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Woman flees with child after accident

Charges include battery of an officer and fleeing with reckless indifference A Morgantown woman is accused of fleeing from the police after causing a vehicle accident with her child in the car and attacking officers when they arrested her. Stephanie Gifford, 31, is charged with two counts of battery on a police officer, fleeing with reckless indifference and child neglect by the Morgantown Police Department. On Monday, Officer Smith saw a vehicle accident in the parking lot of the Kroger on Earl L. Core Road, according to a criminal complaint. One of the vehicles, a red Nissan ...

Man arrested for alleged dirt bike chase

MORGANTOWN -- A Morgantown man is charged with running from a Monongalia County Sheriff's Deputy on a dirt bike. Earl D. Crites III, 20, is charged with fleeing from an officer with reckless disregard. Deputies Matlick and Ward were patrolling near Tyrone Road just after midnight on ...

Mon sheriff looking for burglary suspect

Larry Thomas Heaster, 24, of Snake Hill Road, is wanted for two counts of burglary, according to the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office. Heaster is 5 feet 10 inches, 210 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes, according to the department. Anyone who knows where Heaster is located is ...

Kingwood settles out of court with two former city police officers

KINGWOOD — A lawsuit filed by two former police officers against the City of Kingwood and Mayor Jean Guillot has been dismissed by mutual agreement. In the suit Todd Nestor and Felix Thorn said they were forced to resign in April 2018 because they were investigating “high profile” ...

MD woman charged with selling meth

KINGWOOD — A Maryland woman is charged with selling meth to an undercover Preston Sheriff’s  deputy on three occasions.  Emily J. Armstrong, 36, of Accident, Md., was in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Monday in lieu of $25,000 bond.   She is charged with three counts of delivery of a controlled substance, which is a felony. According to a criminal complaint, on Feb. 26, Armstrong sold 18.2 grams of meth to the officer for $300; on March 12 she sold 1.9 grams of meth for $90; and on March 16, sold 2.4 grams of meth for $125. That’s a total of 22.5 grams ...