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Kanawha County's Adult Probation Department alleges Martin Bowling, former chief technical officer at Comar Inc. in Cross Lanes, did, in September, violate terms of his home confinement. Bowling, the son of Mary Jane Bowling, former Workforce West Virginia administrator, was sentenced earlier this year to three years in state prison after being convicted of stealing credit cards and using them to purchase items via Internet. At a March hearing, his sentence was reduced to five years probation and one year home confinement. The probation department says, in September, Bowling went to Cato Park, and, a week later, he went to McDonald's at Patrick Street Plaza without permission. A probation revocation hearing is set for November 23rd. Bowling faces a minimum two year sentence on the federal charges.