Cabell County Magistrate Dismisses Kidnapping Charges

(West Virginia) - 7/8/11 - During a hearing in Huntington Friday, Cabell County Magistrate Darrell Black dismissed two counts of kidnapping filed against 41 year old Brent Collins of Chesapeake, Ohio. An Amber Alert was issued after Collins abducted two young children of a woman he knew on June 23rd. The kids and Collins were found separately the next morning in Lincoln County. Collins said at the time the kids were hungry and he was taking them to get something to eat. Collins still faces two counts of felony child neglect that will be presented to a Cabell County grand jury for consideration. Collins remains in the Western Regional Jail.