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GUILTY WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
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Special grand jury indicts McCauley on new felony charge
June 30, 2021
A special grand jury of the April term of Morgan County Circuit Court has indicted Andrew McCauley Jr. on another felony charge after hearing a single case on June 17.
McCauley is awaiting trial on charges that he murdered Riley Crossman, 15, of Berkeley Springs in May of 2019, and disposed of her body on a wooded hillside in Berkeley County.
During this month’s special meeting of the grand jury, McCauley was further indicted on the felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse.
Indictment documents state that McCauley has been accused of inflicting upon Crossman “a child under his care, substantial physical pain, illness or any impairment condition thereby causing the death” of the teen.
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Grand jurors indicted McCauley on that new felony, and for murder and concealment of a deceased human body.
This is a “superseding indictment,” said Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. That means this recent indictment takes the place of a previous indictment.
McCauley has been held without bond in the Eastern Regional Jail since his arrest on May 16, 2019 on charges of murdering Crossman.
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That murder trial is set to begin on September 27 in Morgan County. Jury selection for that trial is scheduled locally on September 17. Court officials and legal teams have agreed that if a Morgan County jury can’t be seated for the trial, they will select jurors from Jefferson County and bring them to the Morgan County courthouse to hear the trial.
Special grand jury indicts McCauley on new felony charge
June 30, 2021
A special grand jury of the April term of Morgan County Circuit Court has indicted Andrew McCauley Jr. on another felony charge after hearing a single case on June 17.
McCauley is awaiting trial on charges that he murdered Riley Crossman, 15, of Berkeley Springs in May of 2019, and disposed of her body on a wooded hillside in Berkeley County.
During this month’s special meeting of the grand jury, McCauley was further indicted on the felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse.
Indictment documents state that McCauley has been accused of inflicting upon Crossman “a child under his care, substantial physical pain, illness or any impairment condition thereby causing the death” of the teen.
[.....]
Grand jurors indicted McCauley on that new felony, and for murder and concealment of a deceased human body.
This is a “superseding indictment,” said Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. That means this recent indictment takes the place of a previous indictment.
McCauley has been held without bond in the Eastern Regional Jail since his arrest on May 16, 2019 on charges of murdering Crossman.
[.....]
That murder trial is set to begin on September 27 in Morgan County. Jury selection for that trial is scheduled locally on September 17. Court officials and legal teams have agreed that if a Morgan County jury can’t be seated for the trial, they will select jurors from Jefferson County and bring them to the Morgan County courthouse to hear the trial.
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Anyone see a court date - maybe - if there is anything before Jury selection on 9/17/21?
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Can anyone access this article - I can't over here even with Outline. TIA!
Jury selection set for Sept. 17 in McCauley alleged murder trial
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Jury selection set for Sept. 17 in McCauley alleged murder trial
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Can anyone access this article - I can't over here even with Outline. TIA!
Jury selection set for Sept. 17 in McCauley alleged murder trial
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BERKELEY SPRINGS — A second jury is set to be seated next month in the case against Andy McCauley, Jr., who is being tried for allegedly murdering a 15-year-old Berkeley Springs teen more than two years ago. An April jury trial, for which a jury was selected, had to be canceled due to COVID-19.
McCauley, 43, appeared in Morgan County Circuit Court for a continuance of an April pretrial on Thursday, during which the parties argued for some time on the issue of whether or not evidence of the cadavar dog used to locate Riley Crossman would be admissible at trial.
Ultimately, 23rd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Debra McLaughlin ruled in favor of the state to allow the evidence at trial. This decision was made after hearing evidence from West Virginia State Police Cpl. F. Edwards and Sgt. J.D. See about their investigation, as well as evidence located linking her to being transported and allegedly left by McCauley around the 5500 block of Tuscarora Pike and arguments by counsel.
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Thank you - it is enough - unless there was a hearing date before trial - I do have the trial date already.
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Friday, Sept. 17th:
*Jury Selection begins (@ am ET) - WV – Riley Grace Crossman (15) (reported missing May 8, 2019, Berkeley Springs; found May 16, 2019, near Tuscarora Pike in Berkeley County) - *Andrew (“Andy”) Jackson McCauley, Jr. (41/now 43) (mom’s BF) arrested & charged (5/16/19) & indicted (1/7/20) & re-indicted (6/17/21) with 1st degree murder, concealment of a deceased human body & felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/26/21. Jury selection began on 4/16 & jurors will be from Morgan County. Jury: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. These jurors will be let go & a new jury will be selected. First trial was cancelled due to COVID.
Trial set to begin on 9/27/21. Jury selection starts 9/17/21. Juror will come from Jefferson County & transported to the Morgan County courthouse.
Court info from 5/16/19 thru 4/16/21 reference post #601 here:
Found Deceased - WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
4/22/21 Update: A pretrial hearing in Circuit Court on Thursday, April 22. Courthouse sources said the trial postponement was tied to exposure of a primary person in the trial to an individual who tested positive for COVID-19. Attorneys had, less than a week prior, selected a jury of Morgan County residents to hear the case. Seating a local jury has been a point of argument between the Prosecuting Attorney & McCauley’s defense team for more than a year. Morgan County Circuit Clerk Melanie Shambaugh confirmed the trial change & said jurors who were selected to hear the trial will be notified of the postponement & will return to the jury pool for the remainder of this court term, which ends on July 6. That means attorneys will draw from a different jury pool for a September trial. Trial is set to begin on 9/27/21. He was offered a plea deal of 25 years. No word yet on acceptance as of 4/26/21.
6/17/21 Update: A special grand jury of the April term of Morgan County Circuit Court has indicted McCauley on another felony charge after hearing a single case on June 17. McCauley is awaiting trial on charges that he murdered Riley & disposed of her body on a wooded hillside in Berkeley County. During this month’s special meeting of the grand jury, McCauley was further indicted on the felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Indictment documents state that McCauley has been accused of inflicting upon Crossman “a child under his care, substantial physical pain, illness or any impairment condition thereby causing the death” of the teen. Grand jurors indicted McCauley on that new felony, and for murder & concealment of a deceased human body. This is a “superseding indictment,” said Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. That means this recent indictment takes the place of a previous indictment. The murder trial is set to begin on 9/27/21 in Morgan County. Jury selection for that trial is scheduled locally on 9/17/21. Court officials & legal teams have agreed that if a Morgan County jury can’t be seated for the trial, they will select jurors from Jefferson County & bring them to the Morgan County courthouse to hear the trial.
8/19/21 Update: McCauley appeared in Morgan County Circuit Court for a continuance of an April pretrial on Thursday, during which the parties argued for some time on the issue of whether or not evidence of the cadaver dog used to locate Riley would be admissible at trial. Ultimately, 23rd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Debra McLaughlin ruled in favor of the state to allow the evidence at trial. This decision was made after hearing evidence from West Virginia State Police Cpl. F. Edwards & Sgt. J.D. See about their investigation, as well as evidence located linking her to being transported & allegedly left by McCauley around the 5500 block of Tuscarora Pike & arguments by counsel.
*Jury Selection begins (@ am ET) - WV – Riley Grace Crossman (15) (reported missing May 8, 2019, Berkeley Springs; found May 16, 2019, near Tuscarora Pike in Berkeley County) - *Andrew (“Andy”) Jackson McCauley, Jr. (41/now 43) (mom’s BF) arrested & charged (5/16/19) & indicted (1/7/20) & re-indicted (6/17/21) with 1st degree murder, concealment of a deceased human body & felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/26/21. Jury selection began on 4/16 & jurors will be from Morgan County. Jury: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. These jurors will be let go & a new jury will be selected. First trial was cancelled due to COVID.
Trial set to begin on 9/27/21. Jury selection starts 9/17/21. Juror will come from Jefferson County & transported to the Morgan County courthouse.
Court info from 5/16/19 thru 4/16/21 reference post #601 here:
Found Deceased - WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
4/22/21 Update: A pretrial hearing in Circuit Court on Thursday, April 22. Courthouse sources said the trial postponement was tied to exposure of a primary person in the trial to an individual who tested positive for COVID-19. Attorneys had, less than a week prior, selected a jury of Morgan County residents to hear the case. Seating a local jury has been a point of argument between the Prosecuting Attorney & McCauley’s defense team for more than a year. Morgan County Circuit Clerk Melanie Shambaugh confirmed the trial change & said jurors who were selected to hear the trial will be notified of the postponement & will return to the jury pool for the remainder of this court term, which ends on July 6. That means attorneys will draw from a different jury pool for a September trial. Trial is set to begin on 9/27/21. He was offered a plea deal of 25 years. No word yet on acceptance as of 4/26/21.
6/17/21 Update: A special grand jury of the April term of Morgan County Circuit Court has indicted McCauley on another felony charge after hearing a single case on June 17. McCauley is awaiting trial on charges that he murdered Riley & disposed of her body on a wooded hillside in Berkeley County. During this month’s special meeting of the grand jury, McCauley was further indicted on the felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Indictment documents state that McCauley has been accused of inflicting upon Crossman “a child under his care, substantial physical pain, illness or any impairment condition thereby causing the death” of the teen. Grand jurors indicted McCauley on that new felony, and for murder & concealment of a deceased human body. This is a “superseding indictment,” said Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. That means this recent indictment takes the place of a previous indictment. The murder trial is set to begin on 9/27/21 in Morgan County. Jury selection for that trial is scheduled locally on 9/17/21. Court officials & legal teams have agreed that if a Morgan County jury can’t be seated for the trial, they will select jurors from Jefferson County & bring them to the Morgan County courthouse to hear the trial.
8/19/21 Update: McCauley appeared in Morgan County Circuit Court for a continuance of an April pretrial on Thursday, during which the parties argued for some time on the issue of whether or not evidence of the cadaver dog used to locate Riley would be admissible at trial. Ultimately, 23rd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Debra McLaughlin ruled in favor of the state to allow the evidence at trial. This decision was made after hearing evidence from West Virginia State Police Cpl. F. Edwards & Sgt. J.D. See about their investigation, as well as evidence located linking her to being transported & allegedly left by McCauley around the 5500 block of Tuscarora Pike & arguments by counsel.
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I'll keep posting this until someone tells me different since I can not access the W. Virginia court site....
Monday, Sept. 20th:
*Jury Selection continues (Day 2) (@ am ET) - WV – Riley Grace Crossman (15) (reported missing May 8, 2019, Berkeley Springs; found May 16, 2019, near Tuscarora Pike in Berkeley County) - *Andrew (“Andy”) Jackson McCauley, Jr. (41/now 43) (mom’s BF) arrested & charged (5/16/19) & indicted (1/7/20) & re-indicted (6/17/21) with 1st degree murder, concealment of a deceased human body & felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/26/21. Jury selection began on 4/16 & jurors will be from Morgan County. Jury: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. These jurors will be let go & a new jury will be selected. First trial was cancelled due to COVID.
Trial set to begin on 9/27/21. Jury selection starts 9/17/21. Juror will come from Jefferson County & transported to the Morgan County courthouse.
Court info from 5/16/19 thru 8/196/21 reference post #613 here:
Found Deceased - WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
9/17/21 Jury Selection begins. Trial continues on 9/20/21.
Monday, Sept. 20th:
*Jury Selection continues (Day 2) (@ am ET) - WV – Riley Grace Crossman (15) (reported missing May 8, 2019, Berkeley Springs; found May 16, 2019, near Tuscarora Pike in Berkeley County) - *Andrew (“Andy”) Jackson McCauley, Jr. (41/now 43) (mom’s BF) arrested & charged (5/16/19) & indicted (1/7/20) & re-indicted (6/17/21) with 1st degree murder, concealment of a deceased human body & felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/26/21. Jury selection began on 4/16 & jurors will be from Morgan County. Jury: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. These jurors will be let go & a new jury will be selected. First trial was cancelled due to COVID.
Trial set to begin on 9/27/21. Jury selection starts 9/17/21. Juror will come from Jefferson County & transported to the Morgan County courthouse.
Court info from 5/16/19 thru 8/196/21 reference post #613 here:
Found Deceased - WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
9/17/21 Jury Selection begins. Trial continues on 9/20/21.
The murder trial of Andy McCauley Jr. that was to start this coming Monday, April 26, in Morgan County Circuit Court has been delayed until September 27.
McCauley trial delayed until September
As far as I can tell, there are no online court records, you have to call the courthouse.
So your date seem right since they have to do Jury Selection
McCauley trial delayed until September
As far as I can tell, there are no online court records, you have to call the courthouse.
So your date seem right since they have to do Jury Selection
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Jury seated in McCauley trial - WV MetroNews
The trial was originally set for April but postponed because of COVID-19 concerns. A jury had been seated for that trial but a new jury was chosen for the trial that is set to start next Monday, Sept. 27.
The trial was originally set for April but postponed because of COVID-19 concerns. A jury had been seated for that trial but a new jury was chosen for the trial that is set to start next Monday, Sept. 27.
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Thank you both for the updates!
West Virginia man accused of murdering girlfriend's teen daughter - Court TV will be shown on court tv
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Monday, Sept. 27th:
*Trial set to begin (@ am ET) - WV – Riley Grace Crossman (15) (reported missing May 8, 2019, Berkeley Springs; found May 16, 2019, near Tuscarora Pike in Berkeley County) - *Andrew (“Andy”) Jackson McCauley, Jr. (41/now 43) (mom’s BF) arrested & charged (5/16/19) & indicted (1/7/20) & re-indicted (6/17/21) with 1st degree murder, concealment of a deceased human body & felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/26/21. Jury selection began on 4/16 & jurors will be from Morgan County. Jury: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. These jurors will be let go & a new jury will be selected. First trial was cancelled due to COVID.
Trial set to begin on 9/27/21. Jury selection was on 9/17/21. Juror will come from Jefferson County & transported to the Morgan County courthouse.
Court info from 5/16/19 thru 8/19/21 reference post #613 here:
Found Deceased - WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
9/17/21 Jury Selection begins. A second jury has been chosen in connection with upcoming murder trial in Morgan County. According to reports, a 12-member jury was chosen Friday. The trial that is set to start next Monday, 9/27/21. A motion to change the location of the trial was previously denied.
*Trial set to begin (@ am ET) - WV – Riley Grace Crossman (15) (reported missing May 8, 2019, Berkeley Springs; found May 16, 2019, near Tuscarora Pike in Berkeley County) - *Andrew (“Andy”) Jackson McCauley, Jr. (41/now 43) (mom’s BF) arrested & charged (5/16/19) & indicted (1/7/20) & re-indicted (6/17/21) with 1st degree murder, concealment of a deceased human body & felony charge of death of a child by a custodian by child abuse. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/26/21. Jury selection began on 4/16 & jurors will be from Morgan County. Jury: 12 jurors & 2 alternates. These jurors will be let go & a new jury will be selected. First trial was cancelled due to COVID.
Trial set to begin on 9/27/21. Jury selection was on 9/17/21. Juror will come from Jefferson County & transported to the Morgan County courthouse.
Court info from 5/16/19 thru 8/19/21 reference post #613 here:
Found Deceased - WV - Riley Crossman, 15, Martinsburg, Morgan County, 7 May 2019 *arrest*
9/17/21 Jury Selection begins. A second jury has been chosen in connection with upcoming murder trial in Morgan County. According to reports, a 12-member jury was chosen Friday. The trial that is set to start next Monday, 9/27/21. A motion to change the location of the trial was previously denied.
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This May 16, 2019, booking photo provided by the W.Va. Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority shows Andy J. McCauley, Jr., who is accused of murdering 15-year-old Riley Crossman. (W.Va. Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority
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Trial for Morgan County man charged in teenager's death set to start Monday - WV MetroNews
just a blurb from the article. Nothing really new in article.
Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney Dan James said jurors may hear from as many as 40 witnesses for the state during the trial in Berkeley Springs . He anticipates testimony will last at least a week.
just a blurb from the article. Nothing really new in article.
Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney Dan James said jurors may hear from as many as 40 witnesses for the state during the trial in Berkeley Springs . He anticipates testimony will last at least a week.
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So glad he's going to trial, poor Riley.
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