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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, ...

Woman charged for DUI with child, 3, in car

10-month- old twins were left unattended in unsecured house KINGWOOD — State Police charged a woman for leaving her 10-month-old twins at home while she took her 3-year-old in the car and was arrested for drunk driving. Shala Richelle Sapp, 36, of Morgantown, was freed on $5,000 bond. ...

Ex-professor sentenced for fraud

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  Dr. Qingyun Sun, of Morgantown, was sentenced Friday to three years of probation, with the first four months on home confinement, after defrauding West Virginia University and filing a false tax return, both offenses arising out of his official travel to ...

Mon County law enforcement to attend slain officer’s funeral

Monongalia County’s law enforcement community will attend Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson’s funeral today. Johnson was shot while responding to a parking complaint call Dec. 1 and died two days later. The suspect, Joshua Phillips, is expected to be charged with first-degree ...