The following criminal complaints have been filed in the Tucker County Magistrate office:
Clayton Keith Mallow, of Dryfork, was charged with 2 felony counts of fraudulent use of an access device. According to the complaint on Monday April 3 Trooper C.A. Hawkins received a complaint of fraud. The victim advised her credit card had been used to make several unauthorized charges.
Hawkins received a hand written statement from the victim which stated fraudulent charges were made to bank account on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1, she further stated she called where one charge occurred to make them aware and they informed her that tickets were purchased and they gave the name Clayton Mallow.
She also advised that she had spoken to Mr. Mallow on the phone on March 31 to pay her insurance with Nationwide and she provided a copy of her bank statement as well.
On Tuesday, April 25 Hawkins submitted three search warrants to Magistrate B.K. Wilfong for an email address and I.P. Address and he found probable cause to issue all three warrants.
The warrants were submitted to Google LLC. On Monday, May 15 Hawkins executed the warrants for the email address and contained within the results were the subscriber information that lists the name and date of birth as Mallow’s.
Further contained within these results are emails received by the email address on March 31 and they contained 16 emails with the names Clayton or Clayton Mallow as the intended recipient.
On Thursday, May 18 Hawkins executed the warrants for the email address and contained within the results was Google Pay, customer profile details associated within. The information lists the name Clayton Mallow and the town of Dry Fork.
Clayton Keith Mallow, of Dry Fork, was charged with five felony counts of fraudulent use of access device. On May 13 Deputy C.R. Summerfield of the Tucker County Sheriff’s office received a fraud case that contained information from Mountain Valley Bank. The information contained several fraud charges that had been made to the account. He contacted the victim who stated by telephone that someone had stolen money from her account, so the bank issued her a new card. After paying her Nationwide insurance bill for the following month that card was compromised as well.
Summerfield met with the victim and obtained a written statement stating that she had paid her insurance bill at Nationwide Insurance. Afterward she checked her account to make sure the charge went through and to see what the amount was. While looking at her account she noticed several charges that she did not make. She contacted her bank to dispute the charges and was issued a new card. She stated that when she read the Parsons Advocate, she discovered that a man who was working at Nationwide was charged for using another person’s card information and she felt this was who stole her account information. She stated that she had been issued a new card and paid her next month’s insurance and again her information was stolen.
Upon further investigation it was discovered that the account information was used to make several purchase and the search warrants revealed the charges were made by Clayton Mallow.
Clayton Keith Mallow, of Dry Fork, was charged with three felony counts of unauthorized use of a controlled access device. The complaint states that on May 24 and later June 5 Officer V. Pyles received a complaint regarding a joint bank account. Three suspicious charges were cited by the complainants who are customers of Nationwide Insurance located in Parsons. Hey were aware of a previous complaint of fraud related to this business. They advised they paid their bill on April 13 in person with Clayton Mallow at the insurance building. Soon after that payment was when the suspicious charges showed up on their account. Video surveillance was obtained from the purchase of movie tickets in Virginia which identify the defendant as the person who charged these items. He also used his cellular phone to scan and receive his voucher for the ticket and food.
The US currency from these transactions was removed from accounts in the State of West Virginia even though they were completed in other locations. The victims gave no authorization to keep, store, transmit or otherwise utilize their account information for any purposes other than to pay their bill. During the bill transaction at Nationwide, they stated that the defendant walked out of site into the back of the office to print a receipt.
All of the above charges did occur in Tucker County and all individuals are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.
The following property transfers have been recorded in the Tucker County Clerk’s office:
Amy Snedeker, Dry Fork District, Unit E4 Week 50 Land of Canaan Vacation Resort to Donnie Daugherty and Tiffany Daugherty, $500.
Paul Steven martin and Deborah J. Martin, St. George District, .80 acres more or less to Mark Burns and Madeline Burns, $12,000.
Pennsylvania State University, Clover District, 39 acres, 6 chains and 15 poles to Shiloh Quarry LLC, $2,500.
Vandalia Heritage Foundation, Thomas Corporation, Unit 5 Dibacco Lofts to Cory Stout and Maria Belcher, $79,000.
William Harold Samples and Ruth Elaine Samples, Black Fork District, 1.633 acres to Shaver Fork LLC, $48,500.
Maria Martin Thacker Revocable Trust; Maria Martin Thacker Trustee, Davis District, Lot 7 Canaan Heights Estates to Justin Moeller Et Ux, $215,000.
Stephen F. Szurgyi, Dry Fork District, Lot 105 Mountainside to Ian Mehi Beckner and Dena Lynn Beckner, $365,000.
David C. Lesher and Nancy E. Lesher, Davis District, 3.54 acres to Eriks Brolis and Linda Brolis, $430,000.
Steven P. Sponaugle and Danielle B. Sponaugle, Black Fork District, Lot 11 River Bend Sub-division to Brendan Miller and Brandi Miller, $325,000.
Calvin Eugene Traven, Clover District, Mineral interest, 35 acres, 2 chains and 10 poles to Shiloh Quarry LLC, $1,300.
City of Parsons, Parsons Corporation, Lot #193 Section C, 18 ft. in Width, 20 ft. in length, to Sally J. Purnell and Axle R. Purnell, $1,600.
Showker Ashby LLC, Dry Fork District, Lot 27 Mountainside to Hill West LLC, $1,200,000.
Robert T. Metz, .17 acres right of way to Amanda G. Brown $2,000.
Elressa J. Baumgardner, Davis District, 45x remainder of Lot 165 to Ronald G. Tate II, $30,000.
Mark Waitkus, Pamela Ann Waitkus and Alexander Paul Waitkus, Fairfax District, Lot 10 and 10A Coketon to Floyd James Wilfong, $40,150.
Donatta Smith, Clover District, Mineral interest 35 acres, 2 chains and 10 poles to Shiloh Quarry LLC, $1,600.
Kenneth L. Langer and Jennifer L. Smith, Dry Fork District, Lot 39 Blackwater Section of Timberline Subdivision to John Thomas Gasper, $650,000.
Shelley N. Nehl, Clover district, Mineral interest in 35 acres, 2 chains and 10 poles to Rose Holdings LLC, $1,500.
Van E. Trahern, Clover District, Mineral interest in 35 acres, 2 chains and 10 poles to Shiloh Quarry LLC, $2,500.
Jess Trahern, Clover District, Mineral interest in 35 acres, 2 chains and 10 poles to Shiloh Quarry LLC, $1,600.
Alan Trahern, Clover District, Mineral interest in 35 acres, 2 chains and 10 poles to Shiloh Quarry LLC, $2,500.
Crossed Paws LLC, Dry Fork District, Unit H8 of Northwoods Condos to Randall Rumer and Leslie A. Becker, $284,000.
Twila Beth Ullom, Hendricks Corporation, Lots 84, 85, 86, 87 and 88 to Danny Hebb Et Ux, $55,000.
Randall J. Hill, Dry Fork District, 2.21 acres and .27 Acres 1/3 interest to Thompson E. Pearcy and Stephen H. Bush, $78,333.
Wolfe J. Rinke Et Ux, Dry Fork District, Unit Lot 14 Black Bear Woods .070 acres to Timothy Argabrite Et Ux, $287,500.
The following marriage has been recorded in the Tucker County Clerk’s office:
Robert J. Roy, Sr. to Donna Lynn Roy on Friday, July 28, 2023.
