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Probable cause found during preliminary hearing held for murder suspect

The Morgantown man accused of stabbing 47-year-old Jamey Corbin to death appeared from North Central Regional Jail via video before Monongalia Magistrate Court Judge Jim Nabors Monday morning for a preliminary hearing. According to Detective Jonathan Friend of the Monongalia County ...

Civil suit claims student was sexually assaulted following fraternity event

MORGANTOWN — A civil suit filed Thursday in Monongalia County Circuit Court claims an 20-year-old WVU student was sexually assaulted after getting intoxicated at a "restricted" event hosted by Pi Lambda Phi fraternity at Blaze Nightclub. According to the suit, the events in question took ...

Victim in fatal hit-and-run ID’ed, charges set against suspect

The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division has released the identity of the victim of a fatal hit and run on Grafton Road. The investigators have also pinpointed a suspect. According to a Wednesday press release from the department, “the victim has been positively identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as 29-year-old Michael Mobley, who is also known as Kimmy Rose.” Meanwhile, The Dominion Post reported Kimmy’s name on Nov. 7 after speaking with one of her friends.Renee Gemma said then that Kimmy often walked that stretch of road to and ...

Seven, including Mon County prosecutor, seek judge opening

BY MIKE NOLTING Seven people have applied to fill the vacancy in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court that will be created with the retirement of Monongalia County Circuit Judge Phillip Gaujot. The state Judicial Vacancy Commission recently closed the application period. One of the applicants is Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher. DeChristopher graduated from the WVU College of Law in 1994 and began working in the Harrison County prosecutor’s office. In 1998, she became an assistant prosecutor in Monongalia County. She later became the chief assistant and was ...

Criminal complaint: Corbin stabbed to death

A criminal complaint filed by Monongalia County Sheriff’s Detective Jonathan Friend reveals the victim in an alleged Nov. 15 murder was stabbed to death. Deputies initially responded to a report of a car accident at the intersection of Luckey Lane and Green Bag Road. There, they found the body of Jamey Corbin, 47, of Fairmont. Investigators said evidence at the scene led them to believe Corbin was not killed by the car crash. The complaint indicates he was stabbed multiple times in the chest, neck and torso. The criminal complaint says the lack of blood on the passenger ...