

Skidmore also pleaded guilty to a felony recidivism charge, as he already was a convicted felon at the time of the shooting in December 2014.

Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney MaryClaire Akers said Monday that a Kanawha County Sheriff's deputy responded to the shooting along Greenwood Ave. in Charleston Dec. 29, 2014, and he found Skidmore's nephew bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds.

The nephew told the deputy that Skidmore killed his mother, Michelle Lee Skidmore, and shot him before fleeing the residence in Michelle Skidmore's car with guns stolen from the home. The deputy found Michelle Skidmore in the home, and she died at the scene, Akers said.

Glen David Skidmore was located by West Virginia State troopers in Logan County on Dec. 30 in Michelle Skidmore's car with the stolen guns inside, Akers said. There also were receipts in the vehicle showing the man used his sister's credit card at a fast food restaurant and another store before he was arrested.

Michelle Skidmore's son recovered from his injuries, and he spoke in court Monday ahead of his uncle's sentencing.

Per the plea deal that was approved by Stucky Monday, a charge of malicious wounding related to the nephew's injuries was dropped, as were charges of grand larceny and fraud.

Reach Lacie Pierson at 304-348-1723, lacie.pierson@wvgazettemail.com or follow @laciepierson on Twitter.

Putnam sheriff's deputies exchanged fire with a domestic violence suspect as their 10-hour standoff came to an end on Saturday.

The victim took her own life soon after the incident concluded.

It started on Friday in Winfield, where a woman asked Murry Elden Knox, 64, to leave her home, according to a criminal complaint filed in Putnam County Magistrate Court.

Knox allegedly slapped the woman, identified as his girlfriend in the complaint, while she packed his bags.

She noticed smoke in her kitchen about 10 minutes later. Knox had placed candles in a microwave and an oven, according to the complaint. Knox allegedly slapped the woman as she tried to turn off the appliances.

The woman called for help, the complaint states, and emergency dispatchers told her to leave the home.

Eleven deputies - assisted by a State Police trooper and two Winfield police officers - arrived at about 6:10 p.m., said Putnam Sheriff Steve Deweese.

Deweese said he talked with Knox on the phone about 25 times until the standoff escalated just after 4 a.m. on Saturday.

"I recognized that he was not gonna come out of the house - period," Deweese said.

He said deputies sent two canisters of tear gas through a side window, and another through a rear window.

They deployed a fourth canister, and that's when Knox opened fire with a .45 caliber handgun, Deweese said.

"I was hoping that, by deploying the OC gas, it would force him out of the house," Deweese said. "But, unfortunately, that right there did not damper him at all."

He said three deputies exchanged fire with Knox for about 10 minutes before a bullet struck him in the shoulder. Deweese on Monday would not release the names of the deputies involved in shootout.

Knox called dispatchers and asked to speak with the sheriff once more. Deweese said he assured Knox that paramedics were staged down the street, ready to help.

"And I reiterated again that I told him nine or 10 hours ago if he came out we weren't gonna shoot him," the sheriff said.

Paramedics transported Knox to the hospital after his surrender. He faces charges of attempted arson, domestic battery and domestic assault, along with seven counts of malicious assault on a law enforcement officer.

As Knox recovered in the hospital, his girlfriend took her own life sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning, Deweese said.

Reach Giuseppe Sabella at giuseppe.sabella@wvgazettemail.com, 304-348-5189 or follow @Gsabella on Twitter.