Raleigh
County Prosecutor Kristen Keller says sometimes a role of a prosecutor is not
only to prove someone is guilty but also to prove their innocence.
The
prosecutor is responding to charges filed back on Friday against Kimberly Dawn
Adkins who police believe made false allegations against longtime Beckley
OB/GYN Dr. Michael Webb causing Webb to be attacked by Adkins’ boyfriend.
“We
get false allegations of crime (all the time), but no one gets physically
hurt,” Prosecutor Keller said Monday. “But when someone gets physically hurt as
a result, someone gets beaten as a result, that takes it to another level.”
Adkins
is charged with being an accessory before the fact of malicious assault, felony
conspiracy and providing false information to police. She claimed Dr. Webb
sexually assaulted her. It’s alleged she told her boyfriend Alvin Williams who
then attacked Webb. The doctor suffered facial fractures and was hospitalized.
“We
know that this was a completely false allegation against a doctor that’s been
in practice for probably almost 40 years,” Keller said.
Investigators
haven’t released the possible motivation for Adkins’ alleged actions but the
prosecutor said that would eventually come out.
“I’m
not allowed to talk about that now but I believe it will play out,” she said.
Adkins
and Williams are both being held in the Southern Regional Jail on $100,000
bail.
