Mingo
County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury and Mingo County Commissioner David
Baisden will be arraigned at 10 a.m. before Federal Magistrate Judge Dwane
Tinsley in Charleston
Thornsbury
was arrested and charged last Thursday with violating a man’s Constitutional
rights. Thornsbury allegedly attempted, on four different
occasions, to frame the husband of his ex-mistress, who at one time
was his secretary. He was allegedly trying to continue an affair with the
women.
Baisden
was also arrested and charged last Thursday, but for attempted extortion.
Baisden allegedly demanded Appalachian Tire to sell him tires at the discounted
rate the company sold tires to the county.
The
indictment said Baisden threatened to cut-off the business the county had with
the company if they refused to give him the deal. The company refused and the
commission stopped doing business with Appalachian Tire in 2009.
Both
men were indicted on the separate charges last week by a federal grand jury.
Baisden and Thornsbury were released afterward on $10,000 bond.
Thornsbury
was also suspended without pay and his law license has been suspended
pending the outcome of the criminal case against him.
