Burglary case to be sent to grand jury
ELKINS — An area resident accused of breaking into two separate campers along Bell Crouch Road near Huttonsville will have his case bound over to the Randolph County Circuit Court.
Bobby Jo Lemasters, 32, of Elkins, is charged with two felony counts of burglary and one felony count of conspiracy to commit a felony.
A judge ruled that probable cause for Lemasters’ arrest had been met during a preliminary hearing last week. His case will be bound over to the Randolph County Circuit Court for presentation to a grand jury.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Randolph County Magistrate Court, at approximately 10 p.m. June 26, Deputy Z.T. Pingley and Chief Deputy B.T. Sharp, both of the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, received a 911 call from a man who stated someone had broken into his camper on Bell Crouch Road.
At the scene, the man told police he had left his camper at approximately 3 p.m. and returned around 9 p.m. He said he left his camper unlocked, and a number of items had been stolen, including a Smith & Wesson .38 special pistol, knives, a hatchet, a tool kit, chairs and several other items, the complaint states.
At approximately 3 p.m. the next day, 911 received a call from a separate pair of individuals who said their camper, also on Bell Crouch Road, had been broken into through forced entry. When searching their property, they found a camping site they were not aware was present on their land, according to the complaint.
At that time, they took video evidence as they searched through the campsite and found a number of their own items as well as things belonging to the first complainant.
After finding the items, the couple left the scene, leaving the items behind, and called 911, court documents state.
Deputies responded to Bell Crouch Road and met with the couple, who said they had seen Crystal L. Cutright, 30, of Monterville, and Lemasters “enter the woods toward the campsite,” but they were now back at their residence. Officers were shown the video taken by the couple; however, once the group arrived at the campsite many of the items had been removed, according to the complaint. During a search of the campsite, Pingley found a receipt from B&J Pawn Shop that belonged to Cutright.
When confronted by police, Lemasters stated Cutright “brought some items from somewhere and left them at the campsite,” but denied having any involvement with a firearm, the complaint states. Cutright said she “did take a canopy” a couple weeks ago near the couple’s camper but claimed it was broken and they no longer wanted it.
Officers noted in the report that the couple’s camper had “pry marks on the hinges and the glass window on the door was pried open to unlock the door.”