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Fatal shooting Thursday in Morgantown, suspect in custody

One man was shot and killed in Morgantown Thursday evening and a suspect was apprehended shortly after.According to Morgantown Communications Director Andrew Stacy, city police officers were called to 18 Van Gilder St. shortly after 5 p.m. to a report of a shooting.There, officers found an ...

Mail an avenue for drugs to get into prison

BRUCETON MILLS — A correctional officer at USP Hazelton was taken to the hospital after being exposed to drugs this week. “While he was searching through the inmate’s legal mail, he got exposed to drugs, amphetamines, that was possibly soaked in the legal paperwork,” American ...

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 ...