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PARKERSBURG Former Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber said on Jan. 6 that he walked to the U.S. Capitol, climbed the steps and looked inside as protesters stormed the building, but he remained outside.
A criminal complaint filed in federal court and unsealed Wednesday after Barber’s arrest on charges including disorderly conduct and theft paints a different picture.
Barber, 41, appeared Wednesday afternoon before Magistrate Judge Dwane L. Tinsley in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston.
During the hearing, which was streamed live, Tinsley read the charges of entering restricted buildings or grounds, disorderly conduct and theft.
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com This still image from closed-circuit TV at the U.S. Capitol reportedly shows Parkersburg resident Eric Barber taking a selfie in the rotunda, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (Screen Grab) This still image from closed-circuit TV at the U.S. Capitol reportedly shows Parkersburg resident Eric Barber, nearest the camera, searching through equipment on a stand at the C-SPAN media station, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (Screen Grab)
This still image from closed-circuit TV at the U.S. Capitol reportedly shows Parkersburg resident Eric Barber taking a selfie in the rotunda, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (Screen Grab)
PARKERSBURG Former Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber said on Jan. 6 that he walked to the U.S. Capitol, climbed the steps and looked inside as protest
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CHARLESTON A Parkersburg man prosecuted under the Project Parkersburg initiative was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison.
The prison term for Michael Rhodes, 41, will be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Mike Stuart said.
Rhodes had pleaded guilty and admitted to distributing methamphetamine in and around Parkersburg, Sguart said.
At the sentencing hearing on Thursday, United States District Judge Irene C. Berger noted Rhodes had traveled from Parkersburg to Arizona and California in 2018 and records showed calls and money transfers from Parkersburg to Sinaloa, Mexico, Stuart said.
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