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Third man arraigned after High Street drug bust

A third man believed to be involved in a drug distribution conspiracy at a North High Street apartment is facing charges in Monongalia County.  On Saturday, The Dominion Post reported the arrests of Joseph S. Gentile, 61, and Destin Alexander Mclendon, 22, made by officers with the ...

Drug task force searches North High apartment

Two men were arrested Thursday at a residence on North High Street in Morgantown, following a warranted search by members of the Mon Metro Drug Task Force and the Morgantown Police Department Special Response Team.  Through prior investigation, task force agents learned that Joseph S. ...

Drug supplier pleads guilty to conspiracy, distribution

A Detroit man pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Wednesday for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy in Monongalia County from September 2022 to January 2023.  Shakur Dorell Jones, 25, of Detroit, supplied the group with methamphetamine, cocaine base and fentanyl, according to ...

Police find drugs in hidden dashboard compartment

A Michigan man with several prior arrests in Monongalia County was taken into custody on Wednesday for drug possession.  While on patrol, Morgantown police officer C.J. Behm noticed a Chrysler minivan with Illinois registration thought to be involved in a hit-and-run incident on June ...

Three arrested in task force fentanyl bust

Three people were taken into custody this week following a search conducted by agents with the Mon Metro Drug Task Force at 1443 Statler St. in the Sabraton area of Morgantown.  In May, the task force conducted a controlled purchase using a confidential informant to buy assumed fentanyl ...

U.S. House ignored Trump. Let’s finish the job: reauthorize FISA

Jaime Castenada Jr. was reportedly out celebrating a family baptism when he met an alleged drug dealer in Hammond, Ind., now accused of selling him $20 of cocaine. Within a few hours, Castenada was found outside, police say, propped between a car and a tree, bleeding from the nose. The drug ...