FAIRMONT – Gabby Petito was distraught and crying that August afternoon in 2021 in Moab, Utah, when and where police had just pulled her van over for speeding. Officers observed […]
Tag: domestic violence
WVU: Domestic violence, stalking reports increased in 2024
MORGANTOWN — In 2024, West Virginia University’s Morgantown Campus saw a 33% jump in reported instances of domestic violence over 2023. Reports of stalking jumped 75% in that same period. […]
Former Westover councilman facing charges
A former Westover City Council member faces domestic assault and battery charges following an incident on Sunday. According to the criminal complaint filed by Westover police, a woman walked into […]
Man jailed after alleged violence toward police, others
A Monongalia County man is in custody after he allegedly threatened and fought with law enforcement officers while being arrested for a domestic violence incident on Collins Ferry Road. West […]
Getting guns away from abusers will save lives
by Megan Walsh and David Lamb “273.D.” The dispatch code for domestic violence sends chills down the spines of law enforcement officers, who know these calls to be among the […]
Gun case forces Supreme Court to confront its own illogic
by Noah Feldman The good news is that the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to reverse a Fifth Circuit decision that said police can’t confiscate guns from domestic abusers. The […]
Agreement reached for local doctor accused of domestic violence
A surgeon with Mon Health Medical Center appeared twice in Monongalia County Magistrate Court this week for hearings regarding domestic battery and violation of protective order charges from earlier this […]
Breaking the chains of financial abuse this Domestic Violence Awareness Month
by Kim Scouller October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. While physical abuse tends to grab headlines, another insidious form of abuse often remains hidden in the shadows: financial abuse. Financial […]
Court loses no matter what on gun case
by Francis Wilkinson The conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court will have to choose between depravity and farce this term. It’s an awkward situation, with a high probability of disgrace […]
Before #MeToo, there was RDVIC
This October is the 37th Domestic Violence Awareness Month — and the 50th anniversary of north-central West Virginia’s Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center. As one would expect from an […]
