Trial Set In Clay County Shooting

{Clay, West Virginia}…A trial date is set for January 15th for former Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Hiram Lewis. Lewis was arraigned Thursday morning in Clay County Circuit Court on charges of malicious wounding, domestic assault and wanton endangerment involving a firearm. A not guilty plea was entered for him when he refused to do so. Lewis, a McDowell County native, is charged with shooting and wounding a man at a house in Procious in June. Lewis claims it was his house and the victim was breaking in at the time he was shot, but the victim says it was his home and Lewis was just staying there. A bond revocation hearing for Lewis will be held on December 6th after additional charges were filed against him earlier this month after he allegedly went to the home of Clay County Sheriff Randy Holcomb and threatened him, but Lewis says he just approached Sheriff Holcomb as a friend.