A Pennsylvania man was arrested this week after police in Star City found numerous bags of methamphetamine inside his vehicle. Star City Police Officer Hunt wrote in a criminal complaint a Ford Explorer driving on Boyers Avenue had an item hanging from the rear view mirror that was ...
An investigation into a fire that occurred on Sept. 1, had led to two suspects, one of whom is a student at West Virginia University, being arrested by City of Morgantown Fire Marshals. According to a press release from the City of Morgantown, investigators determined Jaden Fisher, 20, of ...
BY DAVE WILSON Monongalia County Deputy Lance Kuretza had no reason to enter a hotel room on Jan. 20, 2018 where Quintin Graciano was sound asleep, according to Graciano’s attorney. According to attorney Todd La Neve, the ugly incident that resulted in a civil lawsuit and a federal criminal indictment against Monongalia County Deputy Lance Kuretza was totally avoidable. “He immediately demanded access to this room that was not part of the complaint call, where no activity had gone and had no legitimate reason under the fourth amendment to enter,” said La Neve in an ...
On Aug. 30, United States District Judge Thomas Kleeh granted a motion to continue filing deadlines, the pre-trial conference, and trial dates in the case of Lance Kuretza, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputy who pleaded not guilty on Aug. 25 after a federal indictment alleged he ...
A Friday traffic stop on Fairmont Road in Morgantown ended with two people being arrested after police found drugs in some interesting places. According to a criminal complaint, West Virginia State Police Cpl. G.W. Merkich III observed a gray Chevy Silverado traveling eastbound in the ...
A Morgantown woman is being held on $40,000 bond after she allegedly left her 4-year-old daughter home alone in their apartment. Jasmine Lynette Burrows, 29, of Morgantown, told Morgantown Police officers that she left her apartment on Aug. 31 at approximately 5:45 a.m. to work a 6 a.m.-2 ...
