MORGANTOWN -- Two men from the greater Detroit area were arrested by the Mon Metro Drug Task Force after allegedly finding more than a pound of drugs in their hotel room. Matthew Thomas, 26, of Roseville, Mi., and Virgil Johnson, 27, of Oak Park, Mi., are each charged with possession of a ...
A Morgantown woman is accused of threatening people with knives and scissors and throwing hot candle wax on one. Ruth L. Johnson, 38, is charged with brandishing a deadly weapon, assault, obstructing an officer and refusal to give fingerprints by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office. On Sunday, deputies were sent to an apartment complex on Van Voorhis Road, near West Run Road, because a woman — later determined to be Johnson — was outside the complex waving knives and a pair of scissors at “anybody close to her,” according to a criminal complaint. When a deputy ...
KINGWOOD — An Aurora man is charged with the April 14 attempted robbery of the Terra Alta Shop ‘n Save. Seth Edwin Feather, 33, is accused of attempting to rob the store with a cane. He was in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Tuesday in lieu of $5,000 bond. According to the criminal ...
State Police at Kingwood DeBerry, Steve Eric Jr., 45, of Reedsville, fleeing, obstructing an officer, assaulting an officer, speeding, July 24; Trooper Anglin. Preston Sheriff Hodgkins, Matthew Eric, 51, of Tunnelton, disorderly conduct, July 27; Deputy Martin. Kingwood Police McMillen, Carl Allen, 52, of Kingwood, domestic battery, July 17; Officer McNemar. Mon Sheriff Perdue, Christopher Scott, 27, of Morgantown, two counts possession of a controlled substance, July 26; Deputy Ward. Robinson, Jack Douglas II, 30, of Morgantown, second offense shoplifting, ...
Driver alleged to be under the influence of multiple drugs A Morgantown area man, allegedly on drugs, is accused of leading deputies on a chase. Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department charged Jordan A. Cannon, 29, with fleeing or attempting to flee in a vehicle from law enforcement while under the influence. About 2:15 a.m. on Friday, Deputy J. Ward was operating a stationary radar near the Mon-Fayette Expressway interchange when he saw a blue Subaru, driving north, quickly approaching, according to a criminal complaint. Ward recorded the Subaru going 68 mph in a 45 ...
Staff and wire reports BOE meeting tonight closed to public Tonight’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education as with the case of other BOE meetings in recent weeks, is closed to the public, due to current COVID-19 safety mandates. “In accordance with current guidelines and best practices recommended by federal and state health officials, only required staff will be permitted in the meeting room,” the board states on its website, at boe.mono.k12/wv/us. The 6 p.m. meeting, though, will be live-streamed on the site. Tonight’s agenda, along ...
