Man Arrested for Stealing from Grandmother

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Kassie Simmons
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GREENBRIER COUNTY, W.Va. (WOAY) – A Greenbrier County man is behind bars after breaking into his grandmother’s house in April to steal firearms.

On April 21, John Thomas Smith went to is mother’s home in Quinnwood when she was not home. Police say he broke into the house, entered the gun safe and stole 8 firearms valued at more than $1000, homemade knives and collector coins.

Smith is at Southern Regional Jail on a $15,000 bond.

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Kassie Simmons
Kassie Simmons joined the team in January 2019 as a weekend journalist. She graduated from Virginia Tech in just two and a half years with a BA in multimedia journalism. During her short time at Virginia Tech, she served as the editor for the university’s chapter of The Tab. Kassie was named the top reporter for The Tab at Virginia Tech on multiple occasions and made the list for the top 30 reporters for The Tab in the U.S. She also studied theater performance and minored in creative writing. Before coming to WOAY, Kassie interned at WSLS in Roanoke and the Tidewater Review in her hometown of West Point, Va. She has loved following breaking news since her childhood and has a passion for delivering the stories people care most about. Kassie is excited to be working in Southern West Virginia and looks forward to all the adventures ahead of her. You can follow her on Twitter at @KassieLSimmons and like her page on Facebook. If you have a story you think she should check out, send her an email at ksimmons@woay.com.

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