PARKERSBURG - Steven A. Siegel, 23, 902 34th St., Vienna, and Michelene C. Wiggers, 23, 120 Washington Gardens Road, Washington, W.Va., entered plea agreements in their cases Friday in Wood County Circuit Court.
Siegel pleaded guilty to charges of delivery of a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit delivery of a controlled substance. Wiggers pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit delivery of a controlled substance.
In Siegel's agreement the state made a non-binding recommendation for his sentences to be concurrent and receive credit for time served. The state also agreed to not pursue a recidivist information against him.
Judge J.D. Beane granted a motion for Siegel to have a 60-day diagnostic prior to sentencing. All other charges against Siegel and Wiggers were dismissed as part of the plea. Beane set sentencing for Siegel for 9:15 a.m. Feb. 4, 2013. Wiggers' sentencing was set for 9 a.m. Feb. 6, 2013 before Beane.
In others hearings Friday:
* Burnell Brown, 22, 563 1/2 Sixth St., Parkersburg, entered a plea agreement to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a public elementary school. As part of the agreement the state agreed to dismiss all other charges against him. Beane also granted a state motion for Brown to have a drug screening and if he tests positive his bond will be revoked. Sentencing was set for 1:30 p.m. Feb. 7, 2013.
* Derek Layne Walker, 27, in custody at the North Central Regional Jail, was sentenced after his guilty plea to a bill of information charging him with fraudulent use of an access device. Judge Jeffrey Reed sentenced him to six years in prison with credit for 266 days served. A motion for an alternative sentencing of probation was denied.
* James Louis Petrush, 19, in custody at the North Central Regional Jail, was granted a continuance so he can complete an evaluation at Sharpe Hospital. Judge Robert Waters granted the motion so the evaluation may aid the court in disposition of the case and sentencing. He was charged with a bill of information charging him with destruction of property.
