CLARKSBURG -- A federal lawsuit has been filed against Westover’s chief of police and two of its officers, claiming the civil rights of Andre Howton were violated when he was arrested and beaten on New Year’s Day 2019. The suit names Chief Richard Panico, and officers Zachary Fecsko ...
The Monongalia County Justice Center will reopen on Monday, however, individual offices will dictate its own path forward. That’s according to Monongalia County Commission President Ed Hawkins, who said the building has been cleaned and is as safe as possible. The building was closed ...
A former West Virginia University professor pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in the Northern District of West Virginia on Thursday. Dr. Qingyun Sun, of Morgantown, admitted he defrauded WVU and filed a false tax return, with both offenses related to official travel to China, according to U.S. Attorney Bill Powell. “We find this behavior unacceptable and cooperated fully with federal officials as soon as it was brought it to our attention,” WVU Director of Communications April Kaull said. “Dr. Sun has not been a WVU employee since early this year.” Sun, a ...
A Morgantown man is accused of sending child pornography through Snapchat. Tyler C. Walker, 29, is charged with two counts of distribution of child pornography by the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department. The department received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through the Internet Crimes Against Children data portal, that an unknown person sent two photos consistent with child porn through Snapchat, according to a criminal complaint. Detectives were given the IP address the images were uploaded from, the Snapchat user name and the phone ...
KINGWOOD — A woman charged last week with allegedly harassing an officer is now charged with sending at least 20 threatening emails, as well as voice mails, to five other state employees. Paula May Sigley, 35, has a street address outside Rowlesburg and a post office box in Aurora, ...
MORGANTOWN -- The man killed in Monday's fatal motorcycle crash on Grafton Road has been identified as John Tubliono, 64, of Morgantown. That's according to Morgantown Communications Director Andrew Stacy. He did not identify the driver of the BMW that was also involved in the ...
