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Area man charged in vehicle break-ins

A Morgantown man suspected of breaking into vehicles in the area of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital over several days was arrested. Danny E. Robertson, 43, was charged Friday  with two counts of receiving or transferring stolen goods, two counts of petit larceny and two counts of tampering with a vehicle by  Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department. A man reported that a brown barrel bag with two firearms in it was stolen from his vehicle at the parking garage on Willowdale Road on Friday, according to a criminal complaint. The victim provided a video of the “unique ...

Thornton man accused of sexual assault

KINGWOOD — A 30-year-old Thornton man is accused of giving a 17-year-old marijuana and sexually assaulting her while she was unconscious. James John Edward Bolyard is charged with second-degree sexual assault, a felony. His bond was set at $25,000. According to the criminal complaint ...

Tractor trailer crash shut down W. Va. 7 Monday morning

Part of W. Va. 7 was closed for several hours on Monday morning because of a crash involving a tractor trailer. The crash occurred about 5:30 a.m. on the hogback turn -- where W. Va. 7 turns from Brockway Avenue to Earl L. Core Road - when the driver of a tractor trailer carrying gravel ...

New Jersey man killed in I-68 accident in Preston

BRUCETON MILLS — A New jersey man was killed in an accident that tied up traffic on Interstate 68 for hours Sunday. According to a press release from West Virginia State Police, Kanhai A. John, 42, of Jersey City, was driving a tractor trailer truck carrying Piperidine, a “highly ...

Dunkin’ Donuts ex-manager, company sued for sex harassment

MORGANTOWN -- The former general manager of the Sabraton Dunkin’ Donuts and the company that owns the store have been sued by a former employee who said she was subjected to a “campaign of sexual harassment.” Plaintiff Joanna Roller filed the suit, which names Robert Garrison and ...

2 Detroit men arrested for drug possession

Two Detroit men were arrested by the Mon Metro Drug Task Force on Friday. Germaine Diontae Henley, 21, and Lamont Demonta-Owens Graham, 20, are each charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and conspiracy to commit a drug crime. On Friday, the task force searched an apartment on Van Voorhis Road, near the intersection with West Run Road, according to a criminal complaint. Henley and Graham were both inside the home, according to the complaint. Officers found “large dealer quantities of cocaine base (crack) and heroin," as ...