BECKLEY, W.V. (LOOTPRESS) – On Monday, the jury selection process in Richard Lee Chambers Jr.’s trial began. The process will be continued into Tuesday, July 27, 2021, and the trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday afternoon.
Chambers was charged in a 21-count indictment. Charges included first-degree sexual assault, sexual abuse of a parent, guardian or custodian and incest.
According to Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Benjamin Hatfield, Chambers sexually assaulted his step-granddaughter for three years, starting when the child was four years old. She is now 10 years old.
He is facing in excess of 200 years incarceration.
Judge H. L. Kirkpatrick will be presiding over the trial, which is expected to last all week.
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