Huntington, WEST VIRGINIA

Another former candidate arrested

In Huntington, WV, Amy Walker Irwin, was arrested Sunday night and charged with possession of a controlled substance. She was found outside a known crack house and a substance in her car tested positive.

In an arraignment where noone was allowed, including family, Irwin was charged with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and allowed to leave with her family.

In 2008, just weeks before voters were set to go to the polls, Irwin, who was considered a shoe-in to become a magistrate, was arrested on six felony drug counts and one count of bribery.

Five of those drug charges were later dismissed.

The remaining bribery and drug trafficking counts advanced to Cabell Circuit Court and still await indictment. Her father is a former Cabell County Circuit Judge.

No political party given in the two stories cited. Only one story does. Here She's a Democrat. It's also the only online source that says her father is Dan Daugherty. One outlet, WOWK, listed the party in their 2008 report but not only failed to mention it in 2009, they also failed to mention her father was a judge. (In 2008, there were, apparently 18 Democrat candidates for the post.)