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Upshur County man accused of using vehicles as weapons

BUCKHANNON — An elderly Upshur County man is behind bars after sheriff’s deputies said he rammed three different vehicles into three different homes early Thursday morning on purpose. Marvin “Buck” Tenney, 82, of Buckhannon is lodged in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail without bond. Upshur County Sheriff Mike Coffman said he faced an array of charges including three counts of felony attempted murder. Deputies were called to a home in the Buckhannon area around 2 a.m. Thursday for a vehicle into a house. Deputies arrived to find a mini-van lodged inside a mobile home at a ...

Drug supplier pleads guilty to conspiracy, distribution

A Detroit man pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Wednesday for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy in Monongalia County from September 2022 to January 2023.  Shakur Dorell Jones, 25, of Detroit, supplied the group with methamphetamine, cocaine base and fentanyl, according to ...

Morgantown man jailed after soliciting a minor

A Morgantown man is in jail after he allegedly solicited sexual activity with a minor.  On July 20, Granville Police were called to a Granville residence regarding a complaint involving a 21-year-old man, later identified as Jaysiah Aderious Dawson, meeting a 12-year-old.  Court ...

Driver killed in side-by-side rollover on River Road

The driver of a side-by-side is dead following a rollover accident Friday on River Road. At about 8:11 p.m., Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputies responded a single-vehicle accident near the area of the dam. Once on scene, officers discovered a Polaris 1000 side-by-side had rolled on top of the driver. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle, police said. This accident occurred on the railroad tracks near Edna Gas Road. The railroad company was contacted and rail service was shut down to the area until the scene ...

Romano sentenced to 40 years for Moore murder

Arlo Whitehead Romano, 44, of Morgantown, one of two men convicted of the May 2022 murder of Matthew Moore, 46, was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday afternoon before Judge Paul Gwaltney in Monongalia County Circuit Court.  In February, Romano entered a plea of guilty to murder ...