A judge declined to reduce bond for a man accused of shooting his fiancee in the head during an argument. The September 2020 Monongalia County grand jury indicted Travis Anderson, 34, of Core, on first-degree murder. He is charged in the June 3 shooting of his fiancée, ...
A man who posted explicit pictures of his ex-girlfriend on the internet without her consent pleaded guilty to the crime in Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Wednesday. Magistrate Sandy Holepit accepted the guilty plea to nonconsensual disclosure of private intimate images by Jonathan ...
Attorneys spent more than an hour of arguing their respective causes during a motion hearing to dismiss a civil lawsuit brought by 78-year-old men who were switched at birth. Judge Phillip Gaujot complimented both Charles Crook, who is representing the plaintiffs, John William Carr II and ...
KINGWOOD — Long-time Preston Circuit Clerk Betsy Castle is retiring Oct. 31. Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer signed an order Wednesday, announcing Castle’s retirement and appointing Deputy Circuit Clerk Lisa Leishman as clerk until the next election. “I will admit that it is with some sadness and different emotions that I submit this letter,” Castle wrote in her retirement letter. “However, it is time to step into the next phase of my life. The past 42 years have been quite a ride!“ “Betsy will be missed, but she’s earned her retirement,” Judge Shaffer ...
COVID-19 places limitations on court occupancy KINGWOOD — COVID-19 will play a major role in the murder trial of Aaron Glenn Hoard in 2021. At a motions hearing Tuesday, Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer laid out limitations placed on jury selection and trial attendance. Hoard, ...
Passengers found to have gun, multiple types of drugs A traffic stop led deputies to arrest two people for allegedly having multiple types of drugs, including almost 100 tabs of LSD, on Sunday. Chelsea E. Hunneshagen, 29, of Grafton and David M. Brannon, 32, of Newburg, are each charged with five counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and one count of conspiracy to commit a drug crime by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office. Both were passengers in the back seat of a vehicle that was stopped by a deputy on Grafton Road, according to a ...
