Anderson pleads guilty to kidnapping
By JEFFREY SAULTON
POSTED: April 23, 2008
PARKERSBURG — One of two men involved in a 2006 incident entered a plea agreement Tuesday in Wood County Circuit Court.
Stephen Patrick Anderson, 50, in custody at North Central Regional Jail, entered a plea agreement with the state to plead guilty to kidnapping in an indictment from March 27, 2007.
According to the plea agreement, the state made a non-binding recommendation for Anderson to be sentenced to 10 years in prison. Judge Jeffrey Reed set the sentencing for 2 p.m. July 2. Anderson was remanded to custody.
He and his brother David Allen Anderson, 53, were charged with kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, two counts of battery, two counts of wanton endangerment involving a firearm, assault and brandishing from an October 2006 incident.
David Anderson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping, battery and brandishing on Feb. 7. He was sentenced to concurrent sentences of one year each on the charges, along with conditions that he complete a substance abuse assessment from the day report center and 100 hours of community service if it is not deemed detrimental to Anderson’s health.
According to police reports, Stephen Anderson allegedly held Stephanie Broadwater, 21, of Parkersburg at gunpoint in his home and his brother David Anderson, 52, of 1296 Bird St., Parkersburg, had a knife. They were there to collect a debt owed by one of the alleged victims, police said.
A second alleged victim, James Layne of Parkersburg, was advised to leave to get an undisclosed amount of cash or Broadwater would be killed, police said. Layne left the residence and contacted police. Both men were arrested without incident and a firearm was recovered as evidence, police said.
In other hearings:
? Michael Scott Hull, 39, 1324 42nd St., Parkersburg, entered a plea to third-offense driving under the influence. He was indicted by the January grand jury. He signed a waiver for Judge Robert Waters to inspect the pre-sentencing report before sentencing. Waters set sentencing for 1 p.m. June 24.
? Matthew Steed, 28, 383 County Road 656, Athens, Ohio, entered a plea agreement with the state to plead guilty to burglary without breaking. Waters set sentencing for 1:15 p.m. June 23.
? Nina Marie McMurray, also known as Nina Whitehair, 36, 1988 Buckner Bend Road, Walker, entered a plea agreement with the state to plead guilty to fraudulent schemes, a misdemeanor, a lesser included offense to felony fraudulent schemes as indicted by the January grand jury. Reed set sentencing for 3 p.m. July 2.
? Christopher Charles Venham, 23, 1006 Charles St., Parkersburg, entered a plea agreement to plead guilty to entering without breaking in the daytime, a lesser included offense to burglary in a January indictment. Reed set sentencing for 1:30 p.m. July 3.
? Christopher Edward Posey, 24, 1215 23rd St., Parkersburg, entered a plea agreement to plead guilty to petit larceny, a lesser included offense to grand larceny from a January indictment. Reed set sentencing for 2 p.m. July 3. Posey is free on bond to await sentencing.
? Ronald Paul Kittle Jr., 49, 2716 Beach Drive, Belpre, entered a plea agreement to change his plea to guilty of third-offense driving under the influence. His was indicted by the January grand jury. Sentencing was set by Reed for 10 a.m. July 3, and he will be free on home confinement to await sentencing.
? Moses Blount, 49, 2206 16th St., Apt. 6A, Parkersburg, admitted to the accusations contained in a petition to revoke his probation and waived a hearing. He was sentenced to one to five years in prison with credit for 517 days served, and he was remanded to custody. Blount pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit delivery of a controlled substance as indicted by the grand jury on July 20, 2006. According to the petition, he used cocaine on 12 occasions between January and April.
