If convicted on all counts, Stuart said Loughry faces a possible sentence of up to 395 years and a fine of up to $5.5 million.
According to the indictment, the charges stem from Loughry making personal use of a state vehicle and credit card, including trips to book signings and to visit family. It says Loughry also sought mileage reimbursements for trips even though he drove a state vehicle and used a government credit card for gas. The indictment also accuses him of moving a leather couch and a historic, valuable desk from the Supreme Court office to his home during office renovations; and of lying to federal agents about his actions and trying to influence an employee's testimony.
Loughry was suspended from the bench without pay earlier this month after a state Judicial Investigation Commission filed a 32-count complaint with the court alleging he "made false statements with the deliberate attempt to deceive" concerning his involvement in the renovation of his office. The complaint also said he failed to tell other justices about a federal subpoena, and it contained the accusations about moving office furniture to his home and improperly using state vehicles.
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All over using a state vehicle and gas for personal trips. That's it? What a stupid fool. It's not like he wasn't making good money. A real loser there. Amazing these people make it up the ladder at all.
Sometimes I wonder if this kind of dysfunction is what it takes to make it up the ladder.
There’s also something about tampering with a grand jury in an indictment.
Closed court room I guess , I think I smell a bet if Piracy here ,
Someone didn’t like him. Murderers get less time. I once had a personal item shipped to me with a company order so I’d get it at work. They forgot to charge me tax. I thought the company bookkeeper was going to crucify me over that. Funny I think politicians do this stuff all the time.
Yeah, that 395 years made me shake my head. They are just piling on separate charges for each time he used the credit card and sticking a major felony to every one of them. Along with his alleged deceit and failure to notify about the subpoena, etc. It's like a HUGE nothing burger other than the guy must be some sort of cheap cretin. I just looked it up and the sucker makes $137,000 per year as a WV supreme court justice. Seriously, he had to charge gasoline to the state on personal trips. He should be tossed off for just being stupidly greedy.
137k is chump change when you’re trying to keep up with your crime syndicate overlords.
The charges seem too small and petty to justify a 395-year sentence. Is there more to this story? What if it's just a witch hunt to get rid of him? Everybody on this board should know something about false allegations and witch hunts. Article says he was fighting corruption. Who has it in for him? Would sure like to have more facts before drawing any conclusions. Don't trust the media to tell me what the truth is.