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Former Doddridge sheriff and magistrate Michael Headley has entered a plea to felony falsifying accounts and will be sentenced Nov. 3.
Angela Marie Lamb, former assistant to ex-sheriff / magistrate Michael Headley, has entered a plea to two felonies: Fraudulent use of a state purchasing card, and conspiracy. She will be sentenced Nov. 3.
WEST UNION, W.Va. (WV News) — Former Doddridge sheriff and magistrate Michael Headley pleaded guilty to one felony Thursday in Doddridge County Circuit Court, while his former assistant, Angela Lamb, pleaded guilty to two felonies.
Former Doddridge sheriff and magistrate Michael Headley has entered a plea to felony falsifying accounts and will be sentenced Nov. 3.
Special Judge Thomas A. Bedell, a 30-year judge from Harrison County, accepted the pleas and set sentencing for each defendant on Nov. 3 at the Doddridge County Courthouse.
Angela Marie Lamb, former assistant to ex-sheriff / magistrate Michael Headley, has entered a plea to two felonies: Fraudulent use of a state purchasing card, and conspiracy. She will be sentenced Nov. 3.
As part of the plea agreements, Special Prosecutor Michael Parker, longtime prosecutor in Randolph County, will make no sentencing recommendations and dismissed other charges in the indictments.
Defense attorneys Tom Dyer (for Lamb) and David Glover (for Headley) can request alternative sentencing.
Headley, who entered a plea to falsifying accounts, could face 1-10 years in prison. Lamb, who entered pleas to fraudulent use of a state purchasing card, as well as conspiracy (with Headley), could face 2-10 years.
Headley, 51, of West Union, previously was indicted on one count of falsifying accounts, two counts of aiding and abetting fraudulent or unauthorized use of purchasing card and one count of conspiracy.
Lamb, 56, of Salem, previously was indicted in the same case on 13 counts of fraudulent or unauthorized use of purchasing card, two counts of aiding and abetting that alleged crime, one count of conspiracy and one count of fraudulent schemes.
The indictment had alleged Headley and Lamb worked together in the unlawful use of a state purchasing card twice on Dec. 22, 2020, for a Van Heusen men’s 3XLT big and tall button down shirt valued at $27.55, and for two men’s shirts valued at $75.21. Headley and Lamb also are accused of conspiring in December 2020 to commit fraudulent or unlawful use of a purchasing card.
On the falsifying accounts charge, Headley was accused of wrongdoing involving the Sheriff’s Office concealed weapons account in December 2018, the indictment alleged.
Lamb also had been accused of unlawful use of a state purchasing card Sept. 14, 2019 for a Kenwood radio charger valued at $65.72; Aug. 7, 2020 for a Kenwood lithium ion battery valued at $144.60; Nov. 10, 2020, for two Apple iPads valued at $799.96; Nov. 18, 2020, for three Kodak dock plus and dock photo printer cartridges and photo paper valued at $47.67; Nov. 18, 2020, for one Kodak dock and Wi-Fi portable instant photo printer valued at $99.99; Nov. 23, 2020, for a pair of women’s rain boots valued at $137.75; Nov. 25, 2020, for a hard travel case for a Kodak dock and Wi-Fi printer valued at $19.99; Nov. 27, 2020, for a pair of Nike women’s Zoom Pegasus running shoes valued at $244.39; Nov. 27, 2020, for a Garmin GPS running watch and a wrist accessory band valued at $137.55; Dec. 12, 2020, for a women’s jacket valued at $137.79; Dec. 18, 2020, for a pair of Crocs clogs valued at $33.38; Dec. 19, 2020, for a jean sweatshirt valued at $51.39; and Dec. 19, 2020, for a pair of Hey Dude shoes valued at $58.25.
On the fraudulent schemes charge, the allegation summed up the alleged unlawful state purchasing card use, contending a total loss of $2,081.21 to the Doddridge County coffers.
State Police alleged the purchasing card was unlawfully used for the Sheriff’s Office to buy gifts for its “Miracle Christmas” program. Lamb also admitted two Amazon purchases she kept, State Police alleged.
Separately, Bedell postponed the trial of former Doddridge commissioner Ronald Lee “Ronnie” Travis until Jan. 17, with jury selection to occur Jan. 3. The court first received a waiver of speedy trial right from Travis and attorney William C. Forbes.
Travis, who has pleaded not guilty, was indicted in a separate case on one count of embezzlement and one count of fraudulent schemes. The indictment alleges he stole about $1,270 from his employer, NAPA Auto Parts, from May 17, 2021, to June 25, 2021.
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