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Man accused of damaging Westover cruisers skips court

An arrest warrant was issued for Michael Cotterall Jr. Friday after he did not show up to his preliminary hearing. Cotterall is accused of damaging multiple Westover police cruisers and its municipal building July 5. According to police, Cotterall jumped on five cruisers belonging to the ...

Pfizer agrees to $345M settlement in EpiPen antitrust class action lawsuit

MORGANTOWN — Pfizer and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to a $345 million settlement in a four-year class-action antitrust lawsuit concerning Mylan's EpiPen. Pfizer subsidiary Meridian manufactures the EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector for Mylan. The plaintiffs alleged that Mylan and ...

Detroit man charged in overdose death

MORGANTOWN -- A Detroit man has been charged with giving a person who died by overdose the drugs that killed them. Tremayne I. Johnson was arrested by the Detroit Police Department July 14 and extradited back to West Virginia, said P.J. Scott, deputy chief of the Morgantown Police ...

MPD warns of potential construction scam, forced payment

MORGANTOWN -- Door-to-door solicitations involving leftover concrete or asphalt are almost always scams and cause for skepticism.  That’s according to Deputy Chief P.J. Scott of the Morgantown Police Department, which received three reports of an individual soliciting just such ...

Magistrate releases quarterly caseload details

MORGANTOWN -- Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of Magistrate Ron Bane’s first day on the job, he released the 2021 quarterly court card -- a report showing caseload and trends.  In the quarter ending June 30, Bane heard 92 felony preliminary and extradition hearings, a 31.34% ...

Bond reduced for man accused of attempted kidnapping, more

A magistrate reduced the bond of a man accused of multiple crimes, including trying to kidnap his ex. Shelton K. Coates, 37, of Morgantown, had hoped for an even lower bond. Coates is charged with attempted kidnapping, burglary, receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle, and possession ...