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Lawsuit filed against MPD after unlawful search in 2018

A lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Monongalia County Circuit Court against the Morgantown Police Department and one of its officers after a U.S. Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and sentence of a woman originally found guilty on illegal possession of firearms charges.  The ...

Mon Sheriff’s Department seeks identity of Calvary Baptist Church burglar

The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help identifying a suspect in a burglary at Calvary Baptist Church on Burroughs Street in Morgantown. On Tuesday, an unknown male broke into the church and took keys to a vehicle that were inside the church before ...

MPD releases officer’s body-cam footage after High Street incident

Morgantown Police have released officer body-cam footage relating to a Feb. 2 incident on High Street, after an alleged domestic dispute. The police footage was released in response to a video circulating on social media showing an MPD officer seemingly body-slam a man, later identified as ...