November 20, 2011 WVA shoplifting incident leads police to deceased man www.privateofficer.com
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. Nov 20 2011 – A call to respond to alleged shoplifting quickly turned into an unexpected death case for local deputies.
It happened about 5 p.m. Thursday at the Kmart along U.S. 60 in the East Pea Ridge area.
Two alleged shoplifters — Jamie Adkins and Charles Woodyard, both of South Point, Ohio, were arrested for allegedly stealing $300 in clothing.
“We know one individual has a lengthy history of shoplifting, and his charge will be a felony,” Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas said.
Adkins is charged with second-offense shoplifting. But McComas said the car Adkins and Woodyard arrived in contained a much different problem.
“They came to check the vehicle they were in, and inside we found a male and female, McComas said. “The male was unresponsive, not breathing.”
McComas said both people were transported for treatment. The woman was treated and released, and the man died. His name is withheld until family is notified.
The woman was not charged.
“It’s clear there was some drug activity going on in the car,” McComas said. “That’s a reasonable inference — to make the death a drug-related death.”
The man’s body has been sent to the Medical Examiners Office in Charleston.
We’re told Adkins posted bail, but Woodyard remained in the Western Regional Jail late Friday.
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