A former resident of the South Park area of Morgantown now awaits sentencing after entering into a plea agreement with Monongalia County Prosecuting Attorneys on March 27. According to court records, Austin Fought Rempel, 34, pleaded no-contest to three counts including two separate ...
Two Michigan men were arrested in downtown Morgantown after drugs were found in their possession during a traffic stop. Monongalia County Deputy Noah Thompson reported observing a Chrysler minivan with Pennsylvania registration traveling down Chestnut Street at around 12:30 a.m. on ...
Two people are now facing charges for the overdose death of a 31-year-old female on Jan. 16, 2023, in Monongalia County. At the time, deputies with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department (MCSD) were dispatched to a residence at Viewcrest Village in Maidsville for a cardiac ...
An Alabama man was arrested by West Virginia State Police after allegedly starting multiple brush fires in the area of Wiseman Road and Glory Barn Road in Monongalia County. According to Mathias Gomez-Tschrnko with River Road Volunteer Fire Department, firefighters and the West ...
Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department has identified a body found in the Monongahela River last month as that of James R. Weaver, 48, of Arthurdale. Weaver had been reported missing on Feb. 14 from Westover. His body was found on March 27. Weaver’s sister, Sherry Neyman, told ...
CHARLESTON — A suspect in a Pittsburgh double-murder case died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Kanawha County Monday morning. Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Joe Crawford said authorities learned at around 6 a.m. that Dennis Rahuba, 50, was driving toward Kanawha County. At just before 7 a.m. a Kanawha County deputy, J.A. Morris, spotted the vehicle going south on I-79 at Big Chimney. “When the information was given out, our units went to the interstate area to look for the vehicle, which is common, that happens fairly frequently,” Crawford ...
