{Charleston, West Virginia}...Monday, 62 year old James Matheny of Midkiff, in Lincoln County, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pulling a gun on an FBI agent and investigator Jim Wise with the Secretary of State's office earlier this year. Matheny will get credit for time served. Matheny was arrested in February after the two men came to talk to him about absentee ballots cast during the 2010 primary election. U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston sentenced Matheny to 1 year and one day in prison for assault on a federal officer and 7 years for using a deadly weapon during or relating to a crime of violence.
