Austin Fought Rempel, 32, of Morgantown, was arrested in Parkersburg Monday after a capias warrant was issued on July 25 for failing to appear in court. Rempel was indicted by […]
Tag: sexual assault
W.Va. in trouble with ignorance at the helm
There’s nothing quite like the chill of terror that runs down your spine when you realize the people dictating the laws that constrain your life are a bunch of ignoramuses. […]
Lack of justice just a different kind of rape
So what does all this tell us about justice? “All this” meaning the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell got 20 years on Tuesday and the next day, R. Kelly got 30. […]
Law suit filed against DHHR, employees claim negligence after minor is accused of sexual assault
A Marion County couple has filed a civil suit in Monongalia County Circuit Court against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and two of the department’s […]
The Southern Baptist blasphemy
While the Catholic Church has spent much of the last three decades wrestling with deeply painful revelations of priestly sexual abuse and the bishops’ callous disregard for the people in […]
Alito’s draft willfully misrepresents history
In its May 7 cold opening, Saturday Night Live took a jab at Justice Samuel Alito’s reference to a Dark Ages legal treatise. Host Benedict Cumberbatch, playing a man of […]
Morgantown man arrested on sexual assault and abuse charges
A Morgantown man accused of sexually assaulting a female victim while she slept was released after posting bond. The victim reported the assault, which hat she stated occurred at a […]
The violence and abuse women face
by Robin Abcarian A couple of things unrelated to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine recently caught my eye, reminding me that while this conflict will eventually end, the […]
Illinois judge reversed a rape verdict
Victim, advocates didn’t stay quiet by Christine Ledbetter Quincy, the county seat of Adams County in downstate Illinois, is a quiet town. Here residents vote conservative, prize neighborliness and don’t […]
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 […]
