BELPRE MAN CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR IN DEATH OF WIRT MAN

(08/30/2004)
Following weeks of investigation, a Belpre, Ohio man has been indicted in Washington County, Ohio on a first-degree misdemeanor charge in the death of 27-year-old Leo Pettry of Palestine, Wirt County.

Brian Shane Watson, 37, has been charged after he struck Pettry and he fell on a hard surface, killing him. Both men had been attending a 4th of July party.

The case, a misdemeanor, will be handled by a local law director.