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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Tuesday, February 7, 2012.from Eyewitness News Online Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News.
WELCOME
INVESTIGATING A CARBON MONOXIDE DEATH. WHAT STATE LEADERS AND LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE DOING TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE DEADLY GAS. THEN.... WHAT POLICE SAY AN ARMED MAN WANTED FROM A PRESTERA CENTER IN HUNTINGTON AND WHAT LEAD TO HIS TAKEDOWN. PLUS.... BITTERSWEET JUSTICE... WHY IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR AN ELDERLY VICTIM DESPITE THE FACT THAT HIS KIDNAPPER IS GOING TO JAIL. JIM AD LIB ON TAPE 
Return to Story Index TEASE VIDEO-MAKE IT BRIEF
Return to Story IndexWELCOME
AND I'M RICK LORD... THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS. WE'LL GET TO THAT STORY IN JUST A MOMENT... BUT FIRST.
Return to Story IndexHUNTINGTON FIRE
FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING A HOUSE FIRE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3 IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO. IT STARTED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO. ONE PERSON HAS GONE TO THE HOSPITAL FIRE CREWS SAY EVERYONE ELSE GOT OUT OK. WE HAVE A CREW AT THE SCENE AND WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE- WCHSTV.COM
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AND ELIZABETH NOREIKA IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST ON THE ON-GOING INVESTIGATION. KENNIE, LET'S START WITH YOU...
Return to Story IndexC-O TASK FORCE
A KANAWHA COUNTY TASK FORCE IS RECOMMENDING EXPANDING THE MEASURE'S LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE MORE LOCATIONS WHERE TAKING A NAP OR GOING TO SLEEP IS A POSSIBILITY. Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: A carbon monoxide leak which killed a Rhode Island man and sent more than a dozen people to the hospital has prompted a quick response. Lawmakers are debating requiring carbon monoxide detectors for a number of places, including apartments, dorms, bed and breakfasts, condomininums, rooms for rent and cabins. A committee made up of emergency responders, disaster officials and health care professionals are reviewing the document. They want to add language specifying hotels and motels, daycares, long term health care facilities and the living quarters of emergency workers also have the CO detectors. Dr. Rahul Gupta/Kan.-Chas. Health Dept.: Kennie Bass/Eyewitness News: The carbon monoxide accident's tragic result has been quick action on a number of fronts to try and avoid another occurrence. But first responders say while a hotel incident spurred the response...a carbon monoxide leak is much more likely to happen in your home. Capt. Virgil White/S.C. Fire Dept.: THE CHARLESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED THIS PAMPHLET, WHICH IS A GUIDE TO HOME CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY. IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CAPITAL CITY AND MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO THEY CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE IN THEIR HOMETOWNS. REPORTING LIVE AT THE STATE CAPITOL, KENNIE BASS EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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INVESTIGATORS ARE TELLING US THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THREE DIFFERENT PARTIES WHO HAD THEIR HANDS ON THAT POOL HEATING UNIT....AND ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO DID WHAT. EYEWITNESS NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT THIS IS WHAT THE POOL HEATING UNIT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOOKS LIKE. IT IS A JANDY POOL HEATER MODEL NUMBER LRZ. WE'RE TOLD A UNIT JUST LIKE THIS ONE WAS INSTALLED AROUND DECEMBER 27TH... THE EXHAUST PIPE ATTACHED TO THE HEATER GOES STRAIGHT UP UNTIL IT GETS TO THE FOURTH FLOOR...THAT'S WHERE IT BENDS AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO RELEASE CARBON MONOXIDE OUTSIDE. AND *THAT IS WHERE THE PIPE BECAME DISCONNECTED....CAUSING C-O TO FIRST BUILD UP INSIDE THE WALL-- AND EVENTUALLY LEAK OUT INTO THE HOTEL. AN EYEWITNESS NEWS INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED LAST WEEK THAT BARBOURSVILLE-BASED PREMIER POOLS WORKED ON THE HEATING UNIT........ WE'VE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE WORKED ON THE UNIT, AS WELL AS ANOTHER COMPANY THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT NAMING AT THIS TIME. WE SPOKE WITH PREMIER POOLS OWNER STEVE COMBS LAST WEEK.....AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. "" INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ARE FINISHING UP INTERVIEWS ON FRIDAY...AND SOON AFTER WE SHOULD HAVE A FINAL REPORT IN THIS DEADLY INCIDENT. WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 10 O'CLOCK. REPORTING LIVE IN CHARLESTON, ELIZABETH NOREIKA EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexPRESTERA ARREST
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DARRAH WILCOX TALKED EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE SUSPECT IN COURT TODAY ... SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUR HUNTINGTON NEWSROOM. DARRAH? IT COULD HAVE TURNED OUT A LOT WORSE... BUT LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT AND THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY DID IT... PASSED OUT BEFORE POLICE EVEN GOT THERE... AND IS NOW BEHIND BARS. NATS with Pike "I didn't to anything actually." Jay Pike claims his innocence... but sheriff's deputies say Pike walked in to a Prestera building on Route 60, showed several clients a gun, and allegedly said if doctors didn't give him prescription drugs, he'd start shooting. Pike told Eyewitness News exclusively that's not how it happened. "I'm a patient there and I already get prescription drugs there. I get them every week there, so why would I try to bring a weapon and demand?" But deputies say Pike presented a legitimate threat. Chief deputy Doug Ferguson "He had what they thought at the time was a hand gun, later turned out ot be a bb gun. and made some threats as to harming some individuals there at Prestera if he didn't receive some medication that he'd received there apparently in the past." Chief deputy Ferguson says it just goes to show how far reaching prescription drug epidemic is... "Obviously this is an indicator of the hold that drugs do have on people. The desperate measures that they go to to obtain them." Pike: Did you have a BB gun? I had I had I had my son's BB gun that I was going to ... (trails off) It was apparently enough to cause alarm. "Folks were obviously very fearful at the time when this incident occurred." Pike tells us, he never planned to use the gun. "So you didn't want to hurt anybody? No not at all!" PIKE IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY... AND USING THREAT OF DEADLY FORCE WITH A FIREARM... REPORTING LIVE IN THE HUNTINGTON NEWSROOM... DARRAH WILCOX... EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexWHAT YOU THINK
Return to Story IndexWEST SIDE SHOOTER
DOUGLAS WESLEY, JUNIOR, IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING LARRY CREWS TWICE ON SUNDAY OUTSIDE A CENTRAL AVENUE BAR NARROWLY MISSING TWO WOMEN IN A CAR. WESLEY ADMITTED BEING IN THE AREA, BUT DENIES HE SHOT ANYONE. " I guess I don't know what went on.". So, you're saying you weren't there when the gunplay went down? " Oh, no that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying I didn't do it! You were in the area, though. " Yeah, I was in the area. I was in the Kickback (the bar) ." CREWS TOLD POLICE A MAN HE KNEW ONLY AS "DOUGIE" TRIED TO ROB HIM, AND SHOT HIM WHEN HE TRIED TO RUN.
Return to Story IndexI GARY MULLINS
GARY MULLINS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING TODAY... BUT IN A SAD TWIST OF FATE, HIS ELDERLY VICTIM DID NOT GET TO SEE JUSTICE SERVED. EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR KALLIE CART IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO TONIGHT, KALLIE? THE VICTIM, GEORGE JACOBS, WHO MULLINS KIDNAPPED... HELPED GET THIS CONVICTION... BUT HE'LL NEVER KNOW, BECAUSE THE 84-YEAR-OLD PASSED AWAY EARLY THIS MORNING... HIS DEATH IS NOT CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS... POLICE SAY LAST YEAR, MULLINS KIDNAPPED JACOBS FROM A KROGER PARKING LOT AND MULLINS FORCED JACOBS TO DRIVE HIM TO HIS HOUSE AND GET HIM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.... MULLINS WAS ONLY CONVICTED ON A KIDNAPPING CHARGE, HE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF ROBBERY AND OBTAINING BY FALSE PRETENSES... BUT MULLINS WILL STILL BE GOING TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME, 20 TO 50 YEARS... THE ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR SAYS THE VERDICT BRINGS MIXED EMOTIONS... "1313 it's a very sad day i wish that he could have been here to see that justice was served for him" MULLINS STILL HAS TWO CRIMINAL TRIALS PENDING AND POLICE ESTIMATE HE'S VICTIMIZED HUNDREDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. TONIGHT WE'LL TELL YOU HOW POLICE SAY MULLINS PLAYED THE SYSTEM TO STAY OUT OF JAIL. LIVE IN THE STUDIO KALLIE CART EYEWITNESS NEWS...
Return to Story Index12 LARRY THOMAS
LARRY JAMES THOMAS WAS VIDEO ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING. THOMAS IS ACCUSED OF PUTTING A PILLOW OVER HIS 11-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER'S FACE AND PUNCHING THE LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER. IT HAPPENED AROUND 11-30 MONDAY NIGHT AT A HOME IN THE 21 HUNDRED BLOCK OF 10TH AVENUE IN HUNTINGTON. BOTH VICTIMS ARE REPORTEDLY OKAY.
Return to Story IndexBODY FOUND
50 YEAR OLD LEONARD OSTRAM WAS FOUND DEAD ALONG THE TRACKS IN THE 31-HUNDRED BLOCK OF TEAYS VALLEY ROAD. NO OFFICIAL; CAUSE OF DEATH YET, BUT WE CAN TELL YOU THAT OSTRAM WAS NOT HIT BY A TRAIN.
Return to Story IndexFUGITIVE FILES
HE'S OUR MAIN TARGET TONIGHT IN A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE FUGITIVE FILES....
Return to Story IndexFUG FILES INTRO
INSIDE OUR STUDIOS HERE ON PIEDMONT ROAD ... KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND CHARLESTON POLICE ARE READY TO TAKE YOUR CALLS.
Return to Story IndexTIPLINE
IF YOU DO CALL, YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS. NOW, LET'S OPEN THE FUGITIVE FILES. JEFFERY WAYNE LAMB IS WANTED FOR *38 COUNTS OF POSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BUSTED LAMB DURING AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION INTO INDIVIDUALS TRADING ONLINE CHILD PORN. THEY SAY LAMB HAD TONS OF IT, AND IT WAS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC DOWNLOAD. .. LAMB WAS INDICTED BUT NEVER SHOWED UP TO FACE A JUDGE. HE'S 5-08, 140 POUNDS, AND IS WHEELCHAIR BOUND. HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS ON MORAN AVENUE IN DUNBAR... --- DARRIN WILLIAMS ALSO KNOWN AS "CHURCH" IS WANTED FOR FIRST DEGREE ARMED ROBBERY, AND POLICE NEED HIM CAUGHT BEFORE HE STRIKES AGAIN. POLICE SAY WILLIAMS WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA ROBBING JOLI'S GAMING PARLOR IN NITRO, WITH HIS ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE, DASEAN SAUNDERS. THE DUO GOT AWAY WITH NEARLY 7-THOUSAND-DOLLARS IN CASH, BUT LEFT A STORE CLERK FEARING FOR HER LIFE. WILLIAMS IS 5'11, 166 POUNDS AND HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS ON CENTRAL AVENUE IN CHARLESTON, BUT HE MAY HAVE FLED OUT OF STATE... --- EX MILITARY MEMBER MATTHEW GINGERICH IS ALSO WANTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY. GINGERICH IS ACCUSED OF PUTTING A GUN TO A MAN'S FACE AS HE WAS MAKING A NIGHT DEPOSIT AT THE CITY NATIONAL BANK IN SAINT ALBANS. HE'S ALSO SUSPECTED IN OTHER ARMED ROBBERY...GINGERICH IS 5-10, 150 POUNDS AND HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS ON DUTCH HOLLOW ROAD IN DUNBAR. --- STANLEY BARNETTE GOES BY "JASON" AND ISN'T AFRAID TO STEAL YOUR IDENTITY AND YOUR MONEY. BARNETTE IS WANTED FOR A NUMBER OF CREDIT CARD FRAUDS, AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY...BUT HE'S ALSO THE PRIMARY SUSPECT IN NUMEROUS CAR AND HOME BREAK-INS INS. POLICE SAY THIS IS HIM TRYING TO USE A STOLEN CREDIT CARD....AND THIS IS WHAT HE'S DRIVING, A WHITE GRAND AM WITH BLACK RIMS. HE LIKES TO FREQUENT GAMBLING JOINTS, AND COULD BE LIVING OUT OF HIS CAR. BARNETTE IS 6 FEET TALL, 150 POUNDS. -- IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND JEFFREY LAMB, DARRIN "CHURCH" WILLIAMS,MATTHEW GINGERICH, OR STANLEY "JASON" BARNETTE...PLEASE CALL OUR TIPLINE...
Return to Story IndexTIPLINE
YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FUGITIVES ANYTIME BY LOGGING ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT WCHSTV DOT COM. DON'T GO AWAY, IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT TONIGHT'S FUGITIVES...SEE YOU THEN...
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JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS Join Jim Barach and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
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IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
Return to Story IndexJEFFREY LAMB
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT SOME OF KANAWHA COUNTY'S MOST WANTED FUGITIVES... JEFFERY WAYNE LAMB IS WANTED FOR *38 COUNTS OF POSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. BUSTED DURING AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION, LAMB ALLEGEDLY HAD TONS OF CHILD PORN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC DOWNLOAD. HE'S 5-08, 140 POUNDS, AND IS WHEELCHAIR BOUND. HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS ON MORAN AVENUE IN DUNBAR...
Return to Story IndexDARRIN WILLIAMS
Return to Story IndexMATTHEW GINGERICH
Return to Story IndexSTANLEY BARNETTE
Return to Story IndexTIPLINE
SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 10 AND 11, TO SEE IF YOUR TIPS HELPED CATCH ONE OF KANAWHA COUNTY'S MOST WANTED. REPORTING LIVE... LESLIE RUBIN.. EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexJACOB BALL
AND HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE PITCHING IN TO HELP HIS FAMILY WITH FUNERAL EXPENSES. 16 YEAR OLD JACOB BALL WAS WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR TEAYS VALLEY ROAD WHEN A C-S-X TRAIN HIT HIM. INVESTIGATORS SAY JACOB WAS WEARING HEADPHONES AND IT'S POSSIBLE HE DIDN'T HEAR THE TRAIN COMING.
Return to Story IndexPIZZA FOR JACOB
GIOVANNI'S IN HURRICANE IS DONATING A PORTION OF ALL SALES TO JACOB'S FAMILY. THE "PIZZA FOR JACOB" FUNDRAISER WILL RUN ALL DAY WEDNESDAY FROM 11AM TO 10PM.
Return to Story IndexSPORTS
Return to Story IndexJIM BOONE
Return to Story IndexJIM BOONE
Boone: "It's amazing you know how much things change, but at the same time not to use an old phrase - how much they've really stayed the dame. Great basketball, league tremendous coaches tremendous talent." Martin: "Boone became am assistant at Charleston Southern for one season before getting his break at Division II Cal, Pa. Boone: "Interesting thing is we had a Vice President who had worked at WV Tech and he was a big fan of Joe Retton and Fairmont. He wanted to build the same kind of program. He had a vision and fortunately he looked at me and said you tell me what we need to do and we're going to do it." Martin: He had a Hall of Fame career at Cal, including two NCAA Division II Final Four apppearances. His next move was NCAA Division I Robert Morris in the season of 1996-97. Boone: "Took a program that had bee on the losing skids and by the fourth year had them playing for the conference championship on ESPN so that was pretty neat." Martin: In 2000, Boone took his coaching talents to the MAC at Eastern Michigan, a some times trying yet rewarding experience." Boone: "Wouldn't trade my days from Eastern Michigan for anything. did we inherit a hornets nest? Absolutely. It was challenging to say the least but I learned a lot about myself, about coaching. Having gone through that it made me a better coach and a better person." Martin: Boone returned to D-II coach at Tusculum, TN. While there he had the opportunity to coach his son Jimmy...a current Wesleyan assistant." Boone: "He had a great career very solid. Part of the most successful...won more games, wen to the NCAA Tournament...you name it and Jimmy was a part of all that. Memories that will last a life time." Martin: Now more than 25 years after leaving the West Virginia Conference, Boone is thrilled for the opportunity in Buckhannon. Boone: "To do what you love doing, coahcing basketball, teaching and working with kids and to do it where you're from, where you grew up, where you have family, where you call home is really special. It's awesome to be back."
Return to Story IndexSTEVE STOFFEL JR
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