Local woman faces charge, shows up naked to arraignment

Authored by therecorddelta.com and submitted by AkumaBengoshi

BUCKHANNON — One Upshur County woman is facing a charge of domestic battery after a dispute turned physical on Monday, April 4.

According to court documents, Buckhannon City Police Officer Angel McCauley was dispatched to Speedway in Buckhannon for an active domestic disturbance occurring in a white Subaru. Upon arrival Officer McCauley witnessed the defendant, later identified as Brittany Hill-Sutphin, age 24, allegedly physically assaulting a male victim, who was seated in the driver’s seat. When the defendant spotted officer McCauley, she allegedly exited the vehicle and began telling the officer of an alleged infidelity.

The criminal complaint stated the officer did not see any apparent marks on the victim, who refused EMS service. In the victim’s statement, he stated he was meeting with the defendant to retrieve divorce papers when she allegedly began hitting him and pulling his hair. Other witnesses stated they saw the defendant physically hitting the victim, according to their statement.

Hill-Sutphin was unable to be arraigned until Tuesday evening, after being deemed unable to appear. When finally able to appear, it was reported that the defendant was naked and had to be covered with a towel. The defendant was remanded to Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

InvisibleEar on April 8th, 2022 at 15:37 UTC »

Abolish prisons

zatch17 on April 8th, 2022 at 03:55 UTC »

Not even an arraignjacket?

lifejustice on April 7th, 2022 at 23:37 UTC »

This is actually one of the things that PISSES ME OFF about the US Prison system. It should be illegal and private prison systems should be tried for crimes against humanity for this. She was naked in court because these motherfucking corrections officers wouldn't even give her a fucking pair of underwear when she appears in front of a judge and attorneys.

In a women's prison, clothing is currency. Sometimes a person (or group) can whoop a new girl ass and take her clothes. If another prisoner takes your clothes, they are gone. Prisons don't issue new clothes. You have to buy them from commissary, which is once a week. If you don't have money, you can go months without any clothes.

Women have been on their periods with no clothes, no sheets, and no tampons freezing cold overnight...Even with pants and shirt, they can be forced to go without underwear and have to make their own bras out of their bedsheets.

LET THIS SINK IN: UNITED STATES CITIZENS SIT IN THEIR CELL NAKED FOR DAYS BECAUSE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WON'T CLOTHE THEM...NOT EVEN FOR A COURT ARRAIGNMENT.

This shit was even caught on Netflix "60 Days In". They wouldn't give a prisoner any pants or underwear after taking them from the prisoner. These COs can rot in hell.