3 people charged with stealing from US Postal Service
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Three people face charges of stealing from U.S. Postal Service offices in West Virginia.U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II says a federal grand jury indicted 29-year-old...
View ArticleDunbar man charged after "aggressive" poking of public defender
By Staff reports A Dunbar man is charged with assault and battery for poking his public defender "in an aggressive manner," according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate...
View ArticleWVU police report increase in October crime
By Samuel Speciale In a monthly crime report released this week, West Virginia University Police said there was an increase in vandalism, assaults, liquor law violations and other offenses on...
View ArticlePolice respond to WVU fraternity incident
By Staff reports Morgantown police responded early Wednesday to an incident at West Virginia University involving Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity members who reportedly beat and stuffed another...
View ArticleMan steals ambulance in Charleston
By Staff reports A Kanawha County man was arrested after taking off in an ambulance in Charleston on Wednesday evening.Brian Thompson, 34, is charged with joyriding and driving on a license revoked...
View ArticleVehicle crashes into medical office in South Charleston
By Staff reports A person drove a vehicle into Family Health Associates in South Charleston this morning, said a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher.The incident was reported at about 8:15 a.m. at 509...
View ArticleTroopers say Bluefield High student brought gun to school
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - State Police say a Bluefield High School student brought an unloaded handgun to the school.West Virginia State Police spokesman Lt. Michael Baylous said school personnel found...
View ArticleSWAT team used in West Side investigation
By Staff reports The Kanawha County Sheriff's Office used a SWAT team to execute a search warrant on Indiana Avenue on Charleston's West Side this morning.Willie Charles Sanders, 43, was arrested and...
View ArticleMan leaped from moving vehicle with baby inside, police say
By Staff reports A St. Albans man fled police with his infant daughter inside the car, and jumped from the moving vehicle while leaving her and another passenger inside, police say.David A. Eskew, 36,...
View ArticlePolice shoot, kill man in Morgantown while trying to serve warrants
By Staff reports A man is dead after being shot Thursday night by a Monongalia County sheriff's deputy at a house in Morgantown. A deputy was attempting to serve search and arrest warrants at 1043...
View ArticleCVS on East End robbed of pills, dispatchers say
By Staff reports Police were searching for a suspect after a robbery was reported Thursday night at the CVS pharmacy on Charleston's East End. A CVS employee reported at 8 p.m. that a man with a gun...
View ArticleUS: key heroin distribution figure admits to role in ring
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A 27-year-old Windsor, Maryland, man faces up to 20 years in prison for his leading role in a heroin trafficking ring that distributed the drug in West Virginia, Virginia and...
View ArticleCharleston officers use naloxone to save overdose patient
By Lori Kersey Two Charleston Police Officers are being credited with saving a man's life on Charleston's West Side Wednesday, when they administered naloxone, which reversed the effects of his drug...
View ArticlePolice say same man responsible for string of CVS robberies
By Kate White Three CVS pharmacies have been robbed in Charleston in the last three months and detectives said they believe the same man is to blame. A CVS on the East End was robbed of prescription...
View ArticleCrime Report: Nov. 8, 2015
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Oct. 28 and Nov. 4:East District:Kanawha Boulevard East 2400 block, brandishing, Oct. 28, midnight.Washington Street East...
View ArticleEx-teacher sentenced to home confinement on sex abuse charge
By The Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A former Hedgesville High School teacher convicted of sexually abusing a student will serve at least 10 years on home confinement.Media outlets report...
View ArticleEnvironmental group sues attorney general's office over documents
By Kate White In a lawsuit filed last month, an environmental group asked a judge to require West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office to hand over documents related to litigation...
View ArticleCharleston man allegedly crashes stolen vehicle over ledge
By Staff reports A Charleston man stole a Jeep and then crashed it over a 30-foot ledge over the weekend, police say.Matthew Adair Hedrick, 33, is charged with grand larceny, destruction of property,...
View ArticleFacebook messages prompt judge to recuse self from case
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A judge has recused himself from a former deputy's domestic assault case because he received Facebook messages from the officer's wife.Former Berkeley County sheriff's deputy...
View ArticleUpshur County man killed after tractor rolls over embankment
FRENCH CREEK, W.Va. (AP) - A fire official says an Upshur County man has died in a farm tractor accident.Adrian Fire Department chief Rick Harlow told the Inter-Mountain that the man was driving the...
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