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CRIME & SAFETY
‘I’m very sorry…’: Newport man receives prison sentence for fatal auto accident
MARIETTA — A sentencing hearing was held Friday for a Newport man who drove under the influence with a suspended or canceled license in 2022 and caused an accident that killed a New Martinsville man. Richard W. Evans, 61, was sentenced to four to six years during a sentencing...
Parkersburg woman, sister plead guilty to federal drug crime
CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg resident and her sister have pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the use of a communication facility to facilitate drug trafficking, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. According to court documents and statements made...
Men accused of scamming $30K from Washington County senior citizen
MARIETTA — Two Cleveland men and a Michigan resident have been indicted for allegedly stealing $30,000 from an area resident in an overpayment scam. They were among 22 individuals indicted this week by the Washington County Grand Jury. Nachiket Rajendrakumar Patel, 20, and Smit Rajeshbhai Shah, 20, both of...
Pennsboro man charged with Animal Abuse
Pennsboro, WV – Tyler Leggett, 30, of Pennsboro, has been charged with felony animal abuse following an incident that came to light on August 8. The Ritchie County Animal Shelter alerted Officer G.D. Rowley, the Animal Control Officer for the Ritchie County Sheriff's Department, after a dog was brought to the shelter in poor health and with major trauma to its tail.
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