The other day while on the porch, Raleigh county sheriff pulled up and began to read a list of names. Unfortunately Laura Steepleton was second on the list. Without a formal warrant or even a reason for arrest (a mumble about failure to appear) the sheriff carted Laura away. As it just happened to be just after 4, there was no magistrate on duty. From there, without arraignment, Laura was booked and jailed, and told that she would be held until her hearing on charges from the DEP lock-down for violating her bond agreement. Might I mention this action was in Kanawha.
All night and the next day we got the run around from cops, judges, secretaries, and jail personnel trying to clear up Laura's charges.
After getting Laura's original public defender on the case, we got the charges dropped and Laura released that evening.
She is now safely at home, no worse for wear, and claims to have recruited new folks while in jail.
