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BELINGTON -- Charges against a Randolph County man accused of stealing over $700 from his father's bank account total 53 after he received 36 more charges for the same crime.
Denver James Goodwin, 29, of Belington, is charged with 36 counts of possession of counterfeit or unauthorized access device with intent to defraud, a felony. He is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail for these charges on a $25,000 cash-only bond set by Randolph County Magistrate Tracy Harper.
According to the criminal complaints filed by Trooper Thomas J. Sclimenti with the West Virginia State Police Elkins Detachment, on Feb. 14, Sclimenti received a call regarding stolen firearms.
Sclimenti was informed by the alleged victim that his son, Goodwin, had allegedly sold several of the alleged victim's firearms to a third party without his permission, the complaint states. The alleged victim had reportedly received a call from another subject to check if his guns were missing as they had allegedly sold to another person. Upon arrival at the alleged victim's residence on Cottage Avenue in Belington, Sclimenti was provided with a detailed list of the firearms and their serial numbers. The list identified two missing firearms and a third semi-functional firearm that was antique and not serialized.
The alleged victim additionally produced bank statements from the prior month where Goodwin had allegedly utilized the alleged victim's bank card information to transfer money into his own account, the complaint states. While the alleged victim had provided a written statement where he had allowed Goodwin to use the card to go to the store, Goodwin was not authorized to record the bank card numbers or transfer money to his own account. The bank statement allegedly shows the account the money was transferred into was the Cash App account of Goodwin.
According to the complaints, on Jan. 12, there were six transactions of $10, $15, $30, $20 with two transactions for $25. On Jan. 13, there were eight transactions made up of six transactions for $10, one transaction for $25 and one transaction for $5. Then, on Jan. 14, there were three transactions, two of which were for $10 and one of which was for $25.
On Jan. 15, there were six transactions, three of which were for $25 and two of which were for $10, and there was also a single transaction of $6.72. Then, on Jan. 16, there was six more transactions for $25 three times and $10 three times. Finally, on Jan. 20, there were seven transactions, all of which were for $10. The total amount of the 36 transactions equals approximately $536.72.
Goodwin has also been charged separately with 17 counts of possession of counterfeit or unauthorized access device with intent to defraud. He is being held for these charges on a separate $25,000 surety/cash bond and a $1,000 cash-only bond set by Randolph County Magistrate Michael Dyer.
According to the complaints for the 17 charges, also filed by Sclimenti, on Jan. 5, there were six transactions for $50, $10, $3, $10, $1 and $10. On Jan. 6, there were three transactions for $5 each, while on Jan. 7 there was on transaction of $10. Then, on Jan. 8, there was four transactions for $33, $10, $10 and $10. On Jan. 9 there were three transactions of $10, $5 and $15. The total amount of these 17 transactions equals approximately $192.
The total amount of money from the 53 transactions was approximately $728.72.