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Marshals search for mother who allegedly kidnapped child

CLARKSBURG — The U.S. Marshals Service is requesting the public’s assistance in apprehending a woman wanted in Bridgeport for felony concealment of a child. Adrienne Grace Marean, 35, was charged March 7 by the Bridgeport Police Department for allegedly violating a Harrison County Family Court order to transfer custody of a minor child Feb. 25. Marean is a white female, stands about 5-foot-7 and weighs 165 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. The child is a white female with brown hair and brown eyes. She is about 3 feet tall and 17 pounds. In addition to ...

Two more arrested in connection with Grant Avenue burglary

Two additional men were arrested this week in connection with a reported burglary at a Grant Avenue residence in Morgantown last weekend. As previously reported by The Dominion Post, officers from the Morgantown Police Department first responded for a reported burglary on March 19 after ...

Deputies, EMS responded to I-68 incident involving mother and two children

Monongalia County Sheriff's Deputies and Monongalia Emergency Medical Services responded to a scary situation involving a mother and her two children on Interstate 68 Friday morning. According to Chief Deputy of Law Enforcement Mark Ralston, at about 7 a.m. Friday, a female called 911 ...

Morgantown woman arrested for assault with a baseball bat

Officers from the Morgantown Police Department arrested a woman after she allegedly hit another woman with a baseball bat. Officer Bernosky with MPD wrote in a criminal complaint that he spoke with a female victim on Monday who said a Black woman named Savannah had struck her with a ...

Former employee suing City of Morgantown for gender discrimination

A former employee filed a lawsuit last week against the City of Morgantown and a Public Works supervisor citing gender discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. According to the complaint filed in Monongalia County Circuit Court by the plaintiff, Morgan ...

Man arrested for burglary after jump from third-story window

Morgantown police officers arrested Abdul Shaheed Salaam Shakir, 38, of Morgantown, on burglary charges after he allegedly jumped from the third-story window of a Grant Avenue residence officers say he burglarized twice. Officers from the Morgantown Police Department first responded to a ...