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WVU reports campus crime down in key areas

MORGANTOWN — WVU reports a decrease in crime in several key areas for 2023 compared to the previous year. The WVU Police Department released its Clery Act security and fire safety report on Wednesday. Federally required Clery Act reports are designed “to provide important information ...

Fleeing suspects arrested in Preston and Mon counties

A Preston County man faces charges after allegedly fleeing from police in both Monongalia and Preston counties and striking a police vehicle in the process.  On Saturday, Sept. 14, police in Preston County received information about an SUV with no taillights driving recklessly out of ...

Morgantown man arrested for multiple break-ins

On Thursday, Morgantown police detectives arrested Dustin Vernon Gomes, 38, of Morgantown, for two separate breaking-and-entering incidents in the past few weeks.  The first incident occurred just before 8 p.m. Aug. 31 when Gomes was allegedly observed on surveillance video entering ...

Morgantown man charged with stalking victim with protective order

A Morgantown man was charged in Monongalia County Magistrate Court Thursday with stalking or harassment in violation of a protective order. The order had been issued in response to domestic battery and destruction of property charges in May.  According to a criminal complaint, on May ...

Charleston man who provided false identity charged under real name

A man originally charged Aug. 31 under a false identity was recharged under the correct name with malicious battery for allegedly beating a woman on High Street in Morgantown.  Early Aug. 31, Morgantown Police were called to a traffic stop conducted by deputies with the Monongalia ...

Third man arraigned after High Street drug bust

A third man believed to be involved in a drug distribution conspiracy at a North High Street apartment is facing charges in Monongalia County.  On Saturday, The Dominion Post reported the arrests of Joseph S. Gentile, 61, and Destin Alexander Mclendon, 22, made by officers with the ...