{"id":661290,"date":"2026-03-06T19:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/?p=661290"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:11:04","slug":"man-indicted-on-sexual-assault-kidnapping-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/03\/06\/man-indicted-on-sexual-assault-kidnapping-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Man indicted on sexual assault, kidnapping charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va.\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;A man was indicted Thursday on multiple charges of sexual assault and kidnapping by a Kanawha County Grand Jury.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_661294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-661294\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-661294 size-medium\" src=_-122.html alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com\/wvmn-s3\/2026\/03\/Parker-Brian-Steven-3710580_Mug_Front_20260306165131-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com\/wvmn-s3\/2026\/03\/Parker-Brian-Steven-3710580_Mug_Front_20260306165131-1-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com\/wvmn-s3\/2026\/03\/Parker-Brian-Steven-3710580_Mug_Front_20260306165131-1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com\/wvmn-s3\/2026\/03\/Parker-Brian-Steven-3710580_Mug_Front_20260306165131-1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-661294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Parker (Photo: WVDCR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney&#8217;s news release, Brian Steven Parker, 44, of Deep Water, West Virginia, faces eight counts of second-degree sexual assault and three counts of kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>The release also said he is scheduled to be arraigned on March 26, in front of Judge Jennifer Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>The office and the Charleston Police are encouraging the community to reach out have any information regarding additional victims\/witness. You can contact CPD at 304-348-6400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Parker was indicted Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":533673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man indicted on sexual assault, kidnapping charges - WV MetroNews<\/title>\n
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