Pubdate: Fri, 02 May 2003 Source: Charleston Gazette (WV) Copyright: 2003 Charleston Gazette Contact: http://www.wvgazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/77 Author: Christopher Tritto Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/corrupt.htm (Corruption - United States) CHARLESTON DETECTIVE TO ENTER PLEA A Charleston police officer is scheduled to enter a plea May 27 on a federal charge he let the wife of a drug ringleader keep drug money during an investigation, according to a court order filed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Charles H. Haden II. Cpl. William Hart was a lead detective in one of West Virginia's largest drug cases against Calvin Dyess and several others. Hart began a sexual relationship with Rachel Ursula Rader, who was Dyess' wife, two months before Dyess and other defendants pleaded guilty in 1999. Hart and Rader married in July 2001 but divorced three months later. Prosecutors later learned about Hart's alleged misconduct. Hart confirmed he let Rader keep $20,000 in drug money before February 1999, according to court records. The information filed April 11 against Hart, however, charges that he let her keep less than $1,000. Also in federal court: * A Beckley bar and restaurant owner and 10 other people were indicted this week on charges they sold cocaine or crack cocaine at the establishment. Terry Lynn "Back Eye" Kyle, 45, of Beckley, is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack, and two counts of cocaine distribution from his South Fayette Bar and Grill between December 2002 and Tuesday. "Terry Kyle is a target the Berkeley Police and State Police have been looking at for a long time," Assistant U.S. Attorney Miller Bushong III said. Matthew Lamar Anthony, 35, address unavailable, is named in the same indictment. He allegedly conspired with Kyle to sell the drugs and faces six additional counts of selling crack and one count of selling cocaine, according to the indictment. A grand jury also indicted the following people on related crack distribution charges: Monique Oglesby, 27, Todd Dante McDowell, 27, Toney Cornelius Manns, 21, Vernal Shawn Baker, 27, Shawn Dewayne Rucker, 22, and Clevon Douglas Murray, 35; all of Beckley; Edward Allen Terry, age and address unavailable; and Gregory Maurice Lavender, 28, and Algie Kenya Scales, 29, addresses unavailable. * A Detroit man pleaded guilty to a charge he possessed with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of crack cocaine in Charleston on Oct. 10, 2000. Lonzo "Deebo" Banks, 24, was arrested March 4 in Detroit and brought to West Virginia to face the charges in his indictment. He is to be sentenced July 14 by U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. * A Shinnston man was sentenced by Goodwin to five years probation and ordered to pay $12,113 in restitution for Social Security fraud. William F. Stewart, 63, pleaded guilty Jan. 17 to the charge. After a Social Security recipient died in September 2000, the administration was not notified. The checks continued to be deposited, and Stewart withdrew more than $1,000 from her bank account between Sept. 23, 2000, and January 2002. * Warren Saunders, age and address unavailable, was charged in an information of distributing more than five grams of crack on March 6, 2001, in Huntington. Saunders, who also goes by the names "William McKinney," "New York Mike" and "Charlie Brown," is scheduled to enter a plea May 12 before U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers. * Michael Shannon Thompson, age and address unavailable, was indicted on charges he possessed with intent to distribute oxycodone and marijuana on March 3 in Princeton. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom