A Morgantown man is facing five misdemeanor charges after police had to forcibly remove him from Hazel’s House of Hope Wednesday evening. Morgantown police were called after a man, later identified as Richard Arthur Kempf, 53, of Morgantown, refused to leave the Scott Avenue social ...
Monongalia County Sheriff Deputies arrested Gary L. Simons, 43, on Wednesday, after he allegedly entered a Grafton Road residence and attacked the female inside. Simons entered the residence at night and used his hands to choke the female, a criminal complaint said. Deputies reported ...
A Preston County man is in custody after police responded to an open-line 911 distress call coming from an address on Ridge Road in Masontown. On the call, a female could be heard screaming and crying with a male yelling in the background. While en route to the residence, officers ...
A Morgantown man possibly involved in several area package thefts was taken into custody after allegedly fleeing from a Monongalia County Sheriff's deputy at high speeds and causing some damage along the way. Shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, Deputy John Cunningham reported he was ...
A federal judge sentenced Morgantown resident George Tanios to the time he has already served in jail for his role in carrying the chemical irritant that was used to spray officers defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tanios will serve no more time than the five months he already spent in jail from March 14, 2021, to Aug. 20, 2021. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan also ordered 100 hours of community service in West Virginia, along with payment of whatever money remains from a GoFundMe account that was earlier established for Tanios. The account, which indicates it has ...
Former Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher was sworn-in as Circuit Court Judge during an investiture ceremony Friday afternoon at the Monongalia County Justice Center. DeChristopher was in her second term as Monongalia County Prosecutor when she was appointed to the bench ...
