Five face charges in explicit photos of teen

Five people from Kanawha and Clay counties were charged Monday night in connection with taking sexually explicit photos of a 14-year-old girl at a residence in Clendenin.

Police say the girl told them she had sex with one of the men, 20-year-old Donald William Taylor, of Bomont, at the residence. Taylor is charged with third-degree sexual assault, according to magistrate court documents.

Magistrate Julie Yeager arraigned the five people, including Amber Janett Stanley, 20, of Clendenin; Joshua D. Barnes, 23, of Clendenin; Thomas Vinson Mitchell, 29, of Clendenin; and Shelly Kay Sizemore, 35, of Bomont. Stanley, Barnes and Mitchell are charged with the use of a minor in filming sexually explicit conduct. Stanley, Sizemore and Mitchell are charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Area firefighters battle Clendenin house blaze

Nobody was injured in a house fire at Jordan Creek near Clendenin Monday night, a Kanawha County dispatcher said.

The call came in at 8:30 p.m. and by the time firefighters arrived, the fire was fully involved, the dispatcher said. Firefighters fought the fire for about three hours before clearing the scene around 11:30 p.m., he said.

No other houses were damaged by the blaze, he said. Clendenin, Pinch and Frame fire departments responded.

Gauley Bridge house fire considered suspicious

Police are investigating a Monday night house fire in Gauley Bridge as suspicious, a Fayette County dispatcher said.

Nobody was home when the blaze started on Thomas Street, the dispatcher said. The call came in around 10:14 p.m. The two-story house's interior was damaged.

The Fayette County sheriff's fire investigation unit, which includes a tracking dog, was on the scene late Monday night, along with the Gauley Bridge police department. No other houses were damaged, the dispatcher said.

Five people from Kanawha and Clay counties were charged Monday night in connection with taking sexually explicit photos of a 14-year-old girl at a residence in Clendenin.

Police say the girl told them she had sex with one of the men, 20-year-old Donald William Taylor, of Bomont, at the residence. Taylor is charged with third-degree sexual assault, according to magistrate court documents.

Magistrate Julie Yeager arraigned the five people, including Amber Janett Stanley, 20, of Clendenin; Joshua D. Barnes, 23, of Clendenin; Thomas Vinson Mitchell, 29, of Clendenin; and Shelly Kay Sizemore, 35, of Bomont. Stanley, Barnes and Mitchell are charged with the use of a minor in filming sexually explicit conduct. Stanley, Sizemore and Mitchell are charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Area firefighters battle Clendenin house blaze

Nobody was injured in a house fire at Jordan Creek near Clendenin Monday night, a Kanawha County dispatcher said.

The call came in at 8:30 p.m. and by the time firefighters arrived, the fire was fully involved, the dispatcher said. Firefighters fought the fire for about three hours before clearing the scene around 11:30 p.m., he said.

No other houses were damaged by the blaze, he said. Clendenin, Pinch and Frame fire departments responded.

Gauley Bridge house fire considered suspicious

Police are investigating a Monday night house fire in Gauley Bridge as suspicious, a Fayette County dispatcher said.

Nobody was home when the blaze started on Thomas Street, the dispatcher said. The call came in around 10:14 p.m. The two-story house's interior was damaged.

The Fayette County sheriff's fire investigation unit, which includes a tracking dog, was on the scene late Monday night, along with the Gauley Bridge police department. No other houses were damaged, the dispatcher said.