Published: April 16, 2008 09:02 am            

Whitley County indictments

By Sean Bailey / Staff Writer

Two men allegedly involved the stabbing of Charles Frazier on March 28, were indicted by a Whitley County grand jury Monday.

George A. Damron, and Dwayne Cox were indicted for first-degree assault.

According to witnesses there had been an ongoing domestic dispute between the victim’s son, Joe Frazier, and Angela Canada. A verbal argument broke out between Canada and Joe Frazier in Canada’s front yard early on March 28. At some point Damron and Cox blocked White Loop Road in Williamsburg to prevent the Fraziers from leaving the scene. Witnesses said a fight ensued and Charles Frazier was stabbed in the chest several times and his throat was cut. Joe Fraizer also sustained injuries, but was treated and released from the hospital.

Cox was arrested the day of the incident, March 28, but Damron could not initially be found by authorities. After receiving tips from a confidential informant sheriff’s deputies found him hiding in a trailer on Bee Creek Road. Damron was also charged with possession of schedule two narcotics when police found drugs on his person.

The grand jury also returned indictments for the following:

• Jason Harmon, theft by deception over $300 and second-degree persistent felony offender

• Mario Albert Price, first-degree criminal abuse

• Jason D. Brown, tampering with physical evidence, DUI, resisting arrest and second-degree persistent felony offender

• Danielle Brittian, program assistance fraud

• Kenneth Henderson (also known as, Kenneth Webb Jr.) first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, trafficking in marijuana under eight ounces, and possession of drug paraphernalia

• Melissa J. Hood, fraudulent use of a debt card, theft of identity, and theft by deception under $300

• James G. Egner, fraudulent use of a debt card, theft of identity, and theft by deception under $300

• Joseph Wayne Hampton, theft by deception over $300 and second-degree forgery

• Jimmy S. Baird, cultivating marijuana over five plants, trafficking in marijuana under eight ounces, and possession of drug paraphernalia

• William Carl Huckaby, possession of marijuana under eight ounces, trafficking in marijuana under eight ounces,(second offense), and second-degree persistent felony offender

• William D. Mitchell, first-degree fleeing or evading police. DUI (first offense)

• Maggie Blayock, trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school

• Willie Lowe, failure to comply with sex offender registration and first-degree persistent felony offender

• Billy Joe Hall, defrauding a secured creditor

• Scott Rathbun, first-degree criminal mischief and theft of services

• Bill Clontz, failure to make required disposition of property over $300 (two counts) and second-degree forgery

• Robert Lawson, receiving stolen property under $300

• Laura Abbott, receiving stolen property under $300

        

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