UPDATE: Nitro Illegal Tire Case Settled
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Posted: 12:28 PM Sep 17, 2008
 Last Updated: 3:13 PM Sep 17, 2008
 Reporter: Anna Baxter
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The man charged with having more than one thousand tires without a permit will spend up to five years in prison.

A judge sentenced Ricky Handley on Wednesday to one to five years in prison. He will start serving the sentence immediately.

DEP inspectors say Handley kept the tires at a warehouse in Nitro that caught fire two years ago. The fire burned for almost a day and it took more than a million gallons of water to put out the fire.

Handley pleaded guilty to the charges back in July.
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Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 23, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Judge Kauffman will get his judgement one day!
Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 22, 2008 at 01:03 PM
ANONYMOUS September 22, 2008 Sounds like insurance fraud. Go after the owner of the building and the two owners of the BUSINESS.
Posted by: judy on Sep 22, 2008 at 12:22 PM
we own a business past and present our employees were responsible for doing thier job only why is this owner not responsiblein this case something doesn't smell right in this case
Posted by: Lynndy on Sep 20, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Even the prosecutors recommended probation. Where are the owners? Who benefitted from the insurance payout? It is sad that our society will jump to punish the middle man in a case like this and yet go out of our way to rehabilitate rapist & molestors.
Posted by: anonymous on Sep 20, 2008 at 05:23 PM
Before you pass judgement you should get the whole story. The fire started in the ajoining building and nothing was done on purpose. Ricky was an employee, the permit should have been the owners responsibility!
Posted by: Mark on Sep 18, 2008 at 09:44 AM
A prison term for storing tires? You must be kidding. How about using our court system to prosecute serious criminals.
Posted by: Charlie on Sep 17, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Unbelievable --That idiot over in Ohio got 4 yrs. for murdering a young youth over a bale of hay.
Posted by: Jane on Sep 17, 2008 at 06:38 PM
It does not seem the punishment is just. People molest children and get less time than that.
Posted by: WILDBOAR on Sep 17, 2008 at 02:46 PM
UP TO FIVE YEARS AND 10,000 IN FINES.....YOU GET MORE TIME FOR TIRES THAN KILLING SOMEONE.....SAD...
Posted by: Tammy on Sep 17, 2008 at 02:23 PM
So what...let him pay the water bill. There are murderers walking the streets and you are worried about this guy who had too many tires. Whatever!
Posted by: Pablo on Sep 17, 2008 at 02:05 PM
A thousand dollar fine is not enough. I'm sure it cost the fire department much more that that to contain the fire. Guilty people like this should have to pay all the cost of fire, police, and any other expenses. He broke the law, on purpose. Punish him for it.
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