At around noon on 11/25/2009, Toni Sayre returned to her home on Riverside Drive in the Riverlake area of St. Albans. As she entered her home, she saw a person running out of the back door.

SAPD responded with a K9 unit who tracked a scent, but lost it in the area of the walking bridge that crosses Coal River to the back of Hayes Middle School.

Ms. Sayre reports that nothing his missing from her home, but it was gone through by the offender. She could not provide a description on the offender.

Regardless of the legality, texting on your cell phone while driving is dangerous. While the following link is targeted towards young people, we would all be wise to heed the warning.

http://www.noys.org

While investigating a 911 hang-up call, Ptl. P. A. Bass discovered two men that were in the country illegally.

Shortly before 2:00pm today, a 911 hang-up call received from a home in the 700 block of Cunningham Street. As is the standard procedure when receiving such a call, METRO 911 dispatches a police officer to the address of the phone number. Ptl. P. A. Bass was dispatched to the home. When he and another officer arrived, two men were there. They spoke little English and one displayed a Mexican identification. Ptl. Bass called the local office of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) who put a Spanish interpreter on the phone. During this conversation with the ICE agent, both men admitted that they were in the country illegally.

Ptl. Bass transported them to the local ICE office in Charleston pending further investigation by that agency.

SAPD received a call from a resident in the 2200 block of Grant Avenue at about 3:50am. He said he was awakened by a noise inside his home. When he got up to investigate, he found a man in his house. He confronted the man who ran to the back door of the home and fled leaving through a back gate and into an alley. The victim called SAPD. Responding officers began checking the area. Among the many items the victim reported stolen was a plasma TV that was about 50 inches. Sgt. Mike Dlugos found the plasma TV in the back of a pick up truck parked about 4 houses away. The victim identified it as his.

Further investigation led officers to a garage behind 2246 Grant Avenue that had been converted into a makeshift apartment. Officers found the owner of the truck staying there. His name is Herschel Dylan Cole (18 yoa originally from South Charleston). Officers had seen other items in the apartment from a window that appeared to be consistent with the victim's missing items. When confronted with the TV found in his truck and the items visible, he admitted to stealing the items. He said he picked the house out at random finding an unlocked back door. He said he worked for about 3 hours on stealing all of the items.

Cole was charged with Nighttime Burglary, a felony. He was taken to the South Central Regional Jail pending arraignment. The stolen property was returned to the victim.

Shortly before 9pm, the pharmacy in the Kroger Supermarket called police when a woman came in to pick up a prescription that was fraudulent. The pharmacy had been alerted to the scam by the pharmacy at the St. Albans K-Mart. In verifying a prescription in the same name, it was discovered that the physician had not issued it. The prescription was for Lortab, a narcotic painkiller (http://www.drugs.com/lortab.html).

The woman that came to pick up the filled prescription was Lisa Michele Burnsworth (40 y.o.a. from St. Albans). The name on the prescription was her boyfriend. She was arrested and transported to Kan Co Magistrate Court for arraignment. She was charged with Attempting to Obtain a Fraudulent Prescription. Burnsworth was released on a $20,000 PR Bond by Magistrate Carol Fouty.

Burnsworth is on federal supervised release in relation to a meth lab conviction from a 2005 meth lab arrest in St. Albans. She is employed at a doctor's office in the Charleston area, but not the same doctor whose name was used on the fraudulent prescription.

Ptl. Marc Gilbert is the arresting officer and is investigating.

At about 2am on 11/16/2009, a male entered Lewie's gambling parlor, brandished a knife and demanded money. The clerk surrendered cash and left.

The suspect is a white male, but due to the mask & coveralls not much other details are available.

Ptl. Marc Gilbert is investigating.

Sometime during the late night of November 12 and early morning of November 13, there were three break-ins and one attempt in St. Albans. Outbuildings and garages were the targets of thieves. Usual items like lawn mowers, weed eaters, & leaf blowers were stolen. In addition a mountain bike, TV, & microwave oven were also taken.

These crimes occurred in the 2700 block of Lincoln Avenue and 2800 block of Washington Avenue. One other attempted break-in was reported in the area, but the offenders didn't get inside the outbuilding.

One other theft was reported that may be related in the 1100 block of Kanawha Terrace. A motorcycle was stolen from a storage building. It is a licensed trail-bike and had been entered into NCIC.

It is believed that these incidents may be related to several similar thefts from outbuildings in St. Albans the past two or three months.

On the early evening of Nov 9, a man mistakenly left his debit card in the ATM at WV Federal Credit Union along MacCorkle Ave in St. Albans. A few seconds after he left, a car with two women in it found the card. He left his transaction still active, so they were able to withdraw $200 in cash.

After this, he women went to the St. Albans Krogers where they purchased over $200 worth of groceries. The card was also used at two convenience stores in St. Albans and South Charleston and another business in Charleston.

The women pictured above are suspects in the theft of the card and it's use in the St. Albans Krogers. If anyone knows their identity, please call Ptl. R. L. Tincher of the St. Albans PD at 304-727-2251.

Shortly before 3pm, a utility poles was pulled over in the area of 6th Avenue & C Street. A tractor-trailer truck was pulling out of a parking lot when the trailer snagged a low-hanging phone line. Unknowing, the driver kept going which resulted in the utility pole being snapped in two. This pulled down phone & electrical wires. This knocked out the power for several blocks.

AEP & Verizon were called immediately. AEP responded within just a few hours period erected a new utility pole, installed a new street light, got the power back on.

Verizon didn't arrive on scene until about 7:30pm and they could not or would not provide METRO Communications with an estimated arrival time until after they were on scene.

The tractor trailer was not an over-sized truck, so the driver will not be charged with anything resulting from this incident. The phone lines were hanging too low. There were no injuries from the lines down, but at least two cars received some damage from the falling wires.

Sgt. Jim Butler is investigating.

On the Olde Main Plaza side of the VIP Lounge, a woman was reported stabbed. The victim was involved in an altercation in and/or near the VIP Lounge. Terra Osborne (27 from St. Albans) was stabbed in both shoulders. She was taken to Thomas Memorial Hospital by Kan Co Ambulance. Her wounds are not life threatening, but the cuts were severe. She remained in the hospital as of this morning.

The incident was reported at around 2:00am on Saturday, 11-7-2009. Lt. D. C. Harris has interviewed several witnesses to the stabbing. The investigation is on-going and no arrests have been made as yet.

Old Main Plaza is home to several businesses, some nightclubs, and the Alban Conference Center.

Today in Kan Co Circuit, Aaron C. Dunbar (40 yoa from St. Albans) plead guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Breaking & Entering. He will be sentenced on January 7, 2010.

This plea resulted from a June 8, 2009 incident in which he and an accomplice, David Steaddman, were caught stealing copper wire from a storage trailer located on the CSX property on Drew Street in St. Albans. Dunbar was caught in the act by Lt. D. C. Harris & Sgt. J. A. Butler on an unrelated matter of looking for a juvenile runaway.

Part of the plea agreement calls for Dunbar to testify against Steadman during his trial currently set for April of 2010.

Today's plea was in front of Judge Zakaib.