FAIRMONT – A series of allegedly explicit videos sent over the summer led to the child pornography arrest of Marion County teacher Michael Joseph Carpenter, court documents show. Carpenter, 43, the choir director of East Fairmont High School, was taken into custody at the school Tuesday ...
FAIRMONT – Michael Joseph Carpenter, the East Fairmont High School choir director charged with possessing child pornography, remained lodged in North Central Regional Jail on Wednesday following his arrest the day before. West Virginia State Police arrived at the school on Airport Road on ...
MORGANTOWN – Former J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital physician Lance Parks pleaded not guilty to a pair of charges on Friday according to Monongalia County Magistrate Court filings. A press release issued by the Monongalia County Prosecutor's Office says Parks was arrested in Wood ...
Monongalia County Magistrate Sandy Holepit set bail at $1 million Friday for a Westover man charged with six counts of distribution and exhibiting material depicting minors engaged in sexual conduct. Westover Police Chief Joe Adams said Westover PD was notified after the Parkersburg Police ...
A Monongalia County man was sentenced Thursday in federal court on child pornography charges. James Mansfield Davis, 67, of Morgantown, was sentenced to 82 months (6.8 years) in a federal prison for the possession of child pornography. According to a press release from U.S. ...
The Legislative Graveyard Welcome to the Legislative Graveyard, where bills that did not become law come to rest –— though rarely in peace. The vast majority of bills we followed this session died, for better or worse. We can’t list them all, but we’ll give you the highlights. Each ...