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Kanawha deputies arrest 2 fugitives

Kanawha County sheriffs deputies arrested two fugitives on Wednesday night.

Lt. Bryan Stover of the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department said deputies went to Parsley's Motor Inn on Bigley Avenue in Charleston about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after getting a tip that a Fayette County fugitive might be staying there.

Stover said the occupant of Room 186 initially gave a false name, but deputies were able to identify him as Christopher Lee Preston, 30, of Beckley.

Preston is wanted for failing to appear for drug violations in Fayette Circuit Court. Stover said Preston had a bus ticket and was apparently getting ready to leave the state.

Deputies also discovered a ...

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