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Mingo County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Joe Smith arrested two suspects and charged them with felonies.Varney resident James Ray Hinkle is currently lodged in the Southwestern Regional Jail on $20,000 bond and charged with nighttime burglary and grand larceny. Smith stated that the defendant allegedly broke into the residence of Roy Tiller on Sept. 21 and stole two laptops as well as five handguns valued at $6,000. Hinkle is accused of taking the laptop to Dingess where he gave it to Smith’s second arrest, Sara Workman. The laptop was recovered and identified by Tiller.Workman is also lodged in Southwestern Regional Jail on a $6,000 bond. She is charged with breaking and entering other than a dwelling and grand larceny.Police say on Nov. 5 the defendant allegedly gained entrance into a business owned by Charlene Perdue through the backdoor. While there, Workman is accused of stealing $2,812 worth of merchandise.
Smith was assisted with this arrest by Dep. S. M. Smith.


Story courtesy of Pamela Scott Johnson, Staff Writer For Williamson Daily News.