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Grand Jury returns several indictments


Several indictments were returned by the Wayne County Grand Jury during its session Tuesday, August 17.

One indictment containing seven counts of charges was returned against Terry Branscum. One count of the indictment charged Branscum with burglary in the first degree, a Class B Felony, when allegedly “with intent to commit a crime he knowingly entered the dwelling of M.W. while armed with a deadly weapon.”

The second count of the indictment charged Branscum with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, a Class C Felony, by allegedly “possessing a handgun after having been previously convicted of a felony.”

Branscum was also charged with one count of burglary in the second degree, a Class C Felony, when allegedly “with the intent to commit a crime he knowingly entered the dwelling of D.B.”

The indictment returned against Branscum also contained two counts charging him with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, a Class D Felony, when he allegedly, with knowledge that they were forged and with the intend to defraud, deceive or injure another he uttered or possessed checks belonging to D.B. and passing the checks at local businesses.

The sixth count of the indictment charged Branscum with the offense of unlawful transaction with a minor in the second degree, a Class D Felony, by allegedly “knowingly inducing, assisting, or caused A.B., a minor to engage in criminal activity constituting a felony.”



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