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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) A 60-year-old convicted 39 years ago in a Harrison County homicide now is accused of violating his federal supervised release in a 2006 federal drug case.

Charles Raymond Wable is accused of violating his supervised release by unlawfully possessing an assault-style rifle that had a loaded high-capacity magazine and had a round in the chamber.

And now Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Cogar is trying to prove that Wable also tried to persuade another male to lie by saying the gun was his.

During a Nov. 10 final hearing on the petition to revoke supervised release, the male, a young man, testified that it was his gun.

Keeley then granted a government request for a continuance to investigate the young mans testimony.

The young man, visibly shaken, appeared for a second time Friday and was informed of his Fifth Amendment rights by Keeley. She also has arranged for the young man to be appointed veteran area counsel, probably either Tom Dyer or Shawn Morgan.

The judge also declined to rule yet on the petition to revoke Wables supervised release. She told Cogar and Federal Defender Brian Kornbrath that she wants to listen to tapes of phone calls Wable made since he was jailed Sept. 25, and also review a transcript of those calls. Because of the possibility of further criminal charges, I need to look at this pretty carefully, Keeley said before scheduling a December resumption of the hearing.

Additionally, she indicated she may want the young man to take the stand again, even if its just to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. The young man was visibly shaken during his appearance before Keeley.

During the Nov. 10 hearing, the young man testified hed bought the gun at a roadside stand and then put it under Wables mattress after firing a few rounds.

Wable took the stand Oct. 2 in his preliminary revocation hearing and denied the firearm belonged to him.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating Wable for the possible filing of new criminal charges over the gun possession, U.S. Probation Officer Benjamin Ahmed testified during the Oct. 2 hearing.

Cogar put on just one witness Friday, ATF Special Agent Jared Newman. Newman testified about finding work records that put into question the young mans testimony about buying the gun Sept. 25 and putting it under the mattress that day.

Newman also testified about listening to the jail calls and how that could correlate to the governments belief that Wable was trying to hire someone to lie about the gun possession or in legal terminology, allegedly trying to suborn perjury.

The gun was found Sept. 25 at Wables residence by federal probation officers Vinnie Zummo, Evin Thomas and Travis Roberts, Ahmed testified Oct. 2.

In addition to a Harrison County second-degree murder conviction from 1981, Wable has convictions from the Southern District of West Virginia for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and for breaking into a post office, Ahmed has testified.

Wable also is on the supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. On Sept. 4, 2007, Keeley sentenced Wable to 188 months in prison in that case.

Wable, of Lumberport, also is under indictment in Harrison County Circuit Court on a charge of felony fleeing with reckless indifference.

That charging document was handed up by grand jurors in early September. Harrison Circuit Judge James A. Matish has yet to reschedule the trial after Wable was arrested by federal authorities on the supervised release revocation allegation.

On the state fleeing charge, Wable in late 2019 led law enforcement on a pursuit through the Wyatt, ODells Knob and Pine Bluff communities, law enforcement has alleged.

Wable drove off from a traffic stop while Harrison Deputy Ryan Harris was checking IDs and criminal history information, according to the criminal complaint.

The pursuit was brought to a halt near Peora when Harrison Deputy J.R. Flanagan successfully deployed stop sticks, causing flats to all four tires of the vehicle driven by Wable, according to law enforcement.

On the second-degree murder conviction, Wable was sentenced to 5 to 18 years, with an effective sentencing date of April 18, 1983, according to Lawrence Messina, state communications director, who cited information from the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Wable was granted parole Nov. 7, 1988, and discharged from parole early, on Nov. 29, 1993, according to Messina.

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