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W.Va. man gets prison for failing to protect child
A Clarksburg man who failed to stop his girlfriend from burning her 2-year-old daughter with cigarettes and feeding her hot red pepper seeds is headed to prison for one to three years. Harrison Circuit Judge Thomas Bedell sentenced 53-year-old Frank Cherubino this week for child neglect resulting in injury. Media ...
W.Va. child abuse cases rising after brief decline
West Virginia child-welfare officials say the number of active abuse and neglect cases has been climbing in the past two years, but they're still handling fewer than they were five years ago. The state Department of Health and Human Resources says its workers took action in 1,569 cases in March ...
Transcript: W.Va. teenagers planned friend's death
Transcripts of a secret plea hearing show a teenager involved in the 2012 stabbing death of a Star City girl planned the slaying with an accomplice. But their motive remains unclear. Sixteen-year-old Rachel Shoaf pleaded guilty to second-degree murder May 1 in Monongalia County Circuit Court. Authorities have a second ...
Suspicious package found at W.Va. federal prison
Authorities are investigating a suspicious package discovered at a federal prison in southern West Virginia. Federal Correctional Institution McDowell spokesman Glenn Friss says employees of the prison's mailroom flagged the package during a routine screening on Wednesday. Friss tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph (http://bit.ly/183lJu2 ) that a hazardous material team ...
Rand man accused of brandishing sword at deputy
A Kanawha County man faces charges of brandishing a sword at a deputy. Police say 35-year-old Chaten Samuel Nelson of Rand pulled a 4-foot-long samurai sword from a sheath strapped to his back and turned toward Kanawha County sheriff's Capt. J.S. Bailes in a fighting stance Nelson then withdrew the ...
Top DWI-busting officers honored in W.Va.
Law enforcement officers who are the best in West Virginia at nabbing impaired drivers are being honored for their diligence. Called the Top 52 Enforcers, they are deemed the best in the state for drunken and drugged driving apprehension. They are being honored at a conference at The Resort at ...
Suspect in killing of W.Va. sheriff arraigned
A man accused of gunning down a county sheriff in West Virginia was arraigned Wednesday on first-degree murder and other charges and plans to seek bail ahead of a possible Oct. 21 trial date. With Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum's widow, Rosie, staring intently from the courtroom's front row, Tennis ...
US appeals court in Va. OKs W.Va. mine permit
A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block a federal permit for a West Virginia mountaintop removal coal mine that was challenged by environmentalists. A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal judge was right to rule that the Army Corps of Engineers ...
Ex-Mason Co. principal indicted on abuse charge
A former Mason County principal accused of assaulting a student has been indicted on a child abuse charge. Media outlets report that a Mason County grand jury charged Cameron C. Moffett with one count of child abuse causing risk of injury. Police say the 46-year-old Point Pleasant resident forced 11-year-old ...
Ex-W.Va. sheriff held in regional jail temporarily
A former sheriff convicted in the beating of a bank robber is being held at the Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville until the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has a bed for him. Ex-Jefferson County Sheriff Robert Shirley was sentenced Monday to a year in prison for violating the civil rights ...
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