Belle man jailed after clown mask incident

WITCHER CREEK, W.Va. — A man wearing a clown mask was arrested by state police troopers Thursday night in eastern Kanawha County.

Kevin Hancock is in the South Central Regional Jail.
Kevin Hancock is in the South Central Regional Jail.

According to a criminal complaint, Kevin Wayne Hancock, 45, of Belle, was darting back and forth across Witcher Creek Road scaring motorists.

When a trooper heard about it he approached Hancock who took off the mask. The complaint said Hancock wasn’t able to tell him why he was wearing it.

After a search, the trooper found meth, a painkiller and marijuana on Hancock. He’s being held in the South Central Regional Jail on a number of drug charges along with an alleged violation of the state’s mask law.