Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Shooting Involves State Division Of Forestry Worker
{Charleston, West Virginia}...Gary Goff, 38, of South Charleston was arraigned Wednesday afternoon on charges of wanton endangerment and fleeing the scene of an accident. Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputies say, early Wednesday morning, a state Division of Forestry worker was notified of a fire in the Possum Hollow area of Putnam County. The worker, who was not officially on duty, took his friends and a state truck to the scene where people were partying in the woods around a bonfire. The worker got into an argument with party goers who allegedly tried to leave the scene, but the worker blocked their van. The suspects backed their van into the worker's truck and fled the scene down Route 35 toward Charleston, with the Division of Forestry worker in pursuit. The suspects stopped along Strawberry Road, where one shot was fired into the air before their van continued on. Goff was identified as the man who fired the shot into the air. St. Albans Police and sheriff's deputies caught up with the van along Fairview Road. Goff and his passenger, Tonya Devitt of Charleston, jumped out and fled into the woods. About 1:30 P.M. Wednesday afternoon, Goff turned himself in.