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State Police charge Morgantown man with sex assault

57-year-old also accused of burglary and solicitation A 57-year-old man is charged with sexually assaulting a teen relative’s 15-year-old best friend about 20 times between October and December. The charges were brought by the West Virginia State Police. Gerald Thomas McCarthy, of ...

New phone scam reported

A new phone scam has been reported in Monongalia County. It involves the caller claiming to be from Comcast and offers the potential victim a lower rate on service if they send a check made out to “CABLE TV” for $249 to an address in New York, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office ...

Lawsuit filed over deadly farm stand crash

The long-time domestic partner of Pamela Ciuni, who was killed in a vehicle on pedestrian collision at Duda’s Farm stand on Fairmont Road in Westover this summer, filed a lawsuit over her death. Ciuni, her minor grandson and her partner — Albert Claudio Jr. — were at the farm stand ...

Bruceton woman charged with trespassing at Hazelton prison

HAZELTON — A Bruceton Mills woman was charged with trespassing after police said she tried to gain entry to USP Hazelton by claiming she was a Navy SEAL. Bond was set at $5,000 for Leslie Ann Gorman, 55. She is charged with trespassing and obstructing an officer. According to a ...

Two arrested for fentanyl possession

Westover police arrested two out-of-state residents after officers found more than 30 grams of fentanyl during a traffic stop. Cordell Sain Jr., 29, of St. Claire Shores, Mich., and Brooklynn Carter, 19, of New Castle, Pa., are both charged with the unlawful manufacture, delivery, ...

No one injured in Tuesday Brockway fire

No one was injured in a house fire on Brockway Avenue Tuesday night. That’s according to the Morgantown Fire Department, which responded to the fire at 376 Brockway, on the corner with Kingwood Street, about 9:40 p.m. Even the emotional support pet of one of the residents made it out, ...