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Wednesday September 19, 2007
Torture victim charged with writing bad checks
Megan Williams was arraigned in Kanawha Magistrate Court Tuesday on charges of writing bad checks in Greenbrier, Raleigh and Summers counties. She was released on $8,000 bond.
The victim in an alleged weeklong torture in Logan County was arraigned in Kanawha County Magistrate Court on multiple counts of writing bad checks.
Megan Williams is charged with offenses in Summers, Raleigh and Greenbrier counties. There are 11 misdemeanor counts of writing worthless checks, one misdemeanor count of obtaining under false pretenses and one felony count of failure to appear in circuit court in Summers County, according to documents provided by Kanawha County Magistrate Ward Harshbarger.
Megan Williams walked into the Kanawha County Courthouse Judicial Annex Tuesday afternoon with her hair still short and patchy from where it had been pulled out in places. Her arm was still in a cast and she wore a T-shirt that read, "It's a girl's place." Her leg was still bandaged and she walked with a limp.
Megan Williams was found at the trailer of Frankie Brewster, 49, and her son, Bobby Brewster, 24, on Sept. 8. Williams had been beaten, tortured, raped, choked and forced to eat rat and dog feces, among other acts, according to criminal complaints filed in the case.
The others charged in the case are Danny J. Combs, 20; George A. Messer, 27; Karen Burton, 46; and her daughter, Alisha Burton, 23.
"They . . . won't give you no peace," Carmen Williams said as she led her daughter past reporters and cameras in the judicial annex. She made a rude gesture to the cameras and later threatened to strike reporters. "I wish you all would go."
Megan Williams appeared briefly before Harshbarger before he made the decision to put her in a holding cell because of the number of reporters and family members in the courtroom.
"I wanna go home," Megan said, clutching her mother.
Once in the holding cell, Megan Williams began to scream and cry for her mother, who was not with her.
Carmen Williams rushed to her side, "Here I am," she said. "You better hush, Megan."
After Harshbarger readied the paperwork, Megan Williams was brought back into the courtroom clutching a black and red teddy bear that at times she used to shield her face from the cameras.
She nodded to the magistrate as he asked her if she understood the charges and had her sign paperwork. She looked over at a camera to her left and stuck her tongue out. She stood on her toes shaking to look over the high desk of the magistrate and to sign papers.
Megan Williams is charged with obtaining under false pretenses and writing a worthless check in Raleigh County, according to the Raleigh County warrant. The false check charge is for a $32.21 check to Dominos Pizza. The false pretenses charge is for $96.40 to the Kiddie Junction Consignment Shop in Beaver.
In Greenbrier County, Williams is wanted for eight worthless checks, according to the warrant for her arrest filed in Greenbrier County. One of the checks was for $173.79 to BSR Auto Supply.
She was wanted for two counts of worthless checks in Summers County, according to the warrant for her arrest filed in Summers County. One of the checks was for $220 to Jack W. Turner, the other was for $10.46 to Country Roads Store.
A bench warrant out for Williams in Summers County is for failing to appear at the arraignment for the worthless check charges, according to the court document filed in Summers County.
The original charges against Williams all stem from incidents in May 2006.
After the magistrate completed the arraignments for the three different counties, Megan Williams was taken to the Kanawha County Courthouse to be processed. She was released on $8,000 bond.
As Williams stood in the courtroom, a Kanawha County sheriff's deputy asked her where she got the teddy bear.
"Somebody gave it to me," she said.
Then he asked how she was doing, if her injuries still hurt.
She shook her head.
"My arm hurts," she said. ". . . Somebody broke it."
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Gary Byrd's Sunday morning talk show is having her cousin on to discuss this right now. Go to http://wbls.com/ and look in the upper right corner to listen from your pc if you're outside of New York City.
Wednesday September 19, 2007
Torture victim charged with writing bad checks
Megan Williams was arraigned in Kanawha Magistrate Court Tuesday on charges of writing bad checks in Greenbrier, Raleigh and Summers counties. She was released on $8,000 bond.
The victim in an alleged weeklong torture in Logan County was arraigned in Kanawha County Magistrate Court on multiple counts of writing bad checks.
Megan Williams is charged with offenses in Summers, Raleigh and Greenbrier counties. There are 11 misdemeanor counts of writing worthless checks, one misdemeanor count of obtaining under false pretenses and one felony count of failure to appear in circuit court in Summers County, according to documents provided by Kanawha County Magistrate Ward Harshbarger.
Megan Williams walked into the Kanawha County Courthouse Judicial Annex Tuesday afternoon with her hair still short and patchy from where it had been pulled out in places. Her arm was still in a cast and she wore a T-shirt that read, "It's a girl's place." Her leg was still bandaged and she walked with a limp.
Megan Williams was found at the trailer of Frankie Brewster, 49, and her son, Bobby Brewster, 24, on Sept. 8. Williams had been beaten, tortured, raped, choked and forced to eat rat and dog feces, among other acts, according to criminal complaints filed in the case.
The others charged in the case are Danny J. Combs, 20; George A. Messer, 27; Karen Burton, 46; and her daughter, Alisha Burton, 23.
"They . . . won't give you no peace," Carmen Williams said as she led her daughter past reporters and cameras in the judicial annex. She made a rude gesture to the cameras and later threatened to strike reporters. "I wish you all would go."
Megan Williams appeared briefly before Harshbarger before he made the decision to put her in a holding cell because of the number of reporters and family members in the courtroom.
"I wanna go home," Megan said, clutching her mother.
Once in the holding cell, Megan Williams began to scream and cry for her mother, who was not with her.
Carmen Williams rushed to her side, "Here I am," she said. "You better hush, Megan."
After Harshbarger readied the paperwork, Megan Williams was brought back into the courtroom clutching a black and red teddy bear that at times she used to shield her face from the cameras.
She nodded to the magistrate as he asked her if she understood the charges and had her sign paperwork. She looked over at a camera to her left and stuck her tongue out. She stood on her toes shaking to look over the high desk of the magistrate and to sign papers.
Megan Williams is charged with obtaining under false pretenses and writing a worthless check in Raleigh County, according to the Raleigh County warrant. The false check charge is for a $32.21 check to Dominos Pizza. The false pretenses charge is for $96.40 to the Kiddie Junction Consignment Shop in Beaver.
In Greenbrier County, Williams is wanted for eight worthless checks, according to the warrant for her arrest filed in Greenbrier County. One of the checks was for $173.79 to BSR Auto Supply.
She was wanted for two counts of worthless checks in Summers County, according to the warrant for her arrest filed in Summers County. One of the checks was for $220 to Jack W. Turner, the other was for $10.46 to Country Roads Store.
A bench warrant out for Williams in Summers County is for failing to appear at the arraignment for the worthless check charges, according to the court document filed in Summers County.
The original charges against Williams all stem from incidents in May 2006.
After the magistrate completed the arraignments for the three different counties, Megan Williams was taken to the Kanawha County Courthouse to be processed. She was released on $8,000 bond.
As Williams stood in the courtroom, a Kanawha County sheriff's deputy asked her where she got the teddy bear.
"Somebody gave it to me," she said.
Then he asked how she was doing, if her injuries still hurt.
She shook her head.
"My arm hurts," she said. ". . . Somebody broke it."
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Gary Byrd's Sunday morning talk show is having her cousin on to discuss this right now. Go to http://wbls.com/ and look in the upper right corner to listen from your pc if you're outside of New York City.
