A man is charged with two DUI-related offenses after a crash near Peirpont Landing Wednesday morning. Brandon M. Feck, 36, of Kingwood, is charged with DUI and DUI with misdemeanor bodily injury by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office. According to a criminal complaint, Deputy T. ...
Suit filed after several members’ resignations A lawsuit filed this week claims Trinity Christian School’s board of directors is non-functioning after several resignations. The suit asks for an injunction forbidding the defendants from vetting, approving, overseeing, or appointing ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Three inmates at Federal Correction Institution Hazelton in Bruceton Mills were indicted Tuesday on various charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Edward Smith, 38, was indicted on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily ...
Elected in last June’s primary election Monongalia County’s newest magistrate heard his first case and several more besides Monday. “I’ve got some law background but I’m also figuring out that this is a brand new monster and there is experience that is just getting into it and figuring it out,” Magistrate Phillip Todd Gaujot said. Gaujot was elected in June’s primary election and replaced Tim Pocius on the bench. Gaujot took the magistrate classes virtually rather than in Charleston and said there was a lot of information presented in the ...
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 ...
