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Philadelphia murder suspect apprehended by Morgantown law enforcement

A suspect in a Philadelphia murder was apprehended in Morgantown Tuesday afternoon by members of the Morgantown Police Special Response Team and members of the Mon Metro Drug Task Force. After receiving information that he may be in the area, detectives successfully located Ronald Tony ...

Man pleads guilty to federal gun charges

On Monday, Reece Dillon Shepard, 31, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Michael John Aloi and pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm. In July, Shepard was taken into custody by Morgantown Police and charged with wanton endangerment involving a firearm and being a ...

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 ...