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Kingwood Police Chief asked for help at trial

KINGWOOD — Kingwood Police Chief Charley Haney told council members he received a call from Sheriff Dan Loughrie and Judge Stephen Shaffer asking for assistance at the trial of Scott Allen Cartwright, Haley Nicole Dinges and Dwight Howard Clarey. He said the call resulted in him ...

Burglars chased out of home by resident

One of four arrested, stopped by an off-duty University Police officer One of four alleged burglars was arrested on Wednesday after breaking into a home on Chloe Lane. William F. Belt Jr. is charged with burglary by the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department. A deputy responded to ...

Deputies say man escaped processing, was caught on Westover Bridge

A man allegedly broke out of the sheriff's office after being arrested for leading a deputy on a vehicle chase several days earlier. Derrick R. Shahan, 26, of Morgantown, is charged with two counts of fleeing in a vehicle with reckless indifference and escape from custody by the Monongalia ...

Two sue over rock slide injuries

Two of the people injured in a February rock slide that left boulders on Monongahela Boulevard and the PRT track have filed lawsuits against the West Virginia University Board of Governors. Susan D. Cramer and Chloe Bolin are both represented by Dino Colombo, who filed the suits this week ...

Man arrested after allegedly shooting in the air

A Clarksburg man was arrested on Friday after allegedly firing shots in the air outside of a bar and having cocaine on him. Alante Maratell Nelson, 28, is charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and prohibited person in possession of a firearm by the ...

Man sentenced after pretrial diversion

A former West Virginia University Student who bit part of another man's ear off during a fight pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor after successfully completing a pretrial diversion. Chief Judge Cindy Scott accepted Dean Schrantz's no contest plea to battery in Monongalia County Circuit ...