Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 23:25:12 GMT -6
Alleged victim allowed to contact accused former state ed official
WINFIELD — A Putnam County magistrate Wednesday granted a woman’s request to be allowed to contact a former West Virginia Department of Education official whom she accused of choking her and slamming her son to the ground.
Richard Goff, of Culloden, faces charges of battery, domestic battery and driving under the influence related to an April incident in which he allegedly harmed the woman, a fellow education department employee whom he was dating. At the time of the incident, Goff was executive director of the state Office of Child Nutrition, but he resigned his nearly $90,100 annual salary position about three weeks later.
According to a criminal complaint, Eric Tolbert, one of Goff’s neighbors, told a Putnam sheriff’s deputy that he called 911 after a child from across the street knocked on his door seeking help. Tolbert said Goff tried to choke the woman, but he was able to pull Goff out of the vehicle.
Putnam Cpl. Daniel A. Redka wrote in the complaint that he saw Goff pull his vehicle into a driveway across the street, and that he smelled strongly of alcohol but declined to take sobriety tests.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news-cops-and-courts/20160622/alleged-victim-allowed-to-contact-accused-former-state-ed-official
WINFIELD — A Putnam County magistrate Wednesday granted a woman’s request to be allowed to contact a former West Virginia Department of Education official whom she accused of choking her and slamming her son to the ground.
Richard Goff, of Culloden, faces charges of battery, domestic battery and driving under the influence related to an April incident in which he allegedly harmed the woman, a fellow education department employee whom he was dating. At the time of the incident, Goff was executive director of the state Office of Child Nutrition, but he resigned his nearly $90,100 annual salary position about three weeks later.
According to a criminal complaint, Eric Tolbert, one of Goff’s neighbors, told a Putnam sheriff’s deputy that he called 911 after a child from across the street knocked on his door seeking help. Tolbert said Goff tried to choke the woman, but he was able to pull Goff out of the vehicle.
Putnam Cpl. Daniel A. Redka wrote in the complaint that he saw Goff pull his vehicle into a driveway across the street, and that he smelled strongly of alcohol but declined to take sobriety tests.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news-cops-and-courts/20160622/alleged-victim-allowed-to-contact-accused-former-state-ed-official