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Published: July 22, 2008 08:51 pm    print this story   email this story  

Fayette trial continued due to illness

By Matthew Hill
Register-Herald Reporter

The trial of one of three men originally charged with attempted murder, malicious wounding and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the alleged shooting of a teenage boy in the Powellton area last October was continued Tuesday due to the court reporter’s illness.

Fayette County Circuit Judge John Hatcher’s office noted that a new date has not been set yet for the trial of Hewitt M. “Hillbilly” Grasty, 51, of Mount Hope.

Prosecutors dropped charges last Thursday against one of Grasty’s co-defendants — Tony J. Walker, 31, of Oak Hill — and a trial has not been scheduled for Zachariah N. Woodson, 20, of Scarbro, Fayette County assistant prosecutor Brian Parsons explained.

The 17-year-old victim suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in the incident, Fayette County Sheriff Bill Laird reported at the time.

The three suspects had fled the scene and were intercepted by Montgomery police officers at the intersection of W.Va. 61 and Armstrong Creek Road shortly after the incident. Officers observed a firearm being thrown from the vehicle as a pursuit continued on W.Va. 61 toward Deepwater.

The vehicle was wrecked in the Robson area, Laird said. One suspect was taken into custody without incident, but the other two occupants fled on foot into a wooded area. A second suspect was quickly apprehended, but the third escaped. He was also eventually apprehended.

— E-mail: mhill@register-herald.com

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