 From the WWNR Newsroom, I'm Warren Emelson with an update. The case involving a Virginia resident charged with kidnapping and sexual assault is now heading to the Mercer County Grand Jury. Jalen Hale of Falls Mills, Virginia, came Thursday before Magistrate William Holroyd for a preliminary hearing. Hale was charged Tuesday with kidnapping, first-degree sexual assault, and use or presentation of a firearm during commission of a felony after he turned himself in at the Mercer County Sheriff's Department.