Indicted man owes $57,000 child support

Two Washington County men were charged by the grand jury Friday for allegedly not paying a combined $57,000 in child support payments.

The first defendant, Richard Hill, 40, of LKA Route 1, Box 205, Cutler, was charged with two counts of fifth-degree felony nonsupport for dependents. Hill is accused of being behind $45,000 on child support payments for two children, said Susan Vessels, a Washington County assistant prosecutor.

The second man, Michael Williams, 32, of 3995 Pleasant Ridge Road, Marietta, was charged with fifth-degree felony nonsupport of dependents. Williams is accused of being behind $12,000 on child support payments, which were to start in 2006.

"As of April 2009, he had made one, count them, one payment," said Ray Dugger, another assistant Washington County prosecutor.

Other indictments:

Stephen Eakins, 40, of 2205 14th Ave., Parkersburg, was charged with three counts of fifth-degree felony misuse of credit cars and a fourth-degree felony count of theft. Eakins is accused of using a credit card from Leasco Equipment Services, where he was employed, to stay in a Scottish Inn in West Virginia, make car payments and purchase gas and food for eight-and-a-half months.

"He is currently on the run," Dugger said. "I have heard secondhand he's in Tennessee, law enforcement has heard secondhand he's in the Carolinas."

Cody A. Lee, 18, of 1145 Browns Road, Marietta, was charged with second-degree felony burglary and fifth-degree felony breaking and entering. Lee is accused of stealing a girl's bicycle, blankets and other items from a Little Hocking garage, then breaking into a locked gazebo at a neighbor's house to use the hot tub, before finally being caught for shoplifting at a store on Ohio 339. Washington County Prosecutor Jim Schneider said Lee had been arrested two days earlier on drug charges and released the day before the thefts.

Adriana Thomas, 20, of 133 Sharon St., Marietta, was charged with third-degree felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer. Thomas is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase on Ohio 7, reaching speeds of more than 90 miles per hour, committing several lane violations and nearly sideswiping a couple of cars.

Marissa Kiggans, 23, of 75 Martin Drive, Fleming, was charged with two counts of fourth-degree felony breach of recognizance. Kiggans is accused of failing to appear at a trial after she was released on a recognizance bond. She is currently in jail awaiting trial.

Lorie Storie, 26, of Chandlersville, was charged with fourth-degree felony breach of recognizance. Storie is accused of failing to appear at a trial after she was released on a recognizance bond. She has yet to be located.

Sherman Larrimore, 27, of 6805 Shay Ridge Road, New Matamoras, was charged with third-degree felony failure to notify of a change of address and third-degree felony failure to verify periodic registration as a tier 2 sex offender.

Nicholas Adams, 19, of 371 Walnut St., Whipple, was charged with fourth-degree felony trafficking in marijuana and fifth-degree felony trafficking in marijuana. Adams is accused of selling 4.22 grams of marijuana near a 3-year-old child on Oct. 3, 2007, and making an offer to sell one-eighth of an ounce of marijuana on Dec. 5-6.

Tyler Bailey, 27, of 10260 State Route 550, Vincent, was charged with second-degree felony burglary and two counts of fifth-degree felony breaking and entering. This is a reindictment of an earlier charge due to a language technicality. The case is scheduled to go to trial Tuesday.

Callie Stauffer, 33, of 10260 State Route 550, Vincent, was charged with second-degree felony burglary, two counts of fifth-degree felony breaking and entering and fifth-degree felony receiving stolen property. This is a reindictment of an earlier charge due to a language technicality. The case is scheduled to go to trial Tuesday.

Zachary S. Henderhan, 21, of 303 Ingleside Ave., Marietta, was charged with fifth-degree felony theft. Henderhan is accused of stealing about $2,000 worth of items from a Marietta residence.

Charles Hutson, 32, of Walker, W.Va., was charged with second-degree felony trafficking in drugs (oxycodone). Hutson is accused of selling six 80-milligram pills of OxyContin to an informant at the Belpre McDonald's on Washington Boulevard, with juveniles present.

Warren Steven L. Tucker, 28, of 712 Clement Ave., Apt. B, Belpre, was charged with fourth-degree felony trafficking in drugs (crack cocaine), fifth-degree trafficking in drugs (Clonazepam), and fourth-degree trafficking in drugs (cocaine).

Christopher Karcher, 29, Noble Correctional Institution, Caldwell, was charged with fourth-degree felony trafficking in drugs (heroin). Karcher is accused of selling the drugs to an informant in July 2008 near Phillips Elementary School in Marietta. Schneider said Karcher is about to be released from prison on heroin possession charges, so authorities went ahead and presented this charge.

Michael Hudson, 21, of 277 Water St., Lowell, was charged with fourth-degree felony trafficking in drugs (marijuana), two counts of fifth-degree felony trafficking in drugs (marijuana) and fourth-degree felony trafficking in drugs (cocaine). Hudson is accused of selling marijuana to an informant on May 1, 2008, at Buell Island in Lowell and six hours later on Virginia Street in Marietta. Four days later he is alleged to have sold cocaine on Buell Island, and on Aug. 17, 2008, he is accused of selling marijuana at Wal-Mart in Marietta.

Mitchell Potts, 32, of 11700 Waterford Road, Waterford, was charged with two counts of third-degree felony domestic violence. Potts is accused of attempting to cause physical harm to his wife, Mary Potts, and, in the process, seriously hurting his mother, Jessica Beaumier, who tried to intervene.

Scott J. Byers, 25, of 488 Beach Drive, Belpre, was charged with fourth-degree felony theft and two counts of fourth-degree felony failure to register as a sex offender. Byers is accused of stealing prescription medication from a neighbor and of failing to register his address.

Derron Felder, 31, of Columbus, was charged with fourth-degree felony possession of drugs (cocaine). Felder is accused of having seven grams of powder cocaine at a traffic stop March 14.

Trevor Johnson, 22, of Aliquippa, Pa., was charged with fourth-degree felony possession of drugs (cocaine), third-degree felony possession of drugs (crack cocaine) and fourth-degree felony carrying a concealed weapon, with a gun specification.

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concernedpatriot
06-06-09 1:41 PM »Report Abuse	newsreader2, you are living in a dream world. You do not have a clue as to what you are talking about. The family court system is biased in women's favor. Open your eyes!
newsreader2
06-04-09 9:55 AM »Report Abuse	Goodsense, what I would consider not to be fair and just is what this article is about. We are talking about 2 combined cases owing $57,000. That is not just someone down on their luck, someone that was not able to help support their children for a few months. That is someone that has chosen to grossfully neglected their responsibilities. In these 2 situations it happens to be 2 men that have been indicted, 2 men that have left the sole responsibility of finacially supporting their children on the women that bore them. You or I do not know the struggle that these women may or may not have been through in doing so. So as far as "The pot of gold at the end of the child support rainbow is labeled "women only." I think not!
newsreader2
06-04-09 9:37 AM »Report Abuse	Sundot, I would suggest that you take your own advise. You are assuming that a child support agency has the authority to "make up" child support payments as the they see fit. There is a such thing as Federal and State guidlines, that calculate the payments.There are many factors that play into that calculation, such as the deductions that both parties receive for certain circumstances (like other children in the household, other support orders being paid ect.) As far as you stating that "you are so obviously a man" well you better feel again. I am a woman, I do not work for child support. I have faught the battle for many years and have educated myself quite extensively on the subject. But if you are confused on why your situation is the way that it is, I would suggest you contact your child support worker and demand that they answer any questions that you may have as to why the support payment decreased. I am sure there is a logical answer.
goodsense
06-03-09 11:56 PM »Report Abuse	Newsreader2 - While some of us would claim to know "for a fact" that the system is fair and just, there are many others of us that do not live in a make-believe world of fairies and unicorns and actually have experienced the unfair and biased family court system. The pot of gold at the end of the child support rainbow is labeled "women only."
sundot
06-03-09 8:43 PM »Report Abuse	boy you really know your stuff. do you work for them? please tell me you do because i'll be more than happy to give you the case number honey and you can look it up yourself and see that they based my husbands child support off fulltime min. wage 7 years ago and hers off full time min. wage 5 years ago then again rebased it off of min wage less than 6 months ago. So please tell me how min wage being higher now constitutes lower support payment from her????????? you are so obviously a man, prob. a man who has never had to pay support meaning no children or one of the few who loved the women you had kids with, either way unless you know what you speak of it is better to not speak on it.
newsreader2
06-03-09 5:09 PM »Report Abuse	concernedpatriot I do know this for a fact! It may seem to the uneducated eye that men and womens support orders are enforced differently, but they are not. The only difference between the 2 are that more men pay support then women do. So of course statistically you are going to know more men that pay support then women. That is because more women tend to be the custodial parent. Sundot, support is ordered based on the parties income, not whether they are male or female. So if the male makes more then the female, then of course his order is going to be higher. Just as if the woman is making more and she is the one that pays, then her order would be higher. You cannot compare apples to oranges.
concernedpatriot
06-03-09 12:13 PM »Report Abuse	newsreader2, you really do not know what you are talking about. You are correct in the fact there is only one law. BUT, they enforce it against men but DO NOT enforce it against women. And yes I know this for a fact. Now do you know what you said as a fact or did you just pull it out of your butt?
sundot
06-02-09 6:18 PM »Report Abuse	newsreader2-you've obviously never had to deal with the washington county child support office, i love how everyone blames the females about the child support issues. I know first had that my husband paid his support on time everytime. Untill they started taking it from him while he had full custody yes i said it FULL CUSTODY of his daughter. if there was no difference in the way they treat men and women show me one woman that paid child support for a child she had full custody of. Show me one man who has only made one $20 payment in 5 years that hasn't been in court or in jail. Or for that matter show me a woman who is paying as much support for her child as a man would be ordered to pay. Show me one woman that's been to jail for failer to pay childsupport.
newsreader2
06-02-09 5:23 PM »Report Abuse	You seriously cannot believe that there are 2 different laws where child support is concerned. 1 for men and 1 for women?? Come on now lets be a little realistic. I have read the comments and it seems that everone knows a "case" where it seems that way. I bet if we looked further into it, there are some underlining issues on each of the situations that all of you speak of.
concernedpatriot
06-01-09 6:00 PM »Report Abuse	sundot, you hit the nail right on the head. There is nothing fair about this system if you are a man. Others on here don't seem to get the point. Thanks!
sundot
06-01-09 3:26 PM »Report Abuse	they're making a big deal about a man who has only made one child support payment in 3 years, don't get me wrong i think he should be paying, but the laws are different for men and women this i know for a fact. My husbands ex-wife has made 1 count them 1 $20 child suport payment in 5 years and nothing has been done to her, not to mention she only has to pay 214 every month. When my husband was paying child support he was paying over 500 a month yet was working min. wage while she refused to work. When his daughter moved back in with us they were still taking the child support from him EVEN AFTER we had gotten child support started against the mother. When he refused to pay it we recieved letter after letter after letter mind you this is while WE HAD CUSTODY OF HER. Why don't they start showing all the dead beat mothers on here? How about bringing that to everyones attention? just a thought marietta times.
butterfly
06-01-09 7:46 AM »Report Abuse	Hey Mtta.Times?Let's hear something good about good Parents for a change...yes,there are some that carried their responsibility out of paying Child Support fully.I just so agree with all that deadbeat Parents need to be punished to the fullest extent of the law.To leave a child is one thing, to not pay to help raise that Child leaves a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach!Mother dogs protect their children more than a lot of Parents now-days.It's a shame and leaves the Child with major issues in their later yrs.My parents had 13 Children and raised us till death they did part,and my Father worked every day of his life.I miss my Childhood!I did'nt know how good i had it then,but I have the best memories ever!Miss you Mommy and Daddy............
butterfly
05-31-09 7:19 PM »Report Abuse	Does anyone know of anyone,male or female,that carried the responsibility of paying child support consistantly? I do know of one who paid every week,until his daughter graduated this year.......congrats to you...you know who you are and I'm proud to call you my friend........JOB WELL DONE.......
concernedpatriot
05-31-09 4:42 PM »Report Abuse	Roland, you do realize she is Puerto Rican, not Mexican don't you?
Roland
05-31-09 12:46 PM »Report Abuse	Goodsense_allow me to restate. Child support is not about supporting children, it is about the redistribution of wealth from men to women.
goodsense
05-31-09 10:29 AM »Report Abuse	asknot - My situation: I am out of work, with very little income, due to an injury and have custody of one of two children, the ex-wife is working at a well-paying job and has custody of the other child. She gets just over $350 per month from me. By all accounts (except the court's) I should be the one receiving child support. The only thing in her favor: She's a woman.
JohnnyRingo
05-31-09 8:15 AM »Report Abuse	asknot, probably. They're trying to run everything else.........
asknot
05-30-09 10:24 PM »Report Abuse	wat does ACORN hav to do with this? Are they running child support now? lol
JohnnyRingo
05-30-09 9:57 PM »Report Abuse	ACORN = organized crime group
asknot
05-30-09 9:24 PM »Report Abuse	Goodsense, that's an interesting point. When I got custody, I had to go and ask for child support. But, when I was in court, I was lead to believe it was state law for a father to pay court ordered child support. But, I had to go file for it. Where my son's mom lives is in a more progressive part of the country that doesn't discriminate and has a equal parenting rights policy. I only asked for $20/week for diapers, but the judge there made it $45 and said I was crazy for not asking for more, because I would get it. I just wanted her gone(unfortunately, but best for my son) and her not have an excuse to fight for him. I'd be interested in seeing how much a mother w/o custody pays verse a father w/o custody and equal wages. Bet the father pays alot more.
concernedpatriot
05-30-09 7:38 PM »Report Abuse	Like I said, it is an unfair system and until you have something personally to do with it, you think the system works. This is the most broken agency in our state and county government.
Roscoe
05-30-09 7:31 PM »Report Abuse	Here's a good one. There are a lot of women living in subsidized housing who are not working. They are able bodied. Their rent is based on their income - which is only child support; thus, they pay no rent. They are smoking away on their cigarettes. Wonder how they pay for those?
goodsense
05-30-09 7:12 PM »Report Abuse	concernedpatriot - You tell it like it is. I'd like to add one thing: A man that does manage to get custody of his children is only kidding himself if he thinks he can get the court to order any child support from the mother. The court seems to think that the mother's makeup and liquor expenses are more important than food and clothes for the children. It's time that the family court system got a major overhaul.
LilyOValley
05-30-09 6:15 PM »Report Abuse	Maybe they are the Republican members of ACORN...
concernedpatriot
05-30-09 5:04 PM »Report Abuse	juniorchamps you get it, I don't believe peppie does. This isn't about paying child support, it's about the unfairness of the system. No one on here has complained about paying. Like peppie said it is not the child's fault and no one thinks it is. I personally know of instances when the child is not getting the money. peppie read through all of these post.

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