POINT PLEASANT — The Mason County grand jury met Monday for the first time in 2009 and indicted 22 people on various charges.

Those indictments included a Glenwood woman who allegedly attempted to kill her boyfriend in a vehicle accident and six people who were arrested in different drug stings.

Courtney S. Powers, 28, of Glenwood, was indicted for attempted murder, malicious assault, DUI causing bodily injury, failure to maintain control and leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injuries.

In August, Joshua Cremeans was driving his car north on W.Va. 2 when his vehicle allegedly was struck from behind, which caused him to overturn, ejecting him from the car several feet. He was seriously injured in the accident and was taken to the hospital by helicopter. The driver of the vehicle that struck him fled the scene.

An investigation by the Mason County Sheriff’s Department showed that Powers allegedly was driving the vehicle that struck Cremeans. She was arrested Oct. 13 at her place of employment in Cabell County by Cpl. C.K. Zerkle with the Mason County Detachment of the West Virginia State Police.

Also in October, six people were taken into custody for possession of heroin.

Phillip Eugene Jackson, 22, and Torell Justice, 22, both of Dayton, Ohio, and Thomas Robert Mallette, 27, and Shawn Edward Swisher, 29, both of Point Pleasant, were indicted for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and conspiracy.

In the early morning hours of Oct. 22, deputies found about $2,000 worth of heroin during a raid at a home on Lincoln Avenue in Point Pleasant. The Mason County Sheriff’s Department had been conducting a 22-hour, non-stop investigation that led to the arrests.

Jackson remains in the Western Regional Jail. Also arrested in the raid were Brittani Nicole Roush, 19, of Henderson, and Catherine Lee Browning, 18, of Point Pleasant.

Officers with the Point Pleasant Police Department assisted in the search as part of a joint operation between the two departments.

The next day, three more were arrested on the same charges. Twyshawn Lamar Justice, 24, of Dayton and brother of Torell Justice, was indicted on three counts of delivery of a controlled substance, two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and conspiracy, as were Moneka Michelle Minnis, 25, of Point Pleasant, and Jarron Yamonia Tabor (aka Jarron Yumonia Earley), 31, of Murray, Ky., and Dayton. Tabor also was indicted on a charge of a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

The arrests were made Oct. 23 when officers found more than $15,000 of drugs that included approximately 18 grams of heroin, 47 grams of crack cocaine and 7 grams of marijuana along with $1,068 in cash and three handguns. The crack cocaine had an estimated value of $9,500, with $5,300 estimated for the heroin.

The indictments were released by the prosecuting attorney’s office Tuesday.

Others indicted were:

• Stephen Jacob Dorsey, 21, of Gallipolis Ferry, for grand larceny, three counts of forgery and uttering. He remains in the Western Regional Jail.

• Melissa D. Dye, 29, of Gallipolis Ferry, for burglary, grand larceny and conspiracy.

• Peter Alexander Higginbotham, 20, of Leon, for burglary, petit larceny, breaking and entering, grand larceny and conspiracy.

• John Franklin Hill, 34, of Gallipolis Ferry, for two counts driving while revoked — DUI related third or subsequent offense, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and driving under the influence - second offense. He remains in the Western Regional Jail.

• Donald E. Johnson II, 22, of Dayton, for burglary, petit larceny, conspiracy and escape. He remains in the Western Regional Jail.

• Robert Craig Johnson, 24, of Racine, Ohio, for burglary and petit larceny.

• John Dale Jones III, 28, of Point Pleasant, for two counts burglary, breaking and entering, two counts grand larceny and conspiracy.

• Joseph Lynn Nomar, 38, of Leon, for three counts second-degree sexual assault, three counts third-degree sexual assault, three counts incest, three counts sexual abuse by a custodian and domestic battery.

• Tony B. Rainey, 57, of Gallipolis Ferry, for two counts first-degree sexual abuse and indecent exposure.

• Carl Lee Roush, 26, of Point Pleasant, for burglary, petit larceny and conspiracy.

• Melissa Dawn Stover, 22, of Point Pleasant, for aid in concealing stolen goods.

• Joshua A. Strehle, 25, of Letart, for three counts burglary, grand larceny, two counts petit larceny, attempted burglary and conspiracy.

• Joshua Wayne Tucker (aka Joshua Wayne Ransbottom), 23, of Leon, for burglary, petit larceny, breaking and entering, grand larceny and conspiracy. He remains in the Western Regional Jail.

• Larry David Wilcoxen, 27, of Letart, for burglary, petit larceny, attempted burglary and conspiracy.

A date for answering the indictments in Mason County Circuit Court has not been released.