Plea Date Slated In Rape Case
By ANNIE DIMMICKMOUNDSVILLE - It's been nearly a year since Roy Reed Sheldon was arrested for and charged with the alleged sexual assault of a mentally incapacitated woman.
In that time, the assisted-living facility where the alleged assault took place has been closed, the alleged victim has been moved down state, and Sheldon has been freed from incarceration on a reduced bond of $10,000.
Marshall County Assistant Prosecutor Stephen Taylor is pursuing a plea in the case. This week, Taylor told Marshall County Circuit Judge Mark A. Karl that a plea agreement has been presented to Sheldon.
"The defendant will be accepting one of two plea options that have been offered," Taylor said.
Sheldon's attorney, David Zehnder, agreed with that statement. Zehnder told the judge he did need some additional time to review the plea with Sheldon and that the plea agreement needs to be reduced to writing.
The judge scheduled Sheldon to return to court at 1:15 p.m. Oct. 6 to enter a plea.
Sheldon was arrested Sept. 19, 2007, after a 57-year-old female told an adult probation services worker that Sheldon touched her inappropriately and had sex with her in the Dora Allietta Memorial Home in Moundsville.
At the time, investigators said Sheldon claimed the sex was consensual. However, they added that the alleged victim has the mental capacity of a 2-year-old and cannot consent to sex.
Sheldon was residing at the facility with his wife, who worked there.
In November, Karl ordered the home to be shut down on a petition from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. In that petition, surveyors of the home reported residents were not being cared for properly. They said the home had an inadequate food supply, was "extremely unsanitary," that residents were being verbally abused, medication was not being administered according to doctors' orders, medication was not locked up, personal hygiene products were not available and that residents were using soiled bed linens, bedding and clothing.
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TimSWV
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09-28-08 6:05 PM
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***HOPEFULLY*** he goes to jail... remember Marshall County id full of liberal judges...you know the type "he said he was sorry...he prommised he won't do it again....he is learning disabled...he had a lousey childhood... on and on... Only time will tell..
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PCGS70
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09-17-08 12:22 AM
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He comes to Wal Mart? OMG! Seriously though, this idiot is going to prison. GOODBYE. He screwed up. He got some of that retarded poon tang. He raped her. Whatever. He's gone. GONE! Hope it was worth it you jacka@@.
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TimSWV
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09-15-08 6:48 PM
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This or ANY $%^&* "Plea" other than LIFE with out mercy is a slap in the face for the people of WV. He deserves to have his fat $%^& put in with the rest of the rapists and child molesters for life. I hope they do unto him.... He was employed "under the table" by the home to do menial chores (thier definition of looking after the cliants). He and his "wife" 20+ years older than him resided there and worked there. What are the odds that he (or they) molested other cliants ???? She is still living with him, his mom, dad on Fish creek in Marshall county and comes into Walmart and other stores several times a month.
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Georgetwin
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09-15-08 10:02 AM
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Sleep with your back to the wall, SCUMBAG!
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nicetry
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09-15-08 9:58 AM
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This sick freak should never see the streets again. He is the worst type of scum to ever live. He will do it again if ever given half a chance, sickos like that will never change.
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whisperinghope
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09-15-08 8:18 AM
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This is sick, and free on bond!!! Only in America.
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kmd0302
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09-15-08 7:27 AM
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Who was responsible for the running of this facility? Along with Sheldon and his wife ty should be forced to life like these unfortunate people did, then put him in the most remote part of the prison and leave him there to rot.
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