
Title: Magistrates give some jail time, others get fines
Dateline: Not listed
Author: Not listed
Page: 10
Published: October 22, 1993
Publisher: Mineral Daily News Tribune (Keyser, WV)
Format: Newspaper (print)
Language: English

Holding Institution: West Virginia University Potomac State College
Library: Mary Shipper Library
Collection: Community History Archive
Digitization System: Advantage Archives
Accessed: January 29, 2026
Format: Digitized Newspaper Image
This court docket article lists me among routine Mineral County Magistrate Court entries during my senior year, reporting a traffic citation for failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision. While the paper states I pleaded guilty, I actually entered a no-contest plea and paid a fine and costs, marking a minor legal record entry in my high school years.


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Magistrates give some jail time, others get fines
The following report is taken from the Mineral County Magistrate Court docket dated Oct. 15 through Oct. 20.
Court records are open to the public.
— Carol J. Kline, Cumberland, pleaded guilty to speeding, paid a fine and costs.
— Kimberly Weasenforth, Burlington, pleaded guilty to possession of a tobacco product, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— Charles E . Messick, Ridgeley, pleaded guilty to DUI, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 47 1/2 hours in jail with credit for time served.
— Seymour Collier IV, Collinswood, N .J., pleaded guilty to underage drinking, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— Lewis E . Moten III, Fort Ashby, pleaded guilty to failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— Robert M. Wilson, Keyser, pleaded no contest to battery, paid a fine and costs in full.
— LindaB.Largent, Paw Paw, pleaded no contest to speeding, paid a fine and costs in full.
— Edith M. Hinkle, Keyser, pleaded no contest to speeding, paid a fine and costs in full.
— Howard Bosley, Keyser, pleaded guilty to destruction of property, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 24 hours in jail.
— Eric S. Lannon, Keyser, pleaded guilty to public intoxication, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to two days in jail with credit for time served; pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana, filed a petition for probation; pleaded guilty to battery, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to seven days in jail.
— Vemon R . Rinker, Keyser, pleaded guilty to public intoxication, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 24 hours in jail with credit for time served; pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 48 hours in jail; pleaded guilty to battery of a police officer, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 48 hours in jail; pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 56 hours in jail.
— Harry J. ‘Bosley, Keyser, pleaded guilty to public intoxication, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 24 hours in jail; pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana, will file petition for probation; pleaded guilty to failure to appear in court, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 54 hours in jail.
— Sherry Lee Wilson, New Creek, pleaded guilty to failure to register dog, fine and costs assessed.
— Neil Bauer Sr., Keyser, pleaded guilty to battery, fine and costs assessed.
— Joseph D. Coffey, Poteau, Okla., pleaded no contest to disregarding a traffic control device, paid a fine and costs.
— Donald Grayson Jr., Keyser, pleaded guilty to failure to obey a traffic control signal, paid a fine and costs.
— Neil Bauer Sr., Keyser, pleaded guilty to failure to forward certificate of title to the Department of Motor Vehicles, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— Matthew M. Keeler, Winchester, pleaded guilty to underage drinking, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 14 hours in jail, jail time suspended for eight hours of litter control for the city of Keyser.
— Thomas Paul Wegman, Westemport, pleaded guilty to speeding, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— Michael R. Poland, Piedmont, pleaded no contest to trespassing without permission, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— Leo J. Lannon, Piedmont, pleaded no contest to trespassing, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— John M. Strozykowski, Fort Ashby, pleaded no contest to DUI with injury, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to five days in jail, 2 1/2 days suspended for 18 hours of litter control.
— Robert J. Miller, Keyser, pleaded no contest to carrying a concealed weapon, assessed a fine and costs, half of fine suspended for eight hours of litter control.
— Dana Ann Kowaleswki, East Brunswick, N .J., pleaded guilty to underage possession of beer, ordered to pay a fine and costs, part of fine suspended for eight hours of litter control.
— Jessica M . Pecora, Keyser, pleaded guilty to underage possession of beer, ordered to pay a fine and costs, part of fine suspended for eight hours of litter control.
— David J. Rosen, Wyckoff, N.J., pleaded guilty to underage drinking, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— Stephen V . May, Cumberland, pleaded no contest to speeding, fine and costs assessed.
— Christina Summerfield, Springfield, pleaded guilty to speeding and no child restraint, fine and costs assessed.
— Delores F . Bradshaw, Ridgeley, pleaded no contest to failure to yield right of way, paid a fine and costs.
— Arthur A. Doll, New Creek; pleaded guilty to passing in a no passing zone, ordered to pay a fine and costs.
— Stanley L . Schultz Jr., Rowelsburg, W .V a., pleaded no contest to failure to obey a stop sign, paid a fine and costs.
— Shirley Phares, Moorefield, pleaded guilty to battery, ordered to pay a fine and costs, sentenced to 14 hours in jail with credit for time served.
— Todd W. Gowans, Ridgeley, pleaded guilty to speeding, paid a fine and costs.
— Eric B . Shanholtz, Fairmont, pleaded guilty to speeding and driving without a valid operators, paid a fine and costs.
— Janet L . M iller, Keyser, pleaded guilty to an expired motor vehicle inspection, paid a fine and costs.
— Larry P. Bircher Jr., Elk Garden, pleaded no contest to underage consumption of alcohol, fine and costs assessed.
Bracketed words indicate best-guess transcriptions where the original newspaper text is partially illegible.
