SECOND SUSPECT ARRESTED IN MACHETE HOLD-UP AT BIG OTTER GO-MART - Suspect's Mother Charged With Beating Elderly Man

(02/14/2015)

UPDATE - Authorities have arrested a second Clay County man, Bruce Edward Bird, 28 (left) and charged him with robbery in connection to heists at the Big Otter Go Mart and a Clendenin store. He is being held in Central Regional Jail with bond in the Clay case set at $200,000 and $75,000 in the Kanawha case. Arrested earlier was Issiah Todd Murphy from Clay, whose bond is not set at $280,000. Bird's mother, Brenin Bird was arrested for robbing and beating an elderly man outside of Clay County restaurant. Officers said all the crimes had one common theme, drugs. ORIGINAL STORY - A Clay County man, Isaiah Todd Murphy, 25 (left) has been arrested by Clay County authorities and charged with armed robbery and petit larceny. He is being held on $205,000 bond in Central Regional Jail. Murphy was arrested for his role in the hold-up of the Big Otter Go-Mart with a machete, and at a 7-11 near Clendenin. West Virginia State Police were also able to identify another suspect in the incidents, Bruce, a.k.a. BJ, Bird, 28, of Clay County. Bird is still on the run. See MEN HOLD-UP BIG OTTER GO-MART WITH MACHETE - Clendenin Outlet Robbed

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