5 charged in connection with alleged 2022 Pagan Motorcycle Club-related slaying in Marion Co., West Virginia

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — Law enforcement officials charged five men Wednesday in connection with the homicide last September of Henry Silver, with police saying they believe the slaying was related to the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club.

Marion County Sheriff Jimmy Riffle said that law enforcement across the state and beyond executed arrest warrants early Wednesday morning based on sealed indictments from the Marion County grand jury that pertained to the homicide.

Law enforcement arrested Jonathan Biller, 42, Derek Clem, 28, Dane Hull, 27, and Austin Mullins, 26, in connection with the murder. John Lee Wolfe, 33, who was arrested in October in connection with the case, was also charged with the others Wednesday.

Austin Mullins, left, listens to Harrison Magistrate Warren “Gizzy” Davis during Mullins’ initial appearance on a Marion County murder indictment.

All the defendants have been charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit a felony and use or presentation of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Mullins, of Philippi and Weston, was arrested when officers from Bridgeport Police SWAT, Bridgeport Police, Mountaineer Highway Interdiction Team South, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and federal law enforcement raided the residence of Mark Allen Smith at 479 McDonald Hollow Road, Clarksburg.

Harrison Magistrate Warren “Gizzy” Davis set bond at $100,000 cash for Mark Allen Smith, left, on a Harrison County possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine charge. Staff photo by Matt Harvey

Smith, not named in the Marion County indictment, was charged in Harrison County Magistrate Court with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine after law enforcement found “numerous firearms, explosives material, a large quantity of a crystal substance suspected to be methamphetamine, scales, packaging materials and U.S. currency” in the residence, according to a criminal complaint.

Law enforcement also found marijuana psilocybin mushrooms, drug paraphernalia, hits of acid and an active indoor marijuana grow, the complaint alleges.

Nicholas Littleton was charged with obstructing and fleeing as a part of the investigation.

“Our office is continuing its investigation into the roles these suspects may have played in the homicide, as well as any other criminal activity,” Riffle said. “Evidence is still being collected and analyzed.”

Riffle said seven search warrants were served over a four-county region of Marion, Harrison, Lewis and Barbour. None of the suspects were arrested in Marion, with Hull being taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service near Pittsburgh.

Several agencies have been assisting in the investigation: Fairmont Police, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, Bridgeport Police, the West Virginia State Police, the U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI and the Marion and Monongalia County Departments of Homeland Security.