Thursday morning in Monongalia County Circuit Court, Rodney A. Moats Jr., 31, of Morgantown, was found guilty by a jury of his peers of first-degree arson, two counts of gross child neglect creating risk of injury and domestic assault, following a multi-day trial this week. Following ...
Paul W. Gwaltney Jr. was sworn in as the newest judge in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit during a standing-room-only investiture ceremony held Friday at the Monongalia County Justice Center. Current and former judges and attorneys, as well as Gwaltney’s family and friends, attended ...
A two-and-half-day jury trial in Monongalia County Circuit Court resulted in a guilty verdict for two Preston County brothers accused of kidnapping, first degree robbery, assault during commission of a felony, burglary, grand larceny, and conspiracy to commit first degree robbery. Judge ...
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 ...
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 ...
The first Monongalia County grand jury of 2023 returned 106 indictments, significantly lower than the 150 indicted in September 2022. An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but a formal felony charge issued by a grand jury stating there is enough evidence the defendant committed the ...