A threat made through the Yik Yak social media application caught the attention of West Virginia University Police and ended in criminal charges. According to a criminal complaint, on March 8 at approximately 12:28 a.m., Madelyn Antonia Constantine, 20, posted via Yik Yak, “I’m ...
The suspect in an alleged Feb. 25 kidnapping is in custody after Morgantown Police arrested him earlier this week. According to a criminal complaint filed by MPD Detective J. Frantz, the female victim said she was walking home and had just turned onto Grand Street from Cobun Avenue when ...
Westover Police made several arrests early Wednesday morning after a warranted search recovered a variety of illegal narcotics inside a residence on Western Avenue. The search came after Patrolman Cather received information from a confidential informant. Based on information given by ...
Two employees of a Morgantown dental office were indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this week for allegedly collecting nearly $30,000 in combined COVID-related unemployment benefits. Amanda J. Kincell, 42, of Fairview, and Casey Fike, 39, of Morgantown, were charged with multiple ...
BY MIKE NOLTING Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Susan Tucker has submitted her resignation to Gov. Jim Justice effective April 28 at midnight. Tucker was elected to Division One of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in 2008 and re-elected in 2016, making her the most senior circuit court judge in the county. This is the second retirement of a circuit court judge in Monongalia County in recent months. Judge Phillip Gaujot retired and was replaced by then-Monongalia County prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher, who was appointed by Gov. Justice. Monongalia County Public ...
A Preston County man is facing kidnapping and malicious assault charges after an alleged domestic incident with a female victim. On Feb. 27, West Virginia State troopers were dispatched to Bruceton Mills after a caller reported a woman was walking down Sugar Valley Road, near Hudson Road, ...
