Crime Report: May 28, 2017
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between May 18 and 24: East District:Lee Street East 200 block, grand larceny from vehicle, May 18, 5 p.m. Renaissance Circle...
View ArticleOne wounded in Belle shooting
BELLE - One person was shot Sunday in Belle, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher. The shooting happened just before 6 p.m., on East Central Avenue in Belle, the dispatcher said. The...
View ArticleSouth Charleston man indicted a second time on murder charge
Staff reportsA 21-year-old South Charleston man was indicted for a second time last week on a charge of murder. De'Anthony Akeem Thornabar shot Dylan Bailey at Oakes Field in September 2016, police...
View ArticleAttorney general warns consumers of utility scams
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia consumers are being urged to beware of callers claiming to represent utility companies and other impostor scams. The state attorney...
View ArticlePolice officer in West Virginia dies in accident
By The Associated Press BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - A police officer in West Virginia has died in an accident while on duty. Media outlets report the accident occurred early Tuesday in Bluefield. State...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court sides with Charleston business in patent rights case
By Max Garland The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Charleston-based Impression Products in a patent rights case Tuesday, which will greatly reduce patent control after a sale and is expected to...
View ArticleStrip mine pollution impaired streams, judge rules
By Ken Ward Jr. Pollution from a Fola Coal Co. mountaintop removal operation along the Clay-Nicholas County border has impaired aquatic life in two area streams, a federal judge ruled in the latest in...
View ArticleWV justice slams natural gas royalty ruling as 'legal sophistry'
By Ken Ward Jr. West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis on Tuesday said the court's four other members "used legal sophistry" to overturn a six-month-old decision and allow natural gas...
View ArticleTSA finds record number of guns in carry-on bags
By Staff reports The Transportation Security Administration recently announced it found 82 guns in travelers' carry-on luggage across the nation between May 15 and May 21, one more than the record set...
View ArticleMother files complaint after her son's arrest at Logan High School
By Giuseppe Sabella Erica Boatwright recently filed a complaint against Brian Atkinson, the assistant principal of Logan High School, and Officer Everett Maynard, of the Logan Police Department. She...
View ArticleCross Lanes woman pleads guilty to charges from 2016 fatal crash
By Caity Coyne A Cross Lanes woman pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges - including negligent homicide - on Wednesday, after a car crash last year left one man dead. Latasha Janae Willis, 41,...
View ArticleMan fatally shot by law enforcement in West Virginia
By The Associated Press GERRARDSTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - An armed man has been fatally shot by law enforcement officers in West Virginia. The Journal reports a 62-year-old man who threatened suicide was...
View Article12 sentenced to prison in WV drug case
By The Associated Press ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities say 12 people have been sentenced collectively in northern West Virginia to more than 79 years in federal prison for their roles in...
View ArticleCharleston man charged in connection with fatal crash
By Staff reports A Charleston man who allegedly killed another man in a wreck in March was arrested Wednesday. Kevin Statts, 54, was driving on Frame Road in Elkview when he crossed into another lane...
View ArticleWV Supreme Court denies bid to have Mark Plants' law license suspended
By Rick Steelhammer A sanction sought by the state Lawyer Disciplinary Board's Office of Disciplinary Counsel to have former Kanawha County Prosecutor Mark Plants' license to practice law suspended...
View ArticleName released after deputies fatally shoot man in Berkeley
By Giuseppe Sabella Authorities have released the name of the man shot and killed by police in Berkeley County this week. Berkeley County sheriff's deputies shot and killed 62-year-old Larry Warren...
View ArticleEthics panel fines former Wayne assessor who admitted embezzlement
By Phil Kabler A former Wayne County assessor who admitted embezzling about last year was fined $10,000 Thursday by the state Ethics Commission for violations of the Ethics Act. After deliberating for...
View ArticleFuneral set for Bluefield officer killed during pursuit
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - Services are set this weekend for a West Virginia police officer who was killed in an accident during a pursuit of a suspected drunken driver. Memorial Funeral Directory of...
View ArticleCharleston man pleads guilty to child porn charge
Staff reportsA Charleston man admitted this week that he had hundreds of videos and pictures of child pornography. Jason Lee Smith, 39, pleaded guilty on Thursday to possession of child pornography,...
View ArticleCharleston authorities find abandoned truck with more than 100 pigs
By Giuseppe Sabella A truck driver left 165 pigs in a trailer near a Kanawha City fast-food restaurant on Friday. The first report came at 11:11 a.m., when someone complained about an abandoned truck...
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