Jury finds Mon County man guilty of arson, child neglect, domestic assault

Cops and Courts August 11, 2023

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 ...

Morgantown man charged with arson, child neglect for apartment fire

Cops and Courts June 22, 2022

A Morgantown man is being held at North Central Regional Jail after allegedly setting multiple fires to an apartment with small children inside during a domestic dispute on Monday. Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to a Goshen Road apartment for a ...