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Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum Fatally Shot Near West Virginia Courthouse/Tennis Melvin Maynard, 37 charged with 1st degree murder, attempted 1st degree and fleeing

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Post by NiteSpinR Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:09 am

04/03/2013

Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum Fatally Shot Near West Virginia Courthouse/Tennis Melvin Maynard, 37 charged with 1st degree murder, attempted 1st degree and fleeing Bg8o2110

Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum was fatally shot Wednesday outside the Mingo County courthouse, WCHS reports.
The courthouse, located in Williamson, W. Va., has been evacuated, WSAZ reports.
Crum was eating lunch when a suspect drove by and fired at him, a county commissioner said, according to the Charleston Daily Mail. West Virginia House Delegate Justin Marcum said Crum enjoyed having his lunch in a place where he could see a former "pill mill" that was raided in 2010, the paper reported.

Crum was reportedly in his car when another vehicle pulled up alongside him. When Crum rolled down the window, he was shot twice, Marcum said, according to Charleston Daily Mail reporter Dave Boucher.

While campaigning for Mingo County Sheriff, Crum made drug control a central part of his platform, according to Charleston Gazette. House Finance Chairman Harry Keith White said Crum had been "aggressive" in combating drugs during his brief time as Mingo County Sheriff.

"Eugene Crum has exceeded my highest expectations as Mingo County Drug Enforcement Investigator and now as Mingo County Sheriff," said Mingo County prosecutor C. Michael Sparks in January.


Mingo Sheriff Shot Dead; Suspect In Hospital After Police Pursuit
Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot and killed at about noon Wednesday while on his lunch break in downtown Williamson.

Police said the suspect, Tennis Maynard, 37, walked up to Crum's police-issued sport utility vehicle and shot him point-blank along Harvey Street. Maynard then got back in his vehicle and fled.

He then led police on a high-speed chase along U.S. Route 52 near the town of Delbarton, before Maynard’s gold Ford Ranger was spotted by a Mingo deputy, police said.

The deputy chased Maynard to a bridge and crashed into his vehicle to stop him.

“He knew how to stop him,” eyewitness Wiburn Workman said. “He hit him in the back wheel and that stopped him.”

State Police said Maynard got out of his truck with a gun, and that's when the deputy fired several shots.

Maynard was flown to Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, where he is listed in critical condition.

He was undergoing emergency surgery Wednesday afternoon. A State Police trooper said it looks like Maynard would make it.

Not surprisingly, the police presence at the hospital was quite heavy.

Maynard’s godmother described the man blamed for the shooting as a person she thought was harmless.

She said he had spent time in Highland Hospital and blames the incident on his mental condition, not revenge for the sheriff's crackdown on drugs.

"He doesn't do drugs. He was on some medication the doctor ordered," Maynard’s friend, Gleneda Fischer, said. "I feel bad for him. I feel bad for Eugene Crum and his family."

Fischer said she never thought Maynard was capable of something like this, and described him as a well-behaved kid growing up.

What sparked the deadly murder is still unknown, but unlike other police shootings, the sheriff, who was a long-time public servant and had only been on the job three months and two days, wasn't conducting police business.

He was unsuspecting, doing something he often did during his lunch break, when he was gunned down.

Police said little about what may have sparked the shooting as they sort out those details.

They're asking for support as they try to comprehend the loss of an elected leader killed in cold blood.

“We ask not only West Virginia, but all of America to keep Sheriff Crum, his family and our community in your prayers,” Mingo County Commission President John-Mark Hubbard said.

The county is a very tight knit community. Many of the officers tasked with investigating the shooting knew the sheriff, so they asked that no questions be asked at the news conference.

Another news conference scheduled is scheduled for Thursday at 3 p.m..

Williamson Police Chief Dave Rockel will take over the duties of leading the sheriff's office until a replacement is appointed by the commission.

Rockel worked in the sheriff's drug task force.


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Post by raine1953 Thu May 23, 2013 8:00 pm

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A man accused of gunning down a county sheriff in West Virginia was arraigned Wednesday on first-degree murder and other charges and plans to seek bail ahead of a possible Oct. 21 trial date.

With Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum's widow, Rosie, staring intently from the courtroom's front row, Tennis Melvin Maynard answered a handful of questions from Circuit Judge Paul Farrell during the six-minute hearing. Defense lawyer Richard Weston entered not-guilty pleas on behalf of the 37-year-old.

Maynard is accused of fatally shooting Crum on April 3 in a downtown Williamson parking lot, as the sheriff ate lunch in his police cruiser. Investigators say that after a brief vehicle chase, Maynard pulled a gun on a pursuing deputy who then shot and wounded the suspect.

Still recovering from those injuries, Maynard wore hospital garments along with shackles in the Cabell County courtroom. While Farrell presides in that circuit, the Supreme Court has appointed him to preside over the Mingo County case. The two sides are expected to weigh whether an impartial jury can be selected there.

"I believe the defendant can have a fair trial in Mingo County," its elected prosecutor, Michael Sparks, said after Wednesday's arraignment.

Weston, assigned along with Glen Conway as defense counsel, said Maynard had been in the hospital up until the hearing. He was taken afterward to the Western Regional Jail pending a bond hearing scheduled for June 17 in Huntington.

A Mingo County grand jury indicted Maynard last month on the murder count along with attempted first-degree murder and fleeing. Investigators have not discussed a possible motive behind the killing. Maynard's father has said his son has mental health issues and was exposed to harmful chemicals and injured while working at an Alabama coal mine.

"We're just starting to investigate," Weston said of the defense's emerging plans following the arraignment.

Crum, 59, had been a Mingo County magistrate for more than a decade when he stepped down to run successfully for sheriff last year. Even before he took that office in January, Crum had begun targeting drug problems in the county that mostly involve abused prescription pain pills.

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Sparks on Wednesday echoed his earlier assessment that the sheriff's slaying does not appear related to that crackdown, which included waves of raids and grand jury indictments.

Rosie Crum has been appointed interim sheriff with elections for the office slated in 2014. She attended the hearing along with others from the sheriff's department. A few people appeared in the courtroom on behalf of Maynard, including a man who identified himself as his brother but declined further commet.
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Tennis Melvin Maynard, center, is accompanied by his attorneys, Rich Weston, left, and Glen Conway during his arraignment on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum Fatally Shot Near West Virginia Courthouse/Tennis Melvin Maynard, 37 charged with 1st degree murder, attempted 1st degree and fleeing Empty Sheriff Eugene Crum Murder: Suspect Tennis Melvin Maynard Was Barred From Owning A Gun

Post by raine1953 Thu May 23, 2013 8:08 pm

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The man accused of killing a West Virginia sheriff wasn't allowed to possess a firearm but was still able to buy a gun from a local dealer, even though the dealer ran the required background check, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Mingo County Prosecutor Michael Sparks said there was a delay at the state level in reporting information to a national database that would have disqualified the suspect from gun ownership. That enabled Tennis Melvin Maynard to purchase the gun used to kill Sheriff Eugene Crum on April 3 as the lawman ate lunch in a downtown Williamson parking lot.

"It appears the local dealer did what was legally required under the law," Sparks said. "The breakdown happened somewhere else. There was a delay in the reporting of the necessary information. Really, an inexcusable delay."

While Sparks wouldn't elaborate on why Maynard was barred from owning a gun, Maynard's father has said his son had mental problems and had previously been in an institution.

Federal law prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition to certain individuals with a history of mental illness. States are required to share the names of mentally ill people with the national background-check system, which was established under the 1993 Brady Bill.

In West Virginia, such information is supposed to be automatically reported to the FBI, which conducts background checks through its Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg. CJIS Division spokesman Steve Fischer said the division doesn't comment on specific background checks.

The 2007 Virginia Tech massacre prompted passage of legislation requiring states to submit mental health records to the national database or risk losing up to 5 percent of the federal funding they receive to fight crime.

At Virginia Tech, student Seung-Hui Cho shot 32 people to death and committed suicide. He was able to buy two guns, even though he had been ruled a danger to himself during a court hearing in 2005 and was ordered to undergo outpatient mental health treatment.

While the name of the gun shop that sold Maynard the weapon wasn't disclosed, Sparks said it was a local store.

Sparks said the incident that would have barred Maynard from buying a gun happened about a year before it was reported to the database. Maynard attempted to make additional gun buys but was red-flagged during subsequent background checks, he said.

"The system did work for later attempts to purchase," Sparks said.

Authorities have declined to say whether Maynard had a concealed weapon permit.

While gun dealers are required to run background checks on firearm sales, West Virginia has no such requirement for sales among individuals, said Sgt. Michael Baylous, a State Police spokesman.

Despite being in office just three months, Crum made good on a campaign pledge to help rid the southern coalfields of the illegal prescription drug trade blamed for thousands of addictions and overdoses.

Friends say he was shot to death in the spot where he parked most days, keeping an eye on a place that had been shut down for illegally dispensing prescription drugs to be sure it didn't reopen.

Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury has said Crum had received threats due to his job. But Sparks said there's no substantial evidence that Crum's death was drug-related or was in retaliation for drug enforcement investigations.

Witnesses told police Maynard was alone when he shot Crum, and investigators haven't disclosed a motive.

However, "I do believe we have a firm basic understanding of the circumstances," Sparks said.

Maynard was shot and wounded by a Mingo County deputy in a chase following the attack on Crum. State Police say he crashed his car into a bridge in his hometown of Delbarton, then got out and pointed a weapon at the deputy, who shot him in self-defense.

State Police say Maynard is up and moving at a Huntington hospital. Authorities have charged Maynard with first-degree murder and attempted murder.
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Post by NiteSpinR Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:13 pm

06/17/13

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A man accused of gunning down a West Virginia sheriff has lost a bid for bail ahead of his first-degree murder trial.

Tennis Maynard's attorney argued at a Monday hearing that he's seen no evidence the slaying of Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum was premeditated. Maynard has pleaded not guilty.

Lawyer Richard Weston said Maynard had followed a mundane routine that April morning. The 37-year-old went food shopping, and had groceries in his vehicle when he was captured.

Prosecutor Michael Sparks cited how Crum was shot twice in the head at close range as he sat in his cruiser. Sparks said Maynard tried to flee and threatened a deputy before he was shot and wounded.

Circuit Judge Paul Farrell denied bail pending a tentative Oct. 21 trial date.

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Post by HippyChick2 Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:46 am

Yeah. This guy LOOKS like he has mental problems. Pretty much anytime they are arraigned in a hospital gown, expect a touch of crazy. JMO
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Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum Fatally Shot Near West Virginia Courthouse/Tennis Melvin Maynard, 37 charged with 1st degree murder, attempted 1st degree and fleeing Empty Pretrial Hearing In Tennis Maynard Case Rescheduled

Post by NiteSpinR Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:05 pm

October 14, 2013

The man charged with killing Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum won’t be back in court until next month.

A pretrial motions hearing in the Tennis Maynard case, originally set for Tuesday, has been rescheduled for Nov. 6.

Maynard, of Delbarton, has either been hospitalized or in jail since the April shooting in a Williamson parking lot. Crum was shot and killed while sitting in his cruiser.

A change in prosecutors likely contributed to the delay for the next hearing. Kanawha County Prosecutor Mark Plants was appointed special prosecutor a few weeks ago replacing now former Mingo County Prosecutor Michael Sparks.

Sparks originally took himself off the case for an “emerging conflict of interest.” It was later learned Sparks was part of a conspiracy to help protect the reputation of Sheriff Crum in a drug case. Sparks was named in a federal charge last week, he resigned and the state Supreme Court took away his law license.

Cabell County Circuit Judge Paul Farrell is presiding over the Maynard case. He has also set a new trial date for March 3, 2014.

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Post by NiteSpinR Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:55 pm

November 06, 2013
A Cabell County circuit judge said Wednesday he intends to choose a jury in Mingo County for a high-profile murder trial.

Judge Paul Farrell told prosecutors and defense attorneys during a pretrial hearing for Tennis Maynard to prepare for the trial to be in Williamson beginning March 4, 2014.

“The judge made it clear that we’re going to try to pick a jury in Mingo County and attempt to find 12 objective jurors and if that’s not possible the judge is going to look elsewhere, probably Cabell County,” Kanawha County Prosecutor Mark Plants, the special prosecutor in the case, said.

Maynard is charged in the April shooting death of Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum. The popular was shot in the head as he was eating lunch in his cruiser in Williamson. Maynard drove from the scene and was shot several times by an off-duty deputy just minutes after the Crum shooting. He suffered critical injuries but survived. He’s now in the Western Regional Jail.

Plants was appointed to the case after former Mingo County Prosecutor Michael Sparks recused himself just days before he resigned. Sparks faces federal corruption charges in a separate case.

Plants said his office has done a good job catching up and the investigation continues.

“We’re using an independent investigator from the State Police to leave no stone unturned, following every lead,” Plants said.

Judge Ferrell ordered a mental evaluation for Maynard to find out if he’s competent to stand trial.

“We anticipate to be ready to go March 4th,” Plants said. “The only issue out there is the mental evaluations. Once they’re completed, they (the defense) have an expert and we’ll have an expert and based on their conclusions we’ll move forward to trial.”

Maynard did not appear in Judge Farrell’s courtroom Wednesday; he was on video from the regional jail.

The judge also said that Plants would stay as the special prosecutor even though a new prosecutor was sworn-in in Mingo County Wednesday.

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Post by Turtle Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:08 pm

There are so many edges to this story. Power = Entitlement
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Post by NiteSpinR Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:09 pm

March 10, 2014

The man accused of shooting and killing the late Sheriff Eugene Crum has been moved from jail to a mental hospital, after a judge delayed his trial following a psychiatric evaluation.

Tennis Melvin Maynard, 34, of Delbarton, had been awaiting trial in Western Regional Jail in Huntington since being released from a lengthy hospital stay for treatment of multiple gunshot wounds he sustained while attempting to flee law enforcement after he allegedly shot Crum at close range in a parking lot in Williamson last April.

Maynard was also charged with the attempted murder of Mingo County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. N. Mines, who said the defendant pointed a gun at him after he was located in Delbarton just a short time after he killed Crum. Mines fired upon Maynard, striking him numerous times.

Last month, Cabell County Circuit Judge Paul T. Farrell postponed a murder trial for Maynard that was set to begin this week in Mingo County. The judge did not give a reason for postponing the trial and did not set a new trial date.

Maynard’s attorney, Richard Weston, said Friday that he could not discuss the matter. Farrell had ordered the postponement before a hearing on the results of a psychiatric evaluation requested by Weston. In November, Weston had asked that Dr. Bobby Miller of Huntington evaluate Maynard to determine if he is competent to stand trial for the slaying of Sheriff Crum. During the hearing, the judge met with Maynard, Weston and Kanawha County prosecutors, who have been assigned to the case, behind closed doors to discuss the evaluation. According to state law, an inmate may be moved from jail to a state-operated psychiatric hospital if a doctor deems the inmate incompetent.

The state Department of Health and Human Resources operates the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Weston,where Maynard is currently being held, to care for patients who are civily committed or court-ordered to the hospital, according to its website. The hospital treats patients’ psychiatric illness until the patient has gained competency to stand trial and can be returned to the judicial system.

In 2010, Maynard checked into at least two psychiatric facilities for unknown reasons. Maynard’s family has told news media that the defendant’s mental state changed after a coal mining accident in 2007 in Alabama. Mental trauma from the experience caused Maynard to stay awake for days at a time, they said.

Among evidence that prosecutors may present at Maynard’s trial are several orders of involuntary hospitalizations from Williamson Memorial Hospital, Logan-Mingo Mental Health Clinic and Highland Hospital in Charleston.

Maynard entered a not-guilty plea to the charges filed against him, and was then indicted by a federal grand jury in June of last year on charges of possession of a firearm by an individual who had been committed to a mental institution and making a false statement in acquisition of a firearm. He also faces charges of illegally possessing a firearm on five occasions. 5 times charged !!! Face it this guy was waving red flags all over the place before he killed Sheriff Eugene Crum.

Federal authorities have said Maynard lied on three gun background check forms about being committed to a mental institution. Maynard was able to buy three guns in 2010, including a .40-caliber Glock pistol that is believed to be the one used in Crum’s murder, but was denied a gun purchase twice in 2011 after the state began reporting mental health records to the federal government.


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