Monday, August 20, 2012

Charges Dropped In Charleston Murder Case

{Charleston, West Virginia}...Monday, charges were dropped against Marcus Wesley, a Charleston man arrested in March 2010 and charged in connection with the murder of 17 year old Leland Chace Miller, who was gunned down in August 2007. Police say Wesley served as the lookout while 20 year old Michael Mandrell Johnson of Marmet shot Miller several times in the back while he was sitting on the steps outside a house on Lewis Street. Johnson, who was a juvenile at the time, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February. Johnson was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Assistant Kanawha County prosecutor Don Morris says the charges were dropped because of insufficient evidence.