Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Huntington Beating Case Sent To Grand Jury

{Huntington, West Virginia}...Twenty-one year old Zachary Matasich, of Proctorville, Ohio, is accused of beating 47 year old Timothy Ferguson at Ferguson’s apartment in the Prichard Building in Huntington in late May. Ferguson was found on the floor of his apartment on June 1st suffering from blunt force trauma wounds to the head. He is still in the hospital. Matasich was arrested in Knoxville several days later and returned to Huntington last week. He is charged with robbery and assault. Tuesday morning, Matasich waived his preliminary hearing in Cabell County Magistrate Court and sent the case directly to the grand jury.