MORGANTOWN – A Monongalia County grand jury has indicted a former West Virginia University professor for two felony drug crimes allegedly involving students. According to the indictment filed Friday, Jeanette […]
Cops and Courts
Morgantown pair sentenced for roles in drug trafficking operation
DPNews@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG – Two West Virginia residents have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that sold large amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine in north-central West […]
Deputies respond to incident on Aaron Creek Road
DPNews@DominionPost.com At about 1 p.m. Sunday, deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Aaron Creek Road to conduct a welfare check on a male individual.Upon […]
Man found dead at Coopers Rock identified as California resident
DPNews@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office released the identity of the individual located during a search operation at Cooper’s Rock State Forest on Thursday. The deceased has been identified […]
UPDATED: Body recovered in search and rescue operation at Coopers Rock
DPNews@DominionPost.com Monongalia County, WV — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office has concluded a search and recovery operation at Coopers Rock State Forest on Thursday afternoon. The incident began at approximately 12:45 p.m., […]
Fentanyl package intercepted in Morgantown leads to conviction of North Carolina man
DPNews@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG – Jaquan Marquis Brock, 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney […]
Morgantown night club owner convicted of drug conspiracy
CLARKSBURG – U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey has announced that Mike Sheriff Scott, 47, Rachelle Gaston, 41, and Phineas Chaplin, 42, were convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances by […]
Nevera: Jury says life, with no mercy
MORGANTOWN – Rose Osborne was sitting at her kitchen table that day in November 2024 when she heard the knocking at her door. The woman who waited seven months for […]
GUILTY: Jury returns verdict in Nevera murder trial
MORGANTOWN – Joe Nevera has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2024 slaying of Kim Osborne, his one-time girlfriend and domestic partner. A jury of five women and […]
Prosecution rests in Nevera trial
MORGANTOWN – Kim Osborne had fresh bruises on her neck the night she told police Joe Nevera strangled her. That was on Jan. 21, 2022, when Sgt. John Cunningham of […]
