FAYETTEVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A woman sentenced in Fayette County Circuit Court on Monday for crimes involving the removal of a G.P.S. ankle monitor in an attempt to flee the State of West Virginia.
The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Fayette County reports that, on February 17, 2022, 47-year-old April D. Lesher of Edmond, West Virginia was released on bond in relation to an indictment wherein she had agreed to testify against a co-defendant. Agreed upon bond conditions were such that Lesher was to wear a G.P.S. ankle monitor and be subject to terms of home confinement.
On February 22, 2024, Lesher reportedly cut off the G.P.S. monitor and fled the state, and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Lesher was at large for more than two years before being taken into custody in the Commonwealth of Virginia in April of this year.
The pending indictment in which Lesher had agreed to testify against a co-defendant was ultimately dismissed due to Lesher’s unavailability to testify at the time. Extradition was waived and Lesher was transported back to the State of West Virginia on May 13, 2024.
On Monday, September 23, 2024, Chief Judge Paul M. Blake, Jr., sentenced April Lesher to five years in prison for Felony Escape and one year in jail for misdemeanor Destruction of Property in sentences which were ordered to be served consecutively.
Lesher must served a minimum of twenty-one months in prison before becoming eligible for parole.
