Friday, August 06, 2010
Misdemeanor Charges Filed In Mercer County Drownings
WEST VIRGINIA....
Twenty-five year old Robert Jones and Rayshad Jones, both of Maybeury, are facing misdemeanor charges stemming from an investigation of the July 24th drownings of 45 year old Francis Jennings and 41 year old Donald Anthony. Investigators say the men had jumped off a boat at the Kee Reservoir in Mercer County and were attempting to swim to shore, but Jennings and Anthony didn't make it. Robert Jones is charged with withholding information from police and having an insufficient number of personal flotation devices on a boat. Rayshad Jones is charged with withholding information from police and fishing without a license.