W.Va. House Democrats Call for Action Against DNR Director After Domestic Violence Charge

Some Democratic members of the West Virginia House of Delegates are calling for action against a state agency director who was charged with domestic battery earlier this month.

Delegates Cynthia Lavender-Bowe and Amanda Estep-Burton are the lead signatures on a letter to Gov. Jim Justice calling for Division of Natural Resources director Stephen McDaniel to be fired.

The two lawmakers wrote Monday they believe McDaniel’s continued employment would be “unacceptable.”

McDaniel was arrested on charges that he physically assaulted his ex-wife in Florida on April 6. According to the Charleston Gazette-Mail, he entered a deferred prosecution agreement that will allow for his charges to be dropped after one year.

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