A Poplar Bluff man will have an extradition hearing next week before a West Virginia judge after his arrest there in connection with a recent fatal home invasion.
Stacy Andrew Gipson will appear before a judge in Kanawha County on Wednesday, according to Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor.
During that hearing, “(Gipson) will either waive extradition and be here within a week or two or he will refuse to waive extradition, in which my office will seek a governor’s warrant.
“That usually takes about a month.”
The 25-year-old has been held in Kanawha County detention facility since his arrest Monday morning by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Poplar Bluff authorities had reached out to federal authorities in their search for Gipson, who was believed to be possibly at his mother’s residence in Charleston, West Virginia.
At about 9 a.m. Monday, Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley earlier said, Gipson was observed walking in an area under surveillance.
Whiteley said U.S. Marshals attempted to arrest Gipson, who fled on foot, but was taken into custody after a short foot pursuit and placed under arrest.
Gipson was arrested on a no-bond warrant, which was issued Dec. 4 and charged him with the Class A felonies of first-degree murder and first-degree assault, the Class B felony of first-degree attempted robbery and three unclassified felonies of armed criminal action.
Gipson is accused of causing the death of Kevin Sanders, 23, and the serious physical injury of Adriana Lundy, 23, by shooting them on Dec. 1.
The shooting occurred at about 10:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Sanders’ residence in the 100 block of Begley Street.
Gipson and his codefendant, Christopher “Jantzen” Gilmore, allegedly had planned to rob Lundy for marijuana and money.
Gilmore, 22, of Poplar Bluff faces the same charges as Gipson. He is to appear Thursday before Associate Circuit Judge C. Wade Pierce for a preliminary hearing in his case.