UPADATED 12/11/22 – Smith was arrested on December 9, 2022 and is currently being held in the WV Central Regional Jail on $45,000 bond.
According to a criminal complaint filed by Corporal DC Moore, on November 25, 2022 at approximately 8 a.m. he spoke with Shannon Smith regarding some stolen property from her dad’s residence. Shannon said when they had arrived at the residence earlier in the morning they found that the garage door had been broken in to, and some of the items inside had been stolen. She was unsure of all that had been taken, but knew for sure that at least two leaf blowers had been taken and that the lawn tractor which her brother Jason Smith used to mow their father’s lawn, needed to be returned. Shannon also said that prior to the leaf blowers being taken, there had also been chainsaws taken from the house. The garage and the house are attached as one unit.
On that same date, later that evening, Trooper Richards went to speak with Jason regarding the incident and while speaking with Jason, he told Trooper Richards that he had broken in to the garage and had taken a weed eater from the residence sometime around the 22nd of November. Jason said he did not know where the weed eater had gone to, but advised that he would pay her back for it. Jason admitted that he had to break into the garage to get it. Later in his statement he said that he didn’t think it was fair that his sister got the house, when he was the one that stayed near their father and took care of him when she moved away.
This incident occurred at the residence of William Smith, along Vaughan Road in Grantsville, which is solely in the confines of Calhoun County, WV.
Jason Smith has been charged with burglary defined in WV State Code 61-3-11. Burglary; entry of dwelling or outhouse; penalties.
(a) Any person who breaks and enters, or enters without breaking, a dwelling house or outbuilding adjoining a dwelling with the intent to commit a violation of the criminal laws of this state is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than 15 years.
(b) The term “dwelling house”, as used in §61-3-11(a) of this code, includes, but is not limited to, a mobile home, house trailer, modular home, factory-built home, or self-propelled motor home, used as a dwelling regularly or only from time to time, or any other nonmotorized vehicle primarily designed for human habitation and occupancy and used as a dwelling regularly or only from time to time.
