Two people accused of kidnapping and robbing a man at gunpoint in Putnam County in September 2016 were sentenced to prison as part of a plea deal this week.
Michael Gary Sniff, 30, and Kasey Danielle Kincaid, 34, each were sentenced to serve 50 years in prison by Putnam Circuit Judge Joseph Reeder.
Sniff and Kincaid originally were charged with robbery, kidnapping and assault during the commission of a felony, but the kidnapping charge was dropped as part of their plea deal.
They each pleaded guilty to robbery and assault during the commission of a felony.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Putnam County Magistrate Court, the victim said he was at a gas station in Hurricane on Sept. 21, 2016, when Kincaid offered him $100, drugs and sexual favors for a ride to a motel in Cross Lanes. When the victim refused, he said Smith pointed a gun at him. The victim said the pair emptied his wallet and threatened to kill him multiple times as they put him in a vehicle, drove him to a bank in Poca and forced him to withdraw $320, according to the complaint.
The victim told police he was struck at least once in the head with the butt of Sniff's gun, and that Kincaid and Sniff said they wanted to "schedule killing him," according to the complaint.
The man said Sniff was trying to drive to Charleston, but got lost and went to a fast food restaurant in Hurricane to get food, which is when the man escaped and called 911, according to the complaint.