SEABOLT CHARGED WITH STEALING NICUT VAN - Smith Arrested On False Pretense Charges

(09/14/2006)
Jerry Seabolt, 35, has been arrested for stealing a van, cash and other items from a lower Nicut residence near Orma on August 31st.

Calhoun Sheriff Carl Ballengee has charged Seabolt with grand larceny He is currently being held in Central Regional Jail on $10,000 bond.

Seabolt has additional charges of resisting arrest, public intoxication and failure to appear, related to Wood County incidents.

Court records say Seabolt took a 1994 Dodge van valued at $1,300 belonging to Joann Pauley of Nicut, which contained a purse and contents valued at $200.

Seabolt was arrested driving the van in Wood County.

Grantsville resident Christopher Todd Smith was arrested Wednesday on two counts of false pretenses, related to representation with intent to defraud a flea market in Jackson County on September 8th.

The Jackson County warrant says that Smith came into the business and bought two computers while the owner was not present, alleging that Smith switched a sign on a Dell computer system that was not for sale, purchasing it for $35.

The second charge alleges Smith changed the price on another computer, purchasing it for $10.

He was released on $500 bond.