Speed and aggressive driving were in play during a Jan. 3 multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 79 that took the lives of two people, police say. According to criminal complaints, a joint […]
Cops and Courts
Pennsylvania man charged in fatal I-79 crash
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with two counts of negligent homicide and one count of reckless driving with injury following the investigation into a fatal accident on Interstate 79 […]
Ohio man flees after allegedly shoplifting generator
A misdemeanor shoplifting turned into felony fleeing charges for an Ohio man in Monongalia County. Granville Police Sgt. R. Kerns was dispatched to the Harbor Freight Tools at University Town Centre […]
Family shocked victim’s body missed on Lewis County crime scene
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — A Lewis County man, who had close ties to the victims of a fire from earlier this week, said it’s hard to understand why it […]
Woman found with drugs arrested downtown
A 32-year-old woman was arrested in downtown Morgantown Wednesday on felony drug charges after allegedly acting suspiciously upon seeing a Morgantown Police officer. MPD Officer I.B. Nuzum reported noticing an […]
Hazmat team called to scene of death
Hazmat teams were called to a mobile home park off Canyon Road in Monongalia County Wednesday after a deceased person was found inside one of the residences. Monongalia County Sheriff […]
No mercy for man convicted of murdering Matthew Moore
Two men have now been convicted of the May 2022 murder of Matthew Moore on Round Bottom Road in Monongalia County – and one of them will spend the rest […]
Eppes found guilty in 2022 murder of Matthew Moore
Cleotis Cortez-Paul Eppes Jr., 49, of the Detroit, Mich., area, appeared nervous as he entered the courtroom of the Honorable Paul W. Gwaltney on the third floor of the Monongalia […]
Murder suspect arrested in Ohio
An Ohio man wanted for murder in Harrison County was arrested in Akron, Ohio. Kameron Darnell Griffin, 23, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task […]
Authorities connect blaze in Lewis County to Kanawha suicide
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — A Lewis County man, a suspect in a deadly arson fire that claimed multiple lives, took his own life in eastern Kanawha County Monday morning, […]
