A Morgantown doctor, who has been charged with sexual abuse, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Monongalia County Magistrate Court Thursday morning. According to court records, Virgil Waid McMillion, 49, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and owner of McMillion Medical in Star ...
Lawyers representing federal agencies contend that if coal mine companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family can’t afford to pay what remains of fines for mine safety violations, then they shouldn’t have agreed to make the payments. “Defendants appear to ask the court to take them at their word, as they do not provide any evidence of their purported financial difficulties, nor have they filed for bankruptcy protection,” attorneys for federal agencies wrote in a new filing signed by Christopher Kavanaugh, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. “The ...
The United States Attorney’s Office has filed a civil lawsuit against a Randolph County logger and logging company for trespassing and cutting down approximately 10 acres of timber on the Monongahela National Forest near Slaty Fork, Pocahontas County. According to the complaint, John R. Fox and Fox Logging LLC, of Valley Bend, submitted paperwork to timber 319 acres of private property that borders the Monongahela National Forest in Pocahontas County. Fox allegedly began logging in 2015 and continued until at least 2019. During that time, the logging operation is alleged to have ...
The man accused of the 2022 sexual assault of a woman in Star City was located and arrested earlier this week by U.S. Marshals in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Antonio Gabriel Mendez, 32, of Guatemala, was taken into custody on Monday afternoon at a restaurant in St. Claire, ...
A 42-year-old Ohio man is in custody after agents of the West Virginia State Police and the Monongalia County Drug Task Force executed a search Wednesday morning at a residence in Westover. According to a criminal complaint filed by Task Force Officer Aaron Dull, officers searched ...
A Morgantown physician pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud on Monday, admitting to understating taxable income on tax returns. According to United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld, David M. Anderson, 63, of Morgantown, caused a loss to the IRS of $143,599. Court records ...
