A new Kanawha County magistrate has been appointed to fill the vacancy left when former magistrate Julie Yeager resigned last month.
Chief Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey has appointed Angela Perdue for the role, according to an order filed Wednesday. Neither Bailey nor Perdue could be reached for comment Friday.
Perdue lives in Elkview and works as a Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Officer at the state Supreme Court, according to social media accounts. She studied criminal justice and psychology at West Virginia State University and justice leadership at Marshall University, the profiles say.
Perdue will start Aug. 15 and serve through 2018, according to the order.
Yeager, who had been a magistrate since 2004, resigned July 20 amid allegations she embezzled at least $14,000 from the West Virginia Magistrate Association, for which she served as treasurer.
A report from the Supreme Court's Judicial Disciplinary Counsel Teresa Tarr said that, in her opinion, Yeager committed felony embezzlement and felony falsifying assets. Yeager resigned before the court could consider the report.
She has not been criminally charged. The Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is investigating.