Two faces charges for operating chop shop
A Greene County man and a West Virginia woman are facing a myriad of charges for disassembling a motorcycle that state police said was fraudulently reported stolen. David Earl Jamison, 36, of 240 Nemacolin Road, Carmichaels, and Marci Lee Thompson, 38, of 1774 Morgantown Ave., Fairmont, W.Va., were charged Wednesday with owning or operating a chop shop, criminal conspiracy, receiving stolen property and altered or illegally obtained property.
State police in Waynesburg allege that Thompson reported her 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle missing to West Virginia authorities earlier this summer. In reality, police allege, the bike was at Jamison’s home in Greene County.
Jamison, according to police, said that when he found out Thompson had reported the motorcycle stolen, he asked some friends to get rid of the bike. Police said Thompson admitted that she lied about the bike theft, and told police that Jamison did not know what she was going to tell police in advance. Thompson reportedly told police that when Jamison found out, he was upset with her, and that she “got very sick over this matter and wanted to tell the truth, but she was afraid.”
On Aug. 23, 2004, three days after police talked to Jamison, Thompson reportedly went to Fairmont and told authorities there that she lied about the stolen motorcycle, police said.
According to a press release in the case, Thompson will also face charges in West Virginia. Charges against the two have been filed with District Justice Lee Watson.