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Man sentenced for storage unit break-ins

A man who broke into multiple storage units in Monongalia County was sentenced Thursday and has a final chance to get clean of drugs. Fred Rohr, 32, pleaded guilty to two counts of breaking and entering in August. He broke into storage units at the Bakers Ridge Storage, on Bakers Ridge ...

Florida man charged in county

Allegedly threatened deputy after attempted break-in A Florida man was arrested and charged after he allegedly attempted to break into a house with a knife and then threatened a deputy. Sheldon Uzochukwu, 23, of Casselberry, Fla., is charged with burglary and terroristic threats by the ...

Pa. man accused of traveling to Morgantown to have sex with minor boy

A Pennsylvania man is charged with multiple felonies for allegedly coming to Morgantown to have sex with a 14-year-old boy. Ryan Banks, 36, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., is charged with use of minors in filming sexually explicit conduct, distribution and exhibiting of material depicting minors, strangulation without consent, two counts solicitation of a minor and three counts of third-degree sexual assault. According to a criminal complaint, a woman contacted the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office after she discovered her 14-year-old son had been in contact with a 36-year-old man on ...

Court rejects Walker’s sentence request

KINGWOOD — The West Virginia Supreme Court has rejected a Bruceton Mills man’s request that he be able to count his time in jail toward his prison sentence. David Hiram Walker Jr., 52, was indicted in 2017 and convicted of one count of  grand larceny by false pretenses.  As ...

Police chase ends in crash

 Pursuit started in Pa., finished on local road  A police chase that started in Pennsylvania ended in Monongalia County on Wednesday, when the driver crashed into a fence on Mooresville Road. At about 5 p.m., the New Cumberland Township Police Department notified the ...