Moorefield cop gets new attorney, is released on bond

The assistant chief of the Moorefield Police Department has a new attorney and is out on bond.

[someone who knows]

small town justice is finally (hopefully) catching up with galen. everyone who's brave enough to say it knows he's guilty.(dna evidence!) let's just hope he gets what he deserves. unbelievably, the town office is asking other officers to "donate their vacation time" to galen because his administrative leave has expired. what a joke.

[SJC]

I dont live in Moorefields. But do have a home in maysville. And some day hope to have a mail box there. I will be HOPEFULLY with you if you
let me. But there all ways a **** IF & But
And you know it.
If he was just a plan JOE it would be let's find a big tree. Not that plan JOE has any rights to do it.
But because he is one of the law finesse>(AND HE IS NOT THAT.
it's let's turn all backs and wait it out.
You said it in your post( UNBELIEVABLY ) what part the town office is the frist ones turning.
And you do know he well just get transfer to
another place.. Now how sickening is that to think about
S J C

[Robert Harrisonburg]

An oath is for a reason. After 911 the world praised the police departments, firfighters and the military for standing for what is good about out community and our nation and how we all should look up to these public figures. Then With just an act of stupity, he wipes away the faith and hopes of so many....time is up-go to jail!!!

[Moorefield Girl]

I think it's bs what's going on with Galen if it was anyone else they would be in jail by now. Galen use to follow me around in his cruiser, he is very ignorant and deserves to be punished. He is worthless, just like most of the cops in Moorefield. Most of the cops do drugs but nothing will ever be done about it.

[Nemesis]

Voice Of Reason wrote:

Its sad how law enforcement members are "sitting ducks" for this type of accusation. Im not saying he did or didnt just that no one that posted on here has a right to pass judgement on anyone else. DNA evidence, yes but I know this slut and she is after one thing and that is money. She has ruined this mans life because she wants attention and sympathy. This is the 3rd time she has made this type of accusation on someone! She collects sperm and then uses it to blackmail and manipulate men. Mary Ann Groves... You know you are lying. You know that he never forced anything on you. I dont know how you are able to sleep at night knowing that you ruined this mans life for your own selfish purposes. Im sure Galen is no saint but he doesnt deserve all this negative publicity and no one is mentioning the kind of sneaky little tramp that Mary Ann is. God will punish you for lying.

So, do you think anyone believes your diatribe? It sounds like the tantrum of a three year old. Everyone knows that in debate you back your statement with facts. Let's hear the names and dates. I might add that you are certainly braver than I am. Invoking God's name for evil is blasphemy. Also, I find it interesting that you concede that Galen probably did it.

[Richard Whiskey]

We know for a fact that Galen has changed his story more than a Mother tells her kids to wear clean underwear.So it's pretty much obvious that he's a liar. Then comes the fact that the town of Moorefield (leastways the police chief and members of the council)would put their feeling for a "friend" before the safety of the public by not taking this person of the force.The man should have been behind bars a year ago,and it will be a great day when he finally gets what he deserves.
As far as the previous poster is concerned: Are you on acid?Watch too many day time soaps?Next thing you will be saying is thats it's an Alien conspiracy to defraud small town police forces so we will be unprepared for the invasion.If you hoping to make people think she is of dubious character, you better think again. She is one of the few good,trustworthy individuals I have met.If your gonna try and discredit someone you should probably pick a better target. Anyone that knows her knows that the things you say are ludicrous.But I guess you have to grasp at straws since your main man Galen is goin down. Have fun with your fantasy world bub.

[Upper Crust]

I for one AM FROM Moorefield and do now personally all the people involved so I can see some truth in all above statements. I do believe that Galen had relations with Miss Mary Ann but I know him and have known him for many years and there is not one single doubt that he did not force her to do anything. Once a whore always a whore. How about her cheating on her husband at the time, Eric with Darren Vetter only to end up pregnant by Darren. Yeah, shes a good trustworthy person. And shes done more drugs in her life than Amy Winehouse! Boy, she really has people in her new town fooled. Too bad that the trial is in a town that knows her reputation. The bitch is crazy!
I don't feel that the town is "looking out for a friend over the safety of the community" That is a ridiculous statement! People that truely know him know that he is a good person. Yes he has made a few mistakes but he has never forced anyone to do anything of that nature.
And for people above to even touch on the subject of God and then blast another individual you most definately are NOT a Christian. Christians do not judge one another.

[Concerned]

A little birdie told me that Galen barks at the moon whenever he eats cheese. Is this true? I think someone should investigate this matter.

[afraid]

righton upper crust and voice of reason!!!! not only that beut she is a comunist and a liberel and she tried to kill tht catholik dude last week that was in the USA and she carried all the drugs into Moorefield and Petersburg and Keyser and I heard for a fact that when she was alittle kid she killed her real mother!!!!!!!!!!

[et cetera]

I'm with you! Voice of reason is no Christian!

Upper Crust wrote:

I for one AM FROM Moorefield and do now personally all the people involved so I can see some truth in all above statements. I do believe that Galen had relations with Miss Mary Ann but I know him and have known him for many years and there is not one single doubt that he did not force her to do anything. Once a whore always a whore. How about her cheating on her husband at the time, Eric with Darren Vetter only to end up pregnant by Darren. Yeah, shes a good trustworthy person. And shes done more drugs in her life than Amy Winehouse! Boy, she really has people in her new town fooled. Too bad that the trial is in a town that knows her reputation. The bitch is crazy!
I don't feel that the town is "looking out for a friend over the safety of the community" That is a ridiculous statement! People that truely know him know that he is a good person. Yes he has made a few mistakes but he has never forced anyone to do anything of that nature.
And for people above to even touch on the subject of God and then blast another individual you most definately are NOT a Christian. Christians do not judge one another.

[makers and cherries]

is it not possible to have a dirty cop(s) in small town wv? how bored do you people think the cops of moorefield or other similar places must get? ive personally known miss groves for almost a decade and she is clearly a person of good character who would never bring these allegations unless they were 100%true. if anything shes been a giving, thoughtful friend through the years and never has tried to manipulate me. all you reel supporters keep thinking the cops in your town, or any town are trustworthy. there will be more people going down for this crime than just galen.

[Advocate for the Victim]

My, my. Upper Crust and Voice of Reason sure are birds of a feather. Too bad your allegations are ignorant and unfounded. Not one bit of legitimate evidence has been presented by either of you. Perhaps you will eventually gain the strength and courage to post another tall tale with your real names, since you are so knowledgeable in the facts of Mary Ann's life. Until then, I along with many other readers will see you both for the gossipmongering cowards you truly are.

[Richard]

Somewhere we have gotten off topic here.For one,it doesn't matter who the victim was, just the fact that there is a victim.It doesn't matter who the victim was, it could have been anyone,and in the past it probably was someone else.Someone who was too frightened to come forward.It doesn't matter if it happened to Big Bird or Oscar the Grouch.The fact remains that he took the power and trust he was given as a public official who is supposed to protect people from the filth of the world, and uses it to commit malicious acts against the public.His supporters say "oh you just don't know him!!" I know he has lied, during this case.I know that his first attorney no longer wanted to represent him.Take a couple guess why.The facts,read that...it says FACTS, big letters even, do not support him.It's little wonder then his last supporters,either people who are afraid they will be going down with him, or his family, whom I feel sorry for, have resorted to trying to bring someone else down instead of trying to defend the indefensible and reprehensible actions of a fallen man.
You say that christians do not judge, yet in your post this is all you do.It's not amazing that Galen has a person of your dubious caliber for support.If you are what he is counting on as support it is laughable to say the least.Galen doesn't have the courage to go to actual court to prove his case, mainly because he no longer has one.Stall tactics, name calling, and blind fear of the future is all he has left to him.If he were innocent he would be wanting to get in there,get this stuff over with.But he isn't is he?No, he doesn't want it to go to court.
I'm not sure where you are coming from saying that it's "ridiculous" that certain individuals in Moorefield have put there own ajendas in front of public safety.If you have someone suspected of a crime, you don't let that person walk free with empowerment to commit crimes again.Especially one as malicious as Sexual Assault.It doesn't matter if you think they are "cool" or"trustworthy".They had a resposibility to ensure public safety, they dropped the ball...on PURPOSE.They decided that regardless of the fact he was accused of a crime, with good eveidence to back it up, that they knew better,they said "he's my buddy, not an employee".If your resposible you don't ignore a threat to the safety of the public you were elected to protect.Thats just plain good ole boy networking. And if the people of Moorefield are lucky, maybe this will put a huge dent in that Good Ole Boy network.
Lastly,Mary Ann. She is one of the most courageous people I know.Despite the fact that she knew people like you were going to tear her down, to try and do your worst to hurt her,She stood up for what she believed to be right.She had the guts to take a stand and not just turn her back.There are many people who love and respect you Mary Ann. Never doubt that we will stand by you, to give you what support we can,to lend you our strength when it is needed, and our love to let you know that you will never be alone in this fight.This woman has my utmost respect,which I have never given lightly to any person.
PS
Heya Mr.Crusty
Im not from Morgantown
I will be in Moorefield and Petersburg
Feel free to look me up.

[Lets Talk About It]

Amusing.
Standing Ovation for all the whore supporters.
Galen has never denied the fact that he did have sexual relations, only that the act was not forced. Did Mary Ann come up with a believeable story? Yes and bravo to her for that. She should have wrote a novel. Her creative ideas are great!
Galen is not on trial for anything other than did he or did he not FORCE her to do anything sexual with him. Force has not been proven. Force will not be proven.
Galen took the original plea because the first cheap ass lawyer that he hired didnt want to do any work to prepare for the case so he convinced Galen to take the plea. That "lawyer" is now under investigation by the ethics board. He did him dirty to get something for nothing.
Galen is no angel, none of us are but no one deserves false accusations thrown at them.
Are there some crooked cops? Perverts even? Absolutely but in this case, you've got the wrong guy.
Everyone is looking at her story of "Oh poor me. I was forced to touch him" But what about the fact that several people drove by the scene that night and saw Mary Ann laughing and smiling and joking around with Galen as he performed Field Sobriety tests? The incident happened along main street in Moorefield for crying out loud. Galen has worked for MPD for 15 years. He would never risk losing his job over some tramp.
Its sad that she would have to stoop to this level to get attention. Normally she just shows up at a local bar sloppy drunk and hangs on everyone and does coke off the bathroom counters for attention. This is a new avenue for her.
Mary Ann, I have no doubt that you are reading this. You are more than likely the one posting all the defensive comments because I find it really hard to believe that more than one person would have anything nice to say about you. Just admit to what happened... You and Galen messed around, you tried to get him to pull over to talk to you several times and he ignored you after that. You were embarrassed and felt used. You wanted revenge on him because you felt no one has the right to use you. I understand that and I wont defend him in that area. I will however defend the accusations that you make against him. He did not force anything on you. You know that as well as the rest of the town does. He was an easy target. If you were really that distraught by what had "happened" to you.. you would not have been out at the bar that night whoring around and you would not have waited 2 months to turn it in! 2 months. THat kinda speaks for itself.

[dumbfounded]

Do you think anyone could possibly think that she, or many other women, would want to have relations with Galen?

Lets Talk About It wrote:

Amusing.
Standing Ovation for all the whore supporters.
Galen has never denied the fact that he did have sexual relations, only that the act was not forced. Did Mary Ann come up with a believeable story? Yes and bravo to her for that. She should have wrote a novel. Her creative ideas are great!
Galen is not on trial for anything other than did he or did he not FORCE her to do anything sexual with him. Force has not been proven. Force will not be proven.
Galen took the original plea because the first cheap ass lawyer that he hired didnt want to do any work to prepare for the case so he convinced Galen to take the plea. That "lawyer" is now under investigation by the ethics board. He did him dirty to get something for nothing.
Galen is no angel, none of us are but no one deserves false accusations thrown at them.
Are there some crooked cops? Perverts even? Absolutely but in this case, you've got the wrong guy.
Everyone is looking at her story of "Oh poor me. I was forced to touch him" But what about the fact that several people drove by the scene that night and saw Mary Ann laughing and smiling and joking around with Galen as he performed Field Sobriety tests? The incident happened along main street in Moorefield for crying out loud. Galen has worked for MPD for 15 years. He would never risk losing his job over some tramp.
Its sad that she would have to stoop to this level to get attention. Normally she just shows up at a local bar sloppy drunk and hangs on everyone and does coke off the bathroom counters for attention. This is a new avenue for her.
Mary Ann, I have no doubt that you are reading this. You are more than likely the one posting all the defensive comments because I find it really hard to believe that more than one person would have anything nice to say about you. Just admit to what happened... You and Galen messed around, you tried to get him to pull over to talk to you several times and he ignored you after that. You were embarrassed and felt used. You wanted revenge on him because you felt no one has the right to use you. I understand that and I wont defend him in that area. I will however defend the accusations that you make against him. He did not force anything on you. You know that as well as the rest of the town does. He was an easy target. If you were really that distraught by what had "happened" to you.. you would not have been out at the bar that night whoring around and you would not have waited 2 months to turn it in! 2 months. THat kinda speaks for itself.

[Richard]

1."Galen has never denied the fact that he did have sexual relations" yes he did.
2."Force has not been proven" no shit thats why it's going to court, if it had already been proven he would be in jail.Dumb ass.
3."Galen is no angel" Duh. Do you wonder why it's only you supporting him on here?
4."The incident happened along main street in Moorefield" yeah. in the middle of the night . in a cop car.With a trained dog, and a guy with a gun.Thx for the heads up.
5."Galen has worked for MPD for 15 years"Oddly enough the longer people work somewhere the easier they feel like they can get away with things.
6.The "rest" of the town pretty much wants to see justice done.The"rest" of the town knows enough stories about dirty cops and girls gettin pulled over after coming out of the bars on saturday nights.
You try to make it seem like there is some huge outcry against this case when it's really a crowd of people who want to see the truth.There has been no large outcry for Galen, and there won't be later.Just the few disillusioned souls like you.
7."Galen took the plea because his lawyer told him to" Well hell yeah his lawyer told him to. Cause he doesn't have a leg to stand on.He has no evidence.Galen changed his story 20 times.What the hell man. It's a train wreck waitin to happen and Galen tied himself to the rails.You can't save yourself from yourself when your that dumb.
Anyway,keep trying to defend him on here.I need a few good laughs a day.Perhaps you can hit us up with some more slander? Cause god knows you don't have any facts that help out your stories.Viva la Daytime Soaps!!!

[Small Town]

I happened to stumble upon this interesting discussion and had to take a moment to add in my 2 cents.

In response to "Richard" :

1. Galen has never denied the fact that he had relations with Miss Groves. I can see why he would deny it if it did though. We all have our momentary lapses of sanity and she happened to come along in his moment. He has always denied that he forced her. She was a willing participant and there is no legal wrong in that.

2. Force is what the issue is here. Apparently "Richard" you have no leg to stand on in your arguements against Galen if this has not been proven. You are going by nothing more than what she says happened. We could play he said, she said all day long but the bottom line is that he will be punished or NOT punished based on whether there is solid proof that Mr Reel did in fact FORCE Miss Groves into sexual acts.

3. There are tons of people in Moorefield and the surrounding areas supporting Mr Reel. The only negative comments have come from low lives that have either been arrested by Mr Reel or know someone who has. Its human nature for people to kick someone while they are down. Anyone with any social status in the community have poured out their support to him. Its not likely that the court system would let any low lives through to the jury pool so I think he will be ok.

4. Yea, sounds totally believable. Galen held her against her will with a gun and a dog on main street and forced her to touch him with hundreds of cars went by. Perhaps all of those people who drove by should be on trial for ignoring this as they drove by! It's funny that you say she was in the car becaus ethe police report states that the "completin of the sexual act took place outside the vehicle" Right on main street for the whole town to see.

5. Gotta agree with that.. people do get more comfortable with their jobs but if he was going to risk his job for a woman I feel sure that it would be one of a little higher caliber than Miss Groves

6. Ah yes and the truth will come out. And when it does I cant wait to tune in for comments from dumbasses such as you "Richard" saying how the court system is screwed up and yadda yadda yadda. I just know that when the verdict is read Galen can get on with his life and poor Miss Groves will have to begin her quest for a new man to try to set up to get a few dollars and some "Aw poor you" speaches from her friends.

7. Um ok. You seem to know so much about everything "Richard" Tell me oh wise one what is the meaning of life?

Plain and simple.. No matter his past or hers, whatever "evidence" she has, no matter what court proceedings have been mishandled or what mistakes he has made in seeking council, the only real question here is did he or did he not force her into sexual acts. Only Miss Groves and Mr Reel know that 100% for sure. You and I can choose sides based on the testimony given to us by our friends but all that matters is who the 9 jurors see as more believable and whose lawyer presents a more plausible case. No one has the right to slam either the Plantiff or the Defendent at this point.

[Richard]

Once again, you make yourself into a fool.He did state he never had sexual relations with her.Multiple times.Then he changed his story.Then he changed it again.
"Its not likely that the court system would let any low lives through to the jury pool so I think he will be ok." Social status ...in Moorefield?Apparently they have much better drugs than we low lives have available in order to think you rate as some social elite in a town the size of Moorefield.Hurray for the Paris Hiltons of Moorefield.I remember a few of the "social elite" passed out at various bars, driving drunk, selling and doing drugs in various areas.I would hope they would stand by Galen.After all you have to pay back all the heads turning the other way at some point.
Hundreds of cars? In the weee hours of the morning?On that side of town? I begin to doubt if you know Moorefield as well as you say you do.
So now you say he shoulda sexually assaulted someone with better breeding than Ms.Groves? I'm confused.It would be acceptable to think he committed the crime if it was with a rich girl?"Gotta agree with that.. people do get more comfortable with their jobs but if he was going to risk his job for a woman I feel sure that it would be one of a little higher caliber than Miss Groves".I feel sure that your not too bright.
Damn man/woman/person/Social Elite you don't have to quote my name like that. Thats my real name.I'm not ashamed to have people know I wrote in this Blog, hell I welcome it.I feel no need to hind behind witty names or my job or my social status.I'm sure that you and yours always think in the way of "Who's gonna get the moneys!!!!". Personally, I just would like to see people who lie, and cheat and hide behind facades get theirs.
Hmm the meaning of life I always thought was just to live? no? Perhaps I'm wrong, go through life, try to do right by people,try to do right by yourself.Oh enlighten me mighty Social elite one...please? I promise i won't get dirt on the mastahs carpet.
"no matter what court proceedings have been mishandled " uh oh!! They may let a "low life" in after all.You know, the people who actually work for a living.Wait...I feel a country song coming on.

[Small Town]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ha.

I do hope that you Mr Richard show your great support for Miss Groves this coming week in the court proceedings. After all, for her to have so many supporters, none have showed face at the court house so far. Hmmmmm. All that I recall seeing in the courtroom were members of the police department , members of the town of Moorefield (recorder, mayor, etc.) and Galens family. For Mary Ann... her mother. I'm glad that someone believes her though. Would hate for EVERYONE to know that she is a completely certifiable nutjob. Yah for her to have one friend in Morgantown. Thats more than she has around here.

Bottom line.. again for the slow ones out there... is that force is the only issue at hand. His character or past is not a factor.. merely whether he forced himself on Miss Groves.

[Someone who knows]

Gee small town. I wonder who you could possibly be? You are obviously a Galen supporter, or even the pervert himself, since noone else has been in court except the victim and her mother. How does it feel to have the back of a sexual predator that forces himself on women who are alone and vulnerable in the wee hours of the morning? Haven't you ever heard the saying "Stand up for what is right even if you are standing alone?" Which she isn't.