The attorney representing an investigator who has been charged for working without a license on the alleged Pagan president is requesting an expedited hearing to drop the charges.

L.J. Maxey, 74, former Bridgeport city councilor and retired Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officer, was charged with operating as a private investigator without a license for Attorney Elgine McArdle in her defense of alleged Pagan president Ryan Lane for his role in the 2022 murder of Henry Silver. McArdle was also charged by the prosecutor’s office last week for violating a child’s confidentiality.

An attorney for Maxey is requesting an emergency motion for a hearing to dismiss the charges based on social posts by Marion County Prosecutor Jeffery Freeman.

On the Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, Public

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