Two Fairmont men accused of murdering a West Virginia University student were arraigned in Monongalia Count Circuit Court on Tuesday. Terrell Linear, 21 and Shaundarius Reeder, 20 are each charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The two were both indicted by ...
MORGANTOWN - The woman who murdered a 67-year-old man with his own gun after he found her burglarizing it was sentenced on Tuesday. Elizabeth Ann Chinn, 34, of Ohio, was convicted of first-degree murder, burglary, grand larceny and two counts of conspiracy by a jury in January. The jury ...
Cindy Scott becomes Mon’s latest circuit court judge When Monongalia County’s newest Circuit Court Judge Cindy Scott isn’t hearing cases, she can look out the same window her dad did when he worked for what is now the Natural Resources Conservation Service. “I’m very proud,” ...
A Morgantown man was arrested and charged after allegedly trying to take a baby from his mother in an emergency room. Felix Nahun Reyes Galeas, 31, is charged with attempted kidnapping. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, officers with the Morgantown Police Department went to the ...
A $1 million federal grant awarded to the West Virginia State Police will help troopers coordinate more closely and effectively with county and local law enforcement to target methamphetamine and the illicit trafficking of opioids, including prescription drugs. The State Police was one of only 12 agencies nationwide that successfully applied for the U.S. Department of Justice funding. The department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services offers the grants through its COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program. “We are pleased to be chosen to receive this grant funding to ...
Chair confident Bane will be overseeing cases by late-July Magistrate Ron Bane will start about six months earlier than anticipated after being appointed to the position following his election win for the seat of Magistrate Hershel Mullins, who passed away earlier this month. When Mullins died, his seat became vacant and state law allows the chief judge to appoint a replacement, Monongalia County Circuit Court Chief Judge Phillip Gaujot said. “Since Ron Bane had already won the election, it seemed appropriate that Ron Bane should be appointed to complete the ...
