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| Kimberly Sue Hinkle |
A woman who was placed on home confinement as a condition of her bail pending her trial in Webster County on felony drug charges was apprehended Wednesday, March 13, 2013, after she left the range of her home confinement monitor on Monday.
Kimberly Sue Hinkle, age 31, was previously indicted by a Webster County Grand Jury in January, 2013, and charged with the felony crimes of Operating or Attempting to Operate a Clandestine Drug (Meth) Laboratory, Conspiracy, and Altering Meth Precursors. She was jointly indicted with Ronald James Ward, age 43. Here is the link to our prior story on this joint indictment:
Hinkle was granted bail and after posting her bail, she was placed on home confinement by electronic monitoring pending her trial. According to law enforcement sources, Hinkle was residing at a residence in Craigsville and was being monitored by the Webster County home confinement officers.
On Monday, March 11, 2013, Hinkle allegedly left the range of her home confinement monitor in the early morning hours without the consent of the home confinement officers. Sources further alleged that Hinkle returned briefly within the range of the monitor sometime Monday evening and then left the range of the monitor. On Tuesday, officers sought out an arrest warrant for Hinkle's "escape" from the range of the home confinement monitor.
Since Hinkle's "escape" from the home confinement monitor was an escape related to pending felony charges, the "escape" charge is also a felony. That felony escape warrant was issued by Magistrate John Stone. The bonding company who posted Hinkle's bail also sought out a "bailpiece" to have Hinkle returned to custody. On Wednesday evening, law enforcement authorities in Nicholas County arrested Hinkle on the warrant and bailpiece. A violation of her home confinement charge has also been filed.
Hinkle remains incarcerated at the Central Regional Jail. On the escape charge, Hinkle faces a maximum prison sentence of not more than five years.
The law which provides that an "escape" from home confinement (i.e., an alternative sentence confinement) is a separate felony crime can be found at this link:
A "bailpiece" is a document which is evidence of the bail posted by a person or company for a person charged with a crime. When that person or company has grounds to believe the charged person is not complying with terms ordered by a court, the person or company can seek to surrender the custody of the charged person. The law defining "bailpiece" in West Virginia can be found at this link:
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ReplyDeleteI have to wonder what the hell is going on now. From what I read, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a meth-lab. What kind of degenerate place has this turned into? They should all be ashamed of themelves and the people of Webster County should be ashamed of themselves for letting this happen.
Imagine this a Meth Cooker that didn't abide by the home confinement regulations ! looks like we saved a lot of money on this one .but wait how much did it cost us to do it all over again ? Lock them up and keep them there ! how many people did she INFECT while she was out ! Wake up !
ReplyDeletehome confinement is a joke! it's just a way for this county and some of its officials to pad their pockets! i understand our jail bill is too high, but also understand this. if a drug addict is able to stay home they start thinking of ways to get high and get by. not that they are "bad" people, just addicted. they need to crack down on the meth labs and ease up on the little things. in this county you get more time for pot and pills than you do for touching little kids. our jails should be full of sex offenders and meth cooks....at least our money would be going towards a cause. who cares if JoeBob and SueWho smokes a joint or does a Vicodin? as long as their kids are fed and loved and they arent commiting horrible crimes. focus on the important stuff!
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