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Accused burglar gave false name before flooding sheriff’s department

One of the three men accused of burglarizing a Snider Street apartment early Tuesday morning is facing additional charges after falsely reporting his identity to arresting officers and causing significant damage in the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office during an attempt to escape ...

Police seek information on Sunnyside shooting

The search for suspects is underway after one person was shot Monday evening on Grant Avenue in the Sunnyside area of Morgantown. Morgantown Police Chief Eric Powell said several calls came in around 11:30 p.m. reporting multiple shots fired on Grant Street. Powell said MPD is ...

Three arrested for Snider Street burglary

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to include one of the men arrested gave another man's name. Nicholas Andrew Walker of Sissonville had nothing to do with this crime. Three men were arrested early Tuesday morning after Morgantown Police caught them actively burglarizing a Snider ...

Morgantown man facing nine misdemeanor counts after domestic dispute

An alleged domestic dispute at a residence in the Cheat Lake area of Morgantown ended with three total victims and one man taken into custody on multiple charges, with a hefty bond. According to a criminal complaint, Trooper F.E Little III was called to the domestic dispute at a residence ...

Drug task force recovers over two pounds of meth inside Morgantown residence

Three men are facing felony drug charges after Mon Metro Drug Task Force investigators found large amounts of methamphetamine inside a Monongalia County residence. On Jan. 19, task force agents conducted a warranted search of a residence at 1028 River Road in Morgantown to locate evidence ...

106 indicted by Mon County grand jury

The first Monongalia County grand jury of 2023 returned 106 indictments, significantly lower than the 150 indicted in September 2022. An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but a formal felony charge issued by a grand jury stating there is enough evidence the defendant committed the ...