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McCarthy sentenced for sexual assault of 15-year-old

A Morgantown man who pleaded guilty of sexual assault and burglary was sentenced today in Monongalia County Circuit Court. Gerald Thomas McCarthy, 58, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Cindy Scott to three consecutive 1-to-5-year sentences and a 1-to-15-year sentence. He previously pled ...

Man involved in 2020 shooting sentenced to probation

A Maryland man involved in an altercation that resulted in a shooting inside a Morgantown apartment in February 2020 was sentenced in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon. Edward Kolleh, 30, was given two years of probation after previously pleading guilty to ...

Corney gets 40 years for 2020 shooting

MORGANTOWN -- It was an emotional courtroom Monday afternoon during the sentencing hearing of Michael Corney.  Corney, 34, pleaded guilty in October to second degree murder in the shooting death of Morgantown man Chadwick Malone, 31, in South Park last September. Corney appeared by ...

Aaron Hoard sentenced to maximum for 2019 murder

KINGWOOD -- There was hardly a reaction from Aaron Hoard, 35, his family and friends, or the family and friends of Grant Felton, 38, the man he murdered, as Hoard was sentenced to serve the maximum  possible sentence of 40 years in prison. Hoard shot and killed Felton outside of ...