Preston SheriffProbst, Shadoe Joseph, 23, of Terra Alta, prohibited person in possession of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance, May 5; Deputy Knotts.Wolfe, Joe Ben, 49, of Tunnelton, domestic battery, April 1; Deputy McNair.
The woman who caused a fatal collision May 1 on Interstate 68 has died, according to state police. Nicole Ferrise, 48, died several days later at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in the head-on collision near the 6.5 mile marker, according to the West Virginia State Police. The crash ejected Steven Knotts, 22, from his vehicle. Knotts was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. A search warrant for Ferrise’s medical records, including a toxicology report, said her “gross negligence” and actions resulted in Knotts’ death. The warrant was to ...
AG calls on BOP to equip prisons for testing new prisoners Federal and state elected officials are seeking to stop or change the way the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) handles inmate transfers to quarantine units at two federal prisons in West Virginia. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Congressman David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., are calling on the BOP to equip prisons at Hazelton and Gilmer County with what’s needed to test incoming prisoners. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., requested an investigation into the transfer of ...
Preston SheriffSwain, James Howard, 41, of Masontown, third-offense domestic battery, May 3; Deputy Martin.
KINGWOOD — A Reedsville woman is charged with larceny for allegedly stealing part of someone else’s stimulus check.Vanessa Dawn Molisee, 23, is also charged with providing false information to a state trooper.According to the criminal complaint by Trooper C.E. Smith, the victim told him she received a $2,000 stimulus check April 28. She couldn’t cash it because she didn’t have an ID.Molisee allowed her to put the check into her PayPal account and gave the victim the debit card for the account. The victim said a total of $879 was transferred out of the account to a VISA. She did ...
Found with drugs, money, cell phones on I-68 bridge A vehicle crash on Interstate 68 over the weekend led to the arrest of a Charles Town man for allegedly having drugs for sale and driving while high. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department charged Travon L. Carr, 33, with possession with intent to distribute, failure to maintain control, driving while license suspended or revoked and DUI-drugs. Deputy J. Ward responded to a vehicle crash on I-68, near mile marker 10, the Cheat Lake Exit, and found two cars wedged against each other on the bridge over Cheat Lake, ...