A home inspection of an active probation participant on Thursday led to the seizure of nearly two pounds of narcotics from a Morgantown residence. Kaylin Eamon Reese Bishop, 24, of Morgantown, was taken into custody after probation officers located a white powder which field-tested ...
An investigation into allegations against Monongalia County Magistrate Judge Phillip T. Gaujot, conducted by the Judicial Investigation Commission (JIC) of West Virginia, found probable cause that the magistrate violated several rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct. At a recent ...
BY MIKE NOLTING Monongalia County Magistrate Phillip T. Gaujot was publicly admonished by the state Judicial Investigation Commission after the commission found probable cause that Gaujot violated five rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct. The JIC said the first complaint against Gaujot, who was elected magistrate in May 2020 and took office on Jan. 1, 2021, came after he made inappropriate comments to the media and used vulgarity to police in the case of Michael Cotterall Jr., 29, of Westover. Cotterall had been accused of felony destruction of property after jumping on ...
Two Morgantown residents are being held at the North Central Regional Jail on $110,00 bonds after large amounts of drugs were found inside a Monongalia County residence on Monday. Darryl Mark Jolly, 59, and Sharon Christine Thorogood, 49, both of Morgantown, were taken into custody after ...
Paul William Shaffer, 32, of Masontown, is being held at the North Central Regional Jail after allegedly stabbing a man in Morgantown on Friday. West Virginia State Police Senior Trooper C.E. Smith was dispatched to the Woodline Apartment Complex at 1448 Van Voorhis Road for a stabbing in ...
A suspected killer who shot a 35-year-old Terra Alta man Sunday afternoon is being held without bail. Following an investigation, Luis Eduardo Martinez-Otero, 51, of Terra Alta, was arrested without incident near his residence, according to the West Virginia State Police. The victim, ...
