A Kingwood man who was wanted for attempted murder in Monongalia County has been arrested in Fairmont by the U.S. Marshals Service, with assistance from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Tre Tramal Waddy, 38, was arrested Wednesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. at a residence on Harlee ...
KINGWOOD — A motion to compel filed by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Megan Fields to get records from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) was not ruled on during a Wednesday hearing. Instead, Circuit Judge Stephen Shaffer ordered the attorneys involved to file proposed findings of facts and conclusions of law by Jan. 12. Shaffer said he would then issue an order. Fields is seeking records from the DHHR that includes names of individuals who filed alleged child abuse and neglect against Cassandra Diann Sisler, a teacher at Central Preston Middle ...
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK The father of State Police Trooper Abe Bean said his son is doing “remarkably well” following surgery to remove part of his left leg after being shot while trying to serve an arrest warrant Sunday night in Martinsburg. Bean’s father Brian Bean, a retired State Police trooper, stood by his son’s hospital bed Wednesday to discuss his son’s condition on MetroNews “Talkline.” “We’re talking with him. He’s drinking some ginger ale right now. It’s been a miracle,” Bean said while visiting his son at a hospital in Fairfax, Va. Bean remains ...
A Morgantown woman was arrested Monday following multiple vehicle pursuits and a joint effort between several Monongalia County law enforcement agencies. Officer M.D. France, with the Morgantown Police Department, first reported encountering the woman, who would be identified ...
A federal magistrate judge plans to hear more about a request for sanctions over the state’s handling of digital evidence in a class action lawsuit over conditions in the foster care system. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Eifert set a hearing for 1:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at the federal courthouse in Huntington. The foster care lawsuit was filed in 2019 on behalf of thousands of children. The suit was filed by A Better Childhood, a national child advocacy organization, Disability Rights West Virginia and Shaffer and Shaffer, a West Virginia law firm. The lawsuit alleged rampant issues ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — Two West Virginia State troopers are recovering from gunshot wounds and their assailant is dead in the eastern panhandle. State Police Maj. Jim Mitchell said Trooper A.A. Bean and Trooper C.D. Spessert went to a home on Connell Street in Martinsburg with a warrant for the arrest of Tobias Ganey, 60, of the home. “They had a warrant for this gentleman for battery. He had committed battery against his neighbor,” said Mitchell. However, Ganey was not cooperative. “They knocked on the door and had communication with Mr. Ganey through the ...
