Saturday, December 12, 2009
Charges Dismissed Against Charleston Man
WEST VIRGINIA....
Felony charges of battery and burglary against David Lee Gump II were dismissed Friday. Charleston police had charged that, on December 3rd, Gump broke into the Charleston's East End home of his lawyer Joshua Robinson and assaulted him. Gump testified he went to the home to find out why Robinson had cashed a $1,100 check made out to his deceased grandfather and to retrieve two of his grandfather's lockboxes. Robinson testified he'd been upstairs and heard glass break. He said, when he went downstairs, he found Gump with a piece of concrete and was hit in the chest. Robinson said, when he beat Gump with a baseball bat, he was defending himself. However, a nearby neighbor who claimed he witnessed the incident, disagreed with Robinson's account.
Felony charges of battery and burglary against David Lee Gump II were dismissed Friday. Charleston police had charged that, on December 3rd, Gump broke into the Charleston's East End home of his lawyer Joshua Robinson and assaulted him. Gump testified he went to the home to find out why Robinson had cashed a $1,100 check made out to his deceased grandfather and to retrieve two of his grandfather's lockboxes. Robinson testified he'd been upstairs and heard glass break. He said, when he went downstairs, he found Gump with a piece of concrete and was hit in the chest. Robinson said, when he beat Gump with a baseball bat, he was defending himself. However, a nearby neighbor who claimed he witnessed the incident, disagreed with Robinson's account.
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