Judge dismisses firearm charge A man involved in a shooting at Woodland Terrace in summer 2020 pleaded guilty to one charge Monday. Judge Phillip Gaujot accepted Juan Trechsel-Valerio’s guilty plea to wanton endangerment involving a firearm. As part of the plea, Gaujot also ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com WHEELING — The Northern District of West Virginia saw a 27% increase in the number of criminal matters received for consideration, with charges brought against 300 defendants. Of the 300, 42% were drug-related. “Notwithstanding a pandemic, our office ...
Some of the most memorable stories on the cops and courts beat in 2020 happened before the words pandemic and COVID-19 were part of our daily lives with February being an exceptionally eventful month. In January, a jury found Elizabeth Chinn, 35, guilty of the murder of Timothy Pahl, ...
Lacey Fox loved her families and they loved her. “She loved her EMS family and she loved her karate kids,” her mother, Patricia, 70, said. Fox, 35, was an EMT and dispatcher at Mon EMS and the sensei at Fairmont School of Martial Arts, which she opened. She died at her parents’ ...
Glow sticks, LED wands serve as safer holiday alternatives Those planning to celebrate the end of 2020 tonight should remember that while consumer fireworks are legal in West Virginia, only sparklers are legal in Morgantown city limits. Possession of and using fireworks, except ...
Defendant suffers from conditions found to affect his competency A man accused of damaging an ATM, breaking into a bank and a defecating on the floor will go to a hospital for treatment. At a Wednesday hearing, Judge Susan Tucker agreed to transfer Delbert Lemley, 49, from ...
