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Preston Grand Jury hands down twenty indictments

KINGWOOD — Twenty indictments were handed down by the Preston County Grand Jury Tuesday.  Included in the indictments was former teacher Cassandra Diann Sisler, 44, of Terra Alta, who taught at both Central Preston and West Preston schools.   Sisler allegedly taped a student’s wrists with duct tape and taped his mouth shut. She was indicted on four counts of child abuse with injury.   Also indicted:  Jeremy Clinton Watson, 29, of Moundsville, was indicted on one count of burglary.   Chadwick Alan Lancaster, 53, of Moundsville, ...

Monongalia County Indictments

The following individuals were among those recently indicted by the Monongalia County grand jury:   Burns, Andrew, breaking and entering.  Vasquez, Daniel, robbery in the second degree.  Davis Jr., David, failure to register as sex offender or provide notice of ...

Former Westover councilman facing charges

A former Westover City Council member faces domestic assault and battery charges following an incident on Sunday. According to the criminal complaint filed by Westover police, a woman walked into the Westover Police Station at around 6:50 p.m. Sunday to press charges against her husband, ...

Terra Alta man charged with attempted murder

A Preston County man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after police say he deliberately tried to run over two people with his truck following an argument at a Terra Alta convenience store in April.  According to court records, on April 28, Dana Franklin Loughrie, ...

Mon County indictments include murder, attempted murder

Arraignments began this week in Monongalia County Circuit Court for those indicted during the grand jury session earlier this month on May 15 – 17.  May’s grand jury delivered 126 indictments against 118 individuals for crimes ranging from shoplifting and fraud to malicious ...