MORGANTOWN -- Bond is set at $500,000 for a Morgantown man accused of committing armed robbery in Morgantown on Sunday. Daeshawn Martin Coleman, 19, was in the North Central Regional Jail Monday. He is also charged with conspiracy. Both charges are felonies. According to a criminal ...
THIS IS THE FIRST of two articles looking at policies and procedures at area police agencies for handling calls where force is necessary. Sunday: Westover, WVU Police, Star City and Granville. Read Part 2 HERE George Floyd was killed May 25, when Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis Police Department officer, knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and face-down on the pavement. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder. Three officers who watched were fired and are facing criminal charges. The incident was filmed and set off protests in ...
For the third Saturday in a row, protesters took to the streets of Morgantown to protest police brutality. Where previous actions focused on downtown Morgantown, primarily the Monongalia County Courthouse and the Mountainlair, Saturday’s march came to Evansdale.Starting at Raymond J. Lane ...
Morgantown Mayor Bill Kawecki said members of Morgantown City Council have been “barraged” with well over 100 pieces of correspondence asking members to look at how it funds the city’s police department.While he notes the letters are largely signed form letters that have been circulating nationally, he said the topic has also been raised during multiple meetings he’s attended in recent days.“I don’t think there are any specific complaints about the Morgantown Police. I really do think we are fortunate in that we have a police force where many of the reforms that I’m ...
Preston Sheriff Hemerick, Nathaniel Allen, 25, of Aurora, possession of controlled substance, June 9; Deputy Martin.Guthrie, Rodney Eugene, 49, of Bruceton Mills, battery; Deputy S. MitterGuthrie, Steven Wade, 51, of Bruceton Mills, battery; Deputy S. Mitter.Simmons, Randell Neil, 27, of Terra Alta, burglary, conspiracy, June 10; Deputy Cline.Alvey, Dottie Delsa, 27, of Terra Alta, burglary, conspiracy, June 10; Deputy Cline. Preston Prosecutor Metheny, Bryson Allen, of Terra Alta, obstructing an officer; Prosecutor Snyder.
KINGWOOD — Police say a Reedsville woman gave a juvenile marijuana to smoke and the child ran into a window, breaking it.Angela M. Marconyak, 53, is charged with misdemeanor child neglect. Her bond was set at $500 when she was arraigned this week. The alleged incident happened March 7.According to the criminal complaint by Preston Sheriff’s Sgt. S. Mitter, she was dispatched to Plum Hill Terrace on the complaint and found the child with her mother and an ambulance crew.The juvenile had run through Marconyak’s apartment and into a window, shattering it. Marconyak told the officer ...
