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Recent News About West Virginia State Police
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Kanawha man indicted on sex abuse charges
Edmonds CHARLESTON – A grand jury has indicted a youth pastor of an upper Kanawha Valley church for allegedly sexually abusing a former student of the church's affiliated school. -
Official: Lakin criminal, civil cases are firsts
Childs POINT PLEASANT – Both a civil and criminal case arising from a former maintenance supervisor having a sexual relationship with an inmate at the Lakin Correctional Center for Women are the first since the facility opened in 2003 and a law passed penalizing sex with inmates, a top correctional official said. -
Troopers beat attorney at barracks, suit claims
Wolfe CHARLESTON - A Charleston attorney has filed a suit against the State Police and several State Troopers, claiming he was beaten so badly at the State Police barracks that spinal fluid leaked from his nose. -
Before indictment on meth charges, Pocahontas man charged in '98 Kanawha DUI fatality
Buzzard ST. ALBANS – Prior to his indictment for operating a meth lab, a Pocahontas County man faced related criminal and civil charges for a fatality he caused nearly a decade ago in Kanawha County. -
Buzzard faced other travails in '98
CHARLESTON – In the year before his indictment in the DUI death of his friend, a Pocahontas County man was charged with a variety of criminal offenses including, ironically, aiding and abetting a fugitive. -
Mother maintains innocence of Pocahontas meth fugitive
CHARLESTON – A man wanted by authorities in Pocahontas County for his alleged role in the manufacture of methamphetamines there was arrested by police in South Charleston earlier this month during a routine traffic stop in which they found meth in his possession. -
State Police must stand trial in fatal shooting, Justices rule
Maynard CHARLESTON – West Virginia State Police must stand trial with Trooper C. F. Kane in a civil suit over 16 shots Kane fired into the late Charlie Pruitt in the living room of his McDowell County home. -
St. Albans man convicted and sentenced in Pocahontas meth operation
Johnson MARLINTON – Despite pleading not guilty he operated or attempted to operate a meth lab in Kanawha County, a St. Albans man has admitted to his involvement on a similar charge in Pocahontas County. -
Edmonds not totally absolved of criminal responsibility in Green case
CHARLESTON – Despite a dismissal six months ago, Tim Edmonds may still face criminal charges he sexually abused a 16-year-old student at the Upper Kanawha Valley Christian School in Chesapeake. -
Convicted Putnam sex offender a potential witness in Kanawha sex abuse suit
WINFIELD – Along with defending himself in a lawsuit filed by his alleged victim, a Putnam County man is being asked to testify in another sexual abuse civil suit in Kanawha County. -
Putnam pastor, wife on witness lists in sexual abuse civil case
Chesapeake Apostolic Church CHARLESTON – The names of a Putnam County minister and his wife, whose son is accused of repeatedly violating a domestic violence protective order, have surfaced in a civil suit alleging one of their former parishioners sexually abused a teenage girl at an Upper Kanawha Valley Pentecostal church in 2006. -
Clarksburg man says priest abused him
WHEELING - A Clarksburg man is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, claiming a priest sexually harassed him for more than three years, which led him to depression and suicide attempts. -
Mingo obstruction case needs overturned, attorney says
Jarvis CHARLESTON – While the legal team for two Charleston women convicted of obstruction of justice believes the state Supreme Court should overturn those convictions because their actions in a murder investigation were constitutionally protected, the prosecutor in the case says the convictions should be upheld because the appeal is nothing more than their attempt to further their "pseudo-celebrity" status. -
Trooper claims he didn't send resignation letter
CHARLESTON - A West Virginia State Trooper has filed a suit against the State Police, claiming he did not send a resignation letter to the department and he is not resigning. -
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Case involving attorney charged with DUI continued
Wolfe CHARLESTON – The criminal trial of a Charleston attorney charged with driving under the influence and related moving violations has been postponed while his attorneys gather evidence in the case, including allegations of police brutality. -
Burgers, floods and more: Supreme Court hears arguments at Marshall
Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis listens intently during oral arguments at Marshall University. HUNTINGTON – In observance of Constitution Week, the state Supreme Court made a visit to Marshall University last week to hear oral arguments in four cases. And though they were in Huntington for serious business, the justices, at times, put on a performance apropos for their venue. -
Court agrees to hear appeal in Mingo obstruction conviction
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of two Kanawha County women convicted of obstruction of justice in Mingo County. -
Woman says two State Troopers 'executed' her son
CHARLESTON - The mother of a deceased Greenbrier County man filed a lawsuit against two West Virginia State Troopers claiming they killed her son "execution-style."