A civil suit filed in Preston County Circuit Court earlier this week makes numerous allegations against Preston County E911, the agency that controls and operates the 911 emergency dispatch facilities for Preston County. In the lawsuit, plaintiff Kasey Loughrie, represented by the Toriseva ...
One suspect is in custody following an alleged robbery Jan. 26 at a home on Earl L. Core Road (W.Va. 7) near the Dellslow area of Monongalia County. Law enforcement is still looking for four additional suspects thought to be involved. According to criminal complaints filed by the ...
KINGWOOD — Kingwood City Council has received two applications for Chief of Police, according to acting chief Charlie Haney. Haney retired as Kingwood Chief of Police in May 2021 when Doug Montague took over as interim chief. Haney was with the Preston County Sheriff’s Department for 32 years, starting as a jailer/dispatcher, and retiring after serving as chief deputy. After his retirement, he worked for about two years with the WVU Police. Haney told council members the city’s new cruiser was delivered Friday and is waiting for radios and equipment to be installed. He said ...
A man found breaking into vehicles on Wedgewood Drive in Morgantown is in custody after a witness who saw a man "trying car door handles" called Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputies to the scene early Friday morning. Upon arriving at the scene, Deputy Joshua Ward reported seeing a male ...
Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer told The Dominion Post on Wednesday he was glad the jurors in the trial of Deputy Lance Kuretza came to the same conclusion his department had. “I am grateful that their verdict was consistent with the investigation that our department performed ...
One woman is facing drug and firearm charges after law enforcement located several individuals trespassing on private property in the Elk Street area of Morgantown on Monday. Patrolman J. Basinger with the Morgantown Police Department was conducting a foot patrol of the area when he ...
