The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department issued a statement Tuesday saying human remains were found at Coopers Rock State Forest over the weekend. According to the press release, a hiker saw the remains Saturday, which were located off the Mont Chateau Trail, and notified the ...
It has been over a month since law enforcement began searching for Dr. John Magruder, 39, of Morgantown, a local child neurologist affiliated with WVU Medicine, who was last seen July 27. Detectives with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department continue to investigate the doctor’s ...
CLARKSBURG -- Lance Kuretza, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputy who was arrested after being federally indicted last week, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment Thursday afternoon in the U.S. District Court in Clarksburg. Kuretza, who has been released on bond, was in the ...
Deputy Sheriff Lance Kuretza of the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, has been placed on paid administrative leave following a federal indictment handed down by a federal grand jury, according to a press release from department officials. The indictment was announced Thursday ...
A reported disturbance at West Run Apartments in Morgantown on Sunday evolved into multiple misdemeanor charges for a Martinsburg woman after she allegedly began an altercation with deputies. Kelly Lynn Fairfax, 21, of Martinsburg is being held at North Central Regional Jail on $7,500 bond ...
K9 officer Azim, who has been with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department since 2014, retired last month with his handler Sgt. Tim Hunn. The Monongalia County Commission voted this week to give custody of Azim to his long-time police partner. “The county commissions have been ...