A preliminary hearing scheduled Wednesday morning for Eric Sneed was continued by Monongalia County Magistrate Judge Bane due to Sneed not having an attorney present. Sneed is accused of fatally shooting Marcelius Likely and wounding an unidentified victim on Sunday, Sept. 18 in Morgantown ...
An injunction sought by the city of Morgantown to prevent a civil service hearing sought by 48 of its firefighters has been put aside, for now. United States District Court Judge Thomas Kleeh on Tuesday questioned his ability to issue an injunction against the city’s fire civil service ...
Christopher Brian Mullenax, 40, of Morgantown, pleaded not guilty to a grand larceny charge at an arraignment hearing Sept. 22 before Judge Holepit in Monongalia County Magistrate Court. According to the criminal complaint filed by West Virginia University Police Sgt. J.M. Ralston, on Aug. ...
A December 2021 data breach is the topic of a lawsuit filed this week in Monongalia County Circuit Court. It names Monongalia Health Systems Inc. (Mon Health) and affiliated hospitals, Monongalia County General Hospital Co., Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Co. and Preston Memorial ...
A Preston County woman is being held at North Central Regional Jail on $50,000 bond after Star City police allegedly found a variety of controlled substances in her vehicle. On Sept. 18, Officer Hunt pulled over Mascillia Ann Teter, 41, of Terra Alta, after the officer saw the vehicle ...
Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Phillip D. Gaujot announced his plan to retire Dec. 31. He has been a circuit judge since then-Gov. Joe Manchin appointed him to the 17th Judicial Circuit bench in 2009, after the Legislature added a third seat to the circuit. He was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. “It has been a pleasure and privilege to serve the Monongalia County Bar and the citizens of Monongalia County and the state of West Virginia as judge of the Circuit Court for the 17th Judicial Circuit for the last 13-plus years,” Gaujot said. “I hope and pray that my ...
