June 26, 2009
Ex-county commissioner pleads guilty to sexual assault
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ELKINS, W.Va. -- A former Randolph County commissioner faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Walter Schmidlen pleaded guilty Wednesday in Randolph Circuit Court to a felony sexual assault charge and a misdemeanor sexual abuse charge. Schmidlen, 43, told the court that a teenage girl performed a sex act on him and that he touched her.
He faces up to five years in prison on the felony charge and up to 90 days in jail on the misdemeanor.
Schmidlen is being held at Tygart Valley Regional Jail while he awaits sentencing. Circuit Judge Jaymie Godwin Wilfong has not set a sentencing date.
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