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July 11, 2008
Criminal record of Desmond Clark
Staff writer

This is a compilation of the criminal background of Desmond D. Clark, who is accused of shooting Na'lisha Gravley to death on July 5 in Charleston. The numbers included in each entry are the case numbers assigned by the court.

9/27/2004

04M-10894

Domestic Battery

Issuing Magistrate: Halloran

Assigned Magistrate: Yeager

Bond Amount: $50 cash of the $500 bail, paid by the defendant

Criminal complaint: According to the victim's mother and a Kanawha County school teacher, Clark punched 16-year-old Na'lisha Gravely, who was five months pregnant, in the face with his fist.

2/12/2005

05M-1786

Domestic Battery

Issuing Magistrate: Crouch

Assigned Magistrate: Yeager

Bond amount: $1,000 personal recognizance

Criminal complaint: Clark struck Na'lisha Gravely, 16, in the nose with his fist, causing it to bleed.

4/13/2005

05-F-820

Malicious wounding

Magistrate: McGinnis

Clark dragged Na'lisha Gravely into a vehicle and kicked her in the ribs, hit her in the head with a handgun, causing two lacerations about an inch long.

Bond Amount: $12,500 or 10 percent cash and surety bond

4/22/2005

05-F-820

05-M-4062

Bond release

Magistrate: Yeager

Surety: Dawn Walker, $1,000

6/18/2005

05M-6677

Domestic Battery

Issuing Magistrate: Aaron

Assigned Magistrate: Yeager

Bond Amount: $5,000 surety

Surety: Nancy Zeigler, Charleston

Criminal Complaint: Clark choked and slammed Na'lisha Gravely to the ground, threatening to kill her.

8/11/2005

04M-10894

Capias order/Motion to revoke bond

Magistrate: Yeager

Clark failed to answer or appear on charges of domestic battery. Magistrate recommended that no bail be set.

10/23/2005

05M-11462

05M-11463

05F-2394

Domestic Battery

Battery

Kidnapping

Issuing Magistrate: Crouch

Assigned Magistrate: Yeager

Bond Amount: $5,000

Surety: Valeria Lawrence, Hurricane

Criminal complaint: Clark did drag Na'lisha Gravely by her hair and shove her into his vehicle against her will.

10/28/2005

04M-10894

05M-6677

05M-1786

Capias order

Magistrate: Yeager

Clark failed to answer or appear on three counts of domestic battery. Magistrate recommended that bail be set at $1,000 cash.

11/15/2005

04M-10894

05M-1286

05M-2394

05M-6677

05M-11462

05M-11463

Criminal Bail Agreement

Kidnapping, Battery and Domestic Battery x 4

Magistrate: Fouty

Bail Amount: $1,000 cash/$75,000 surety

Surety: Valeria Lawrence, Hurricane

6/12/2006

06M-6901

Carrying a dangerous weapon

Issuing Magistrate: McGinnis

Assigned Magistrate: Yeager/Crouch

Bond Amount: $300 cash on $3,000 bail

Surety: James Johnson

12/14/2006

06M-6901

Carrying a dangerous weapon

Dismissed, no officer

1/4/2007

07F-26

Possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance

Issuing Magistrate: Harshbarger

Assigned Magistrate: Halloran

Bond amount: $25,000 or 10 percent

Surety: Valeria Lawrence, Charleston

Committed 1/4//2007, Released 2/4/2007

Criminal complaint: Clark was found during a traffic stop with 2 ounces of marijuana in the vehicle underneath the back seat. Also found 90 grams in the back seat.

1/10/2007

07-M-425

Domestic Battery

Issuing Magistrate: Halloran

Assigned Magistrate: Yeager/Aaron

Bond Amount: $1,000

Criminal Complaint: Clark choked Na'lisha Gravely causing redness and swelling around her neck, during an argument.

1/16/2007

07F-26

Possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance

Magistrate: Halloran

Dismissed, no officer

1/24/2007

07F-197

07F-198

07F-199

07F-200

Wanton endangerment x 2

Burglary x 2

Issuing Magistrate: Halloran

Bond Amount: $1,000 cash

Criminal Complaint: Clark entered a residence and told Na'lisha Gravely to come with him. Pushed Barbara Bowers, Gravely's grandmother. Forced Gravely into a vehicle and fired a pistol into the air.

1/26/2007

07-M-245

Capias order/Motion to Revoke Bond

Magistrate: Yeager

Clark violated his bond by not fulfilling agreement to abide by state and federal law, on 1/24/2007

2/1/2007

07-M-425

Capias order

Magistrate: Yeager

Clark violated his bond on 1/24/2007

2/8/2007

07-M-425

Motion to Revoke Bond

Magistrate: Yeager

Bond changed to 10,000 surety or 10 percent cash

2/16/07

Criminal Bail

Surety: Valeria Lawrence, Charleston, $1,000 cash

2/18/2007

Order of Home Confinement bond

Magistrate: Yeager

State: Teresa Tarr

Clark placed on electronic home confinement, suspended the bond violation, until further order in the case, on $10,000 surety or 10 percent cash bond to be posted. State objected to bond amount.

3/9/2007

07M-8710

Escape

Issuing Magistrate: Shelton

Assigned Magistrate: Aaron

Clark removed his home confinement transmitter and then absconded without making contact with Kanawha County Home Confinement

4/8/2007

07F-776

Malicious Wounding

Issuing Magistrate: Shelton

Assigned Magistrate: Aaron

Na'lisha Gravely had been in a verbal altercation with Clark and he grabbed her by the neck and put her to the ground, then stabbed her in the arm with a kitchen knife.

5/25/2007

05-F-2394

05-B-243

05-F-820

05-CR-M-449

Charges dismissed

Judge King

Dismissal after a delay of more than one year in presenting the charges to a grand jury or in filing an information against the defendant.

5/29/2007

07-F-188

07-M-39

Indictment

Judge: Stucky

Indicted by the grand jury.

6/7/2007

07-F-188

07-M-39

Capias order

Judge: Stucky

Bond amount: $50,000 surety

Surety: William O. and Brenda S. Harris, $36,240, property, Malden district

Clark failed to appear for an arraignment hearing on June 7.

7/6/2007

07M-8974

Battery

Issuing Magistrate: Shelton

Assigned Magistrate: Aaron

Criminal Complaint: Clark did not want to return to his section at South Central Regional Jail. Clark tried to slam the correctional officer to the floor by picking him up.

7/12/2007

07-F-188

07-M-39

Arraignment

Judge: Stucky

Entered a plea of not guilty and bond set at $50,000 surety with conditions of home confinement.

10/15/2007

07-F-188

07-M-39

Bond modification granted

Judge: Stucky

Clark free on $50,000 property bond under condition of house arrest.

Requested to be removed from house arrest or have bond modified to allow for employment and educational purposes.

1/22/2008

07-F-188

07-M-39

Guilty plea

Judge: Stuckey

State: Laura Young, assistant prosecuting attorney

Pleaded guilty to felony Possession With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance: marijuana (count 1 of 07-F-188)

Pleaded guilty to misdemeanor Discharging a Firearm Within 500 Feet of a Dwelling, Battery and Domestic Battery (count 5, 6, 8 of 07-M-39)

3/4/2008

07-F-188

07-M-39

Sentence suspended

Judge: Stucky

Placed on probation for two years, effective March 4, 2008

5/16/2008

08M-7079

08M-7080

08M-7081

No Operators

No Proof of Insurance

Leaving the Scene

Issuing Magistrate: Crouch

Assigned Magistrate: Aaron

Bond Amount: $1,000 PR

Criminal Complaint: Clark was operating a vehicle with no operator's permit or proof of insurance when he was involved in an accident at the intersection of Washington Street and Hunt Avenue. Clark left the accident and was stopped at the intersection of Hunt Avenue and Orchard Street.

5/17/2008

08M-7462

Domestic Battery

Issuing magistrate: Yeager

Criminal complaint: Clark struck the victim in the stomach area with a closed fist on Red Oak Street in Charleston.

7/5/2008

08F-02229

Issuing Magistrate: Carper-Strickland

Criminal Complaint: Clark followed his girlfriend Na'lisha Gravely into the Taco Bell on Third Avenue. He found gravely hiding in a closet and shot her several times, resulting in her death.

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Posted By: Erin Ford (6:26pm 08-22-2008)
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Lisha was my friend's cousin. It's horrible that someone would do this..horrible. And to think it happened in Charleston. My favorite city in the US.

Posted By: sum1sad (4:22pm 07-22-2008)
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It really makes me upset to think that men are out here abusing women, but their abusing women who love them, who have carried their child and have bared there children, and who have taken up for them even though they are being brutal beaten by them. Na'lisha loved him but the love that she had for him wasn't enough for him. He took her love and abused it and didn't care. He also didn't care that he took her love away from their child. Its just not fair and its sad. Please people stop the violence. We need to love each other not hate each other. Besides God we are all we got. Na'lisha feona Gravely you will be missed and not for gotten.

Posted By: The Change (1:05pm 07-15-2008)
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As I read his criminal record, it showed a lack of respect for others and himself. Once again, we (African Americans) are self destructing and we have the nerve to kill or bring others down with us. How many more daughters, sons, mothers and fathers do we have to loose before we begin to wake up and do something positive in our lives and for our family and community. Or has everyone forgotten about that? Well, if we don't wake up soon, these you may end up being the next story line. It can be your sister, your brother your mama your daddy. I'm very happy that someone decided to send me this tragedy of an article, I started to delete and move on, then I looked at my daughter walk past me and I decided to return the the article and read the whole story, or as what has been exposed to me via the internet. Finally, if you have read this far, you are a special person and I would like to challenge you to be the CHANGE that you are looking for.

The Change

Posted By: J (12:46am 07-13-2008)
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Just boil it down to violent crimes - the drug "offenses" aren't real crimes and don't explain why he should have been in jail. No one should be held in jail for nonviolent drug possession or delivery.


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