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Man caught on camera stealing catalytic converters from WVU vehicles

West Virginia University Police arrested and charged a man with two counts of grand larceny after security cameras caught him removing catalytic converters from vehicles at the WVU Motor Pool on Mileground Road. According to criminal complaints, a male suspect, later identified as John ...

Bridgeport man faces charges of sex abuse of a minor

A Bridgeport man was arrested and charged with third degree sexual abuse after the victim, a female juvenile, reported incidents of sexual abuse that occurred few years ago. In January, West Virginia State Police Corporal Matthew Sternart spoke with an individual who, according to a ...

Anderson sentenced for 2020 murder

Travis Anderson, 35, of Morgantown was sentenced to 30 years of incarceration in the West Virginia State Penitentiary for the second degree murder of Jane Sharak in June of 2020.  Anderson pled guilty to the charge in November 2021, according to the Monongalia County Prosecutor’s ...

Michigan to Morgantown drug ring disrupted by federal indictment

CLARKSBURG — Eleven people — including two from Morgantown — were indicted for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine from Detroit to West Virginia, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. A 35-count indictment unsealed this week alleges that the defendants — eight of whom are from the Detroit area — conspired to sell illicit drugs from October 2020 to February 2022 in Monongalia County and elsewhere. “We continue to see a significant influx of drugs from Detroit to the Morgantown ...

Civil suit filed in 2020 College Park Apartments shooting

MORGANTOWN — A civil suit filed last week in Monongalia County Circuit Court makes claims of wrongful death and negligence against West Virginia University Board of Governors (WVU BOG) and Texas-based property management company American Campus Communities (ACC), in regard to the shooting ...

Suspect named in D.P. Dough robbery

A criminal complaint filed with Monongalia County Magistrate Court names Keshown Marquez Baldwin, 25, of Morgantown, as the suspect arrested in connection with an armed robbery at D.P. Dough in downtown Morgantown. Morgantown Police Officer J. Bridge, who filed the complaint, said officers ...