Information from a complaint filed by a West Virginia State Trooper J.D. Richards stated that on or about Friday, July I4th. 2023 at approximately 4 p.m. Richards received information rom Calhoun 911 dispatch that a male who had pulled into the driveway on a yellow ATV, and who had broken into a residence on Kelley Road, Big Springs, WV, in Calhoun County, while Victim 1 and her children were were inside the home.
The male left shortly after that, but the victim gave a description of the male as a dark haired male with a beard, tall and slender, wearing a darker colored t-shirt with blue jeans and carrying a large black bag. Shortly thereafter Trooper Richards received knowledge of a male matching the description entering another house on Kelly Rd. hereinafter referred to as victim 2.
As Trooper Richards responded to the scene, Calhoun county Sheriff Graham Knight arrived in the area and spotted the male matching the description walking northbound on Kelly Road. Sheriff Graham Knight returned to the address of the original caller on Kelly Rd., where the yellow ATV was parked, to take a statement from Victim 1. She described that the male, who is now identified as 33 year old Brian Leo Huffman, had forced his way into her kitchen from outside of the house and was rifling through her kitchen with his belongings spread out on her floor. When she told him to leave – he left the house and then was trying to enter through other doors. After this he went out to the garages on the property and was looking through the belongings in those buildings according to victim 1. Huffman eventually left the property and went down the road to victim 2’s house where he entered without breaking into the residence while she was home where Victim 2 later stated to Trooper Richards, that Huffman was looking for a woman named Shirley and eventually left that address.
Trooper Richards joined Graham Knight with investigation and made contact with victim 1 where she stated that the defendant had forcibly entered her address at Kelly Road for which Trooper Richards observed visible signs on the front door of forced entry consistent with the victim’s statement. The Trooper also spoke with the second caller on Kelly Road who described that the male in question came directly into her residence/house without forcing himself in and stood in her living room for a decent period of time. He then stated he was looking for Shirley and left after victim 2 was able to convince the accused that the woman he was looking for lived further up the road.
The accused was then formally placed under arrest for two charges of Burglary- Breaking and entering and entering without breaking respectively. Since motive and opportunity exist and the accused was seen looking through items at the first address and forced himself into the house house and entered into another address that was not his or anyone he knew’s residence after being confronted at the first address that 911 received a call from.
Brian Huffman was transported to the Calhoun County Courthouse in Grantsville to be processed. All acts occurred in Calhoun County, WV. He is now being held in WV Central Regional Jail, on $60,000 bond to await trial.
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.
