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The former Moundsville fire chief was indicted this week on two counts involving child sexual material.
Gary Brandon was indicted on one count of distribution and exhibiting of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of prohibiting child erotica.
Brandon was originally arrested in June on one count of distributing or exhibiting visual portrayal of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct or computer-generated pornography. He had been fired in April.
At that time, Marshall County Prosecutor Joe Canestraro said there had been investigations into allegations of theft against Brandon and, during that investigation, eight images were allegedly discovered on a computer in Brandon’s office at the fire department. Charges have not been filed in the theft investigation.
Brandon was fired in April after city officials revealed he was under investigation on unspecified charges.
Brandon had worked for the department for 18 years before his employment was terminated. He had been sworn in as chief in 2018.