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U.S. Marshals ask for help finding suspect

MORGANTOWN -- The U.S. Marshals Service is asking for the public's help finding James Tyrone Pugh. Pugh, aka "Tyke" or "Fam," is a 46-year-old Black man about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 195 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He is wanted by the FBI/Mon Metro Drug Task Force for ...

Police arrest man for stabbing near Health Right

MORGANTOWN -- A 26-year-old man is in jail after police arrested him for stabbing someone in a fight. Joshua Ryan Watson, 26, of Wadestown, is charged with malicious wounding by the Morgantown Police Department. Officers were sent to the reported stabbing in the area of Wall Street near ...

Mylan sued for age discrimination

A former Mylan Pharmaceuticals employee claims he was falsely accused of stealing and fired because of his age after refusing buyout offers from the company. Thomas J. Elchuck Sr. is seeking compensation for lost wages and punitive damages for the violation of his rights. Manager of ...

Two accused murderers appear for arraignment

Both men indicted for first-degree murder in February appeared before a judge for their post-indictment arraignment Monday. Michael Corney, 33, and Gary Smith II, 60, each pleaded not guilty before Judge Susan Tucker in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Monday. Corney is accused of ...

Two Detroit men charged in weekend burglary

Two men from Detroit were arrested after allegedly kicking in the door to a home in the Greenmont neighborhood early Saturday morning. Tywuan T. Coakley, 47, is charged with burglary and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Cynchez Exzavier-Damoii Grace is charged with ...

All indictments from February 2021 Monongalia County grand jury

Corney, Michael J., first-degree murder.Shinkovich, Danny, embezzlement, falsifying accounts.Baker, Antoine, first-degree sexual abuse, kidnapping, battery.McKinney, Amber Nicholle, first-degree arson, felony destruction of property.Hamilton, Britten Earl, domestic battery third or subsequent ...