Weapon charge against Meservey man dismissed

After being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole as the result of a guilty verdict delivered by a Franklin County District Court jury, Charles Albright, 42, of Meservey — who was ultimately found guilty of Willful Injury Causing Bodily Injury and First-Degree Kidnapping — will no longer have to take the stand once again, as an additional weapon charge against him has been dismissed.

In July, Albright was tried for the abuse of his former live-in girlfriend Kim Hartman, 36. He was accused of beating and torturing Hartman on Oct. 7, 2016, in their shared Meservey home, and also of beating her in his vehicle while driving to Sheffield the same day. Hartman testified that the incident last year was just one of multiple acts of both emotional and physical abuse Albright had inflicted on her during their approximately two, to two-and-a-half year long relationship.

Read the full article in the September 21 edition of the papers.