Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Charleston Businessman Could Have Stalking Charges Dropped
WEST VIRGINIA....
Seventy-six year old Donald Lee Tate, a Charleston businessman who is the owner of the Fas Chek supermarket chain and co-owner of the former Tate-Porter Auto Mall in Ripley, was arrested in September and charged with stalking after Jackson County sheriff's deputies found him near his ex-fiance Annetta Fields' house off U.S. 33 near Ripley with a Keltec .32-caliber pistol loaded with seven rounds. In a pretrial hearing held December 2nd, Tate's defense attorney Kenny Skeen and Assistant Prosecutor Beth Shaver entered an agreement to place the case on an "open docket" for nine months, placing it on hold pending further action. Tate is to have no contact with the victim during the time period, and, if he abides by those terms, the misdemeanor charge will be dismissed. Tate has a lawsuit pending against Fields in which he claims he is the sole owner of Fields' home and is seeking the return of a 3-carat diamond engagement ring valued at $29,500. The Jackson Circuit Clerk's office says that lawsuit is about to be automatically dismissed due to inactivity in the case for over a year.
Seventy-six year old Donald Lee Tate, a Charleston businessman who is the owner of the Fas Chek supermarket chain and co-owner of the former Tate-Porter Auto Mall in Ripley, was arrested in September and charged with stalking after Jackson County sheriff's deputies found him near his ex-fiance Annetta Fields' house off U.S. 33 near Ripley with a Keltec .32-caliber pistol loaded with seven rounds. In a pretrial hearing held December 2nd, Tate's defense attorney Kenny Skeen and Assistant Prosecutor Beth Shaver entered an agreement to place the case on an "open docket" for nine months, placing it on hold pending further action. Tate is to have no contact with the victim during the time period, and, if he abides by those terms, the misdemeanor charge will be dismissed. Tate has a lawsuit pending against Fields in which he claims he is the sole owner of Fields' home and is seeking the return of a 3-carat diamond engagement ring valued at $29,500. The Jackson Circuit Clerk's office says that lawsuit is about to be automatically dismissed due to inactivity in the case for over a year.
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