Clarksburg (West Virginia) man pleads guilty to B&E, felony fleeing

Circuit Judge Thomas A. Bedell accepted the pleas and ordered a presentence investigation, home incarceration investigation and drug-and-alcohol assessment. The court set sentencing at 8:15 a.m. March 17.

In return for the guilty pleas, the state dismissed a second B&E count, a grand larceny count and a count alleging fleeing from law enforcement by means other than a vehicle.

On the B&E/grand larceny allegations, State Police Cpl. Baron Claypool accused Labounty of unlawfully entering two outbuildings on Buffalo Creek Road and stealing items from within.

On the fleeing charges, Senior Trooper D.M. Goodman and troopers I.L. Bowman and A.P. Petrella were trying to serve bench warrants Sept. 2 on Labounty at his Glen Falls Road Residence.

Goodman and Bowman saw Labounty and commanded him to exit a Chevy pickup, but instead Labounty “began to flee in a reckless manner,” Bowman alleged.

“The defendant backed the suspect vehicle at a high rate of speed towards [Senior Trooper] Goodman and [Trooper] Bowman, recklessly endangering officers,” according to the complaint.

“The defendant drove the suspect vehicle over a hillside and began to flee on foot,” with the three troopers giving chase but not able to catch up, the complaint alleged.

The Harrison Sheriff’s Office and Clarksburg Police assisted.

Also:

— A 33-year-old West Milford man who pleaded guilty in December to felony third-degree sexual assault had his bond revoked Wednesday for drug use and related activity.

William Alan Todd has been jailed since Jan. 4 on the petition to revoke bond sought by Harrison Probation Officer Matthew Loar and Assistant Prosecutor Gina Renzelli.

Renzelli and Loar had alleged that Todd, while on bond since Dec. 13, used methamphetamine; lied to his probation officer; violated his 10 p.m. daily curfew; and was involved in the sale of controlled substances.

Defense attorney Tom Dyer didn’t contest the bond revocation.

Bedell didn’t rule on whether Todd had violated the law on Todd’s alleged statement to probation that he had been a middleman in drug transactions.

But the judge found enough other evidence to keep Todd jailed pending his sentencing hearing at 8:15 a.m. March 9.

Todd could face a prison term of 1-5 years; a supervised release term of up to 50 years; and now has to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

Whether Todd is eligible for an alternative sentence will depend on his sex offender risk evaluation and whether any charges are filed involving the alleged drug transactions.

Clarksburg Patrol Officer J.P. Carter investigated the sex charge case.

The state alleges Todd committed the crime Aug. 21, 2021, on an incapacitated adult female who was under the influence or intoxicated.

— Anna Marie Lafferty, 32, of Clarksburg, has waived her probable cause hearing before Harrison Magistrate Warren “Gizzy” Davis on a charge of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine.

During a traffic stop Jan. 25 next to Washington Irving Middle School, Lafferty possessed crystal meth, a gun, a drug ledger, numerous plastic baggies and a digital scale, alleged Bridgeport Pfc. Aaron Lantz, of Mountaineer Highway Interdiction Team South.

Clarksburg Pfc. Kane Bender and police dog Asta assisted.

— Roderick Bradley, 32, of Houston, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison by Northern West Virginia Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh.

Bradley was sentenced for aiding and abetting distribution of crack cocaine. He receives credit for time served from Oct. 27, 2020, through Nov. 2, 2020, and from last April 5 until now.

Bradley also will have to spend 3 years on supervised release.

During his plea hearing, Bradley admitted working with another to sell crack cocaine in June 2020 in Monongalia County.