Grand jurors returned 29 true bills this week that included indictments against Leonard R.

Wednesday, September 20, 2000

Grand jurors returned 29 true bills this week that included indictments against Leonard R. Dement Jr. on charges he carried weapons into the Lawrence County Jail while awaiting trial and against the man accused in the Baker’s Dozen doughnut shop fire.

Dement, 36, of Proctorville, pleaded guilty this summer to first-degree felony rape of an 8-year-old girl. He was sentenced Sept. 14 to 18 years in prison.

While awaiting trial, Dement was accused of vandalizing the courthouse, making a weapon and carrying that weapon into the Lawrence County Jail.

The Lawrence County Grand Jury, which met Monday and Tuesday, indicted Dement on charges of vandalism to a courthouse, fifth-degree felony, possession of a deadly weapon while under detention, second-degree felony, illegal conveyance of a weapon or prohibited items onto the grounds of a detention facility, fourth-degree felony, illegal conveyance of a deadly weapon onto courthouse grounds, fifth-degree felony, county prosecutor J.B. Collier Jr. said this morning.

The grand jury also returned an indictment charging Charles Fisher, 19, 726 S. Tenth St., with two counts of aggravated arson, Collier said.

Fisher was arrested in June on charges related to a fire that destroyed Baker’s Dozen and an apartment in downtown Ironton. The arrest came after fire officials discovered evidence that caused reasonable doubt about the fire’s origin, officials said.

Other indictments filed this morning included:

– Secret true bills charging 11 people with drug-related crimes. All arrest warrants have not been carried out in the cases, so the indictments were filed secretly.

– Jerome S. Speck, 20, 202 Chestnut St., Ironton: two counts endangering children, first-degree misdemeanors, one count gross sexual imposition, third-degree felony.

– Kristie Creech, 28, 100 Berry Lane, Barboursville, W.Va.: complicity to prepare cocaine for sale, fourth-degree felony, possession of cocaine, fifth-degree felony.

– Timothy R. Crawford, 36, 1220 Poplar St., Kenova, W.Va.: preparation of cocaine for sale, fourth-degree felony, possession of cocaine, fifth-degree felony.

– Eugene Clark, 43, 338 Rural Route 856, South Point: aggravated possession of drugs, fifth-degree felony, possession of cocaine more than 30 grams, first-degree felony.

– Ryan K. Edwards, 25, 91 Township Road 1090, Proctorville: two counts burglary, fourth-degree felonies, one count burglary, second-degree felony, one count aggravated robbery with a firearm specification, first-degree felony. Edwards is accused in a July 29 robbery of a gas station.

– Michael W. Walker Sr., 59, 1421 County Road 230, Kitts Hill: on a charge of domestic violence, fifth-degree felony.