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 ...
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 ...
A Morgantown woman was arrested after residents of Viewcrest Village came home to allegedly find her sitting on their couch. Michelle L. Costello, 44, is charged with burglary by the Monongalia County Sheriffs Office. The victims had been gone from their home for about an hour when they ...
Two Texas women were arrested after one of them allegedly robbed a man in his hotel room. Rochelle Lynn Smith, 35, of Garland, is charged with robbery by the Granville Police Department. Jessica Marie Love, 31, of Dallas, is charged with second-degree accessory. Smith met the victim ...
By Gabriella Brown, Newsroom@DominionPost.com An ordinance with new requirements for Westover Police body camera footage was voted down with only one councilman voting for it. The ordinance, proposed by Councilman Ralph Mullins, outlined new requirements for when Westover Police officers would be required to activate or deactivate body cameras. According to the ordinance, the purpose would be to “increase accountability and evidence for law enforcement and the residents of the city by providing body-worn cameras to all city police officers while on patrol.” The ...
One of the two men charged with the murder of West Virginia University student Eric J. Smith, 21, will remain in jail until his case is resolved after a judge denied a request to set bond on Monday. Judge Susan Tucker said she was initially inclined to set bond for Shaundarius Reeder at $500,000. However, after hearing about an incident that happened in Marion County the week before Smith’s murder, she could not in good faith set a bond for Reeder. On Feb. 21, the week before Smith’s murder, Reeder was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to ...
