AG calls on BOP to equip prisons for testing new prisoners Federal and state elected officials are seeking to stop or change the way the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) […]
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Preston SheriffSwain, James Howard, 41, of Masontown, third-offense domestic battery, May 3; Deputy Martin.
Reedsville woman steals stimulus money
KINGWOOD — A Reedsville woman is charged with larceny for allegedly stealing part of someone else’s stimulus check. Vanessa Dawn Molisee, 23, is also charged with providing false information to […]
Man charged following crash
Found with drugs, money, cell phones on I-68 bridge A vehicle crash on Interstate 68 over the weekend led to the arrest of a Charles Town man for allegedly having […]
AG Morrisey reaches settlement in Mon County surgical mesh suit filed against Johnson & Johnson
MORGANTOWN — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has reached a $3.9 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson and two of its subsidiaries last September alleging they engaged […]
Man shot in face, survives, suspect arrested
A Masontown man is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a 45-year-old man in the face in a parking lot and chased the victim in his vehicle while […]
Homeless man arrested after stealing change from cars in order to eat
A homeless man was arrested after a deputy allegedly caught him breaking into a vehicle at University Motors and admitted he’s been doing so for several weeks in an interview. […]
Babbling Brook Estates shooting victim identified
The woman shot and killed at Babbling Brook Estates on Wednesday has been identified as 51 year old Tamatha Pillo. According to Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer, her stepfather, Donald […]
Maryland man charged with trying to run over Masontown officer
KINGWOOD — Bond is set at $600,000 for a Maryland man accused of knocking a Masontown Police officer to the ground and nearly running him over with a car last […]
Missing teenager, Amiya Hoopengarner, found
Amiya Hoopengarner’s dad picked his daughter up early Wednesday morning. A woman whose son is friends with Hoopengarner knew her location and told his mother, who called Hoopengarner’s father, Chief […]
