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Woman found with drugs arrested downtown

A 32-year-old woman was arrested in downtown Morgantown Wednesday on felony drug charges after allegedly acting suspiciously upon seeing a Morgantown Police officer.  MPD Officer I.B. Nuzum reported noticing an individual, later identified as Sarah Rose Degroot, of Morgantown, walking ...

Hazmat team called to scene of death

Hazmat teams were called to a mobile home park off Canyon Road in Monongalia County Wednesday after a deceased person was found inside one of the residences.  Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said that an elderly individual who lived alone was found dead inside the home, along with ...

No mercy for man convicted of murdering Matthew Moore

Two men have now been convicted of the May 2022 murder of Matthew Moore on Round Bottom Road in Monongalia County - and one of them will spend the rest of his life behind bars.  The co-defendants, Arlo Romano, 44, of Morgantown and Cleotis Cortez-Paul Eppes Jr, 49, of the Detroit area, ...

Eppes found guilty in 2022 murder of Matthew Moore

Cleotis Cortez-Paul Eppes Jr., 49, of the Detroit, Mich., area, appeared nervous as he entered the courtroom of the Honorable Paul W. Gwaltney on the third floor of the Monongalia County Justice Center Tuesday afternoon.  Shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, a jury of nine women and three men ...

Murder suspect arrested in Ohio

An Ohio man wanted for murder in Harrison County was arrested in Akron, Ohio. Kameron Darnell Griffin, 23, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force Fridday afternoon at a residence in Akron. He was wanted by the Harrison County Sheriff’s ...

Authorities connect blaze in Lewis County to Kanawha suicide

BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — A Lewis County man, a suspect in a deadly arson fire that claimed multiple lives, took his own life in eastern Kanawha County Monday morning, a few hours after the blaze was reported. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department said Luke Wilson, 45, of Walkersville, was knocking on the door of a family member in Hugheston at around 3:30 a.m. Monday. Deputies were dispatched there a short time later because Wilson was a suspect in a suspicious fire on Glady Creek Road, near the community of Ireland in Lewis County. Kanawha County Chief Deputy Joe ...