Sunday, August 28, 2011

Kanawha County Judge Steps Down From Case

{West Virginia}...Attorney Scott Driver was in Kanawha County Circuit Court Friday attempting to get Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman to lower a $250,000 bond for his client, Hermie “Ginger” Moore. Assistant Prosecutor Tera Salango said, after Moore was in court in 2009 where things didn't go her way in a case that involved her child, she posted threats against presiding Judge Carrie Webster, on her MySpace account. Salango said Moore talked about pipe bombs, a hit list, serial killers and even kidnapping Webster's daughter. Salango told Judge Kaufman that Moore made threats in the past toward public officials, including workers at the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. where police found Moore outside a DHHR office sitting in her car with a gun. Moore’s case was left in limbo when Judge Kaufman told Driver he had to step away because ties to Webster might possibly appear to be unfair if there were to be an adverse ruling to his client.