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Man arrested for public intoxication, ‘trying to punch the sky’
LOGAN COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Logan County man is arrested for public intoxication, throwing hands in the air, trying to punch the sky. On Saturday, June 29, 2024, Deputy C.L. Carter from the Logan County Sheriff’s Department was on routine road patrol in the City of Logan. Deputy Carter noticed a man leaving the […]
Chapmanville woman accused of running over man with truck; brakes blamed
SMOKEHOUSE FORK – A Logan County woman faces charges of malicious wounding and domestic battery after police say she hit a man with a pickup truck over the weekend. West Virginia State Police arrested Billie Jean Conley, 42, of Chapmanville after the incident which they say happened around 7 a.m. Saturday morning in the Smokehouse Fork area near Chapmanville and Harts. According to a criminal complaint filed on public record in Logan County Magistrate Court, police found the victim, Brandon Conley, 57, with a broken leg in the driveway of a residence alongside a parked Dodge Ram pickup truck.
Troopers say woman used truck as a weapon to seriously injure man
CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. — A Logan County woman is in jail after allegedly using a pickup truck to seriously injure a man. State police charged Billie Jean Conley, 57, with malicious wounding after a trooper responded to a domestic situation early Saturday morning on Jimmy Drive in Chapmanville. The trooper...
Chapmanville woman accused of running over man with truck says her brakes "didn't work well"
SMOKEHOUSE A Logan County woman is out of jail on bond after allegedly hitting a man with a pickup truck over the weekend. West Virginia State Police charged 42-year-old Billie Jean Conley, of Chapmanville, with malicious wounding and domestic battery. The incident allegedly occurred seven o’clock Saturday morning around on Jimmy Drive at Smokehouse.
Missing family complaint uncovers abuse at a pool
MOUNT GAY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man files a missing person complaint on his wife and four kids; however, it was learned the woman left the day prior because of abuse at a pool. On the morning of Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at around 6 am, Deputy J.L. Isaacs and Deputy H. Workman from the […]
Mingo man accused of exchanging explicit messages with minor on social media, records say
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Mingo County man was charged after investigators said he exchanged sexually explicit messages and photos with a minor, according to court records. Kevin Lee Mullins, 20, of Delbarton is charged with soliciting a minor via computer and use of obscene matter with intent...
Prosecutors: W.Va. physician and Ky. nurse charged in national drug scheme worth billions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A United States Attorney announced charges against a Logan County physician and Kentucky travel nurse who prosecutors said were fraudulently distributing and obtaining drugs. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, the two were using their positions as medical...
Two medical professionals in West Virginia charged in federal court for drug abuse schemes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVVA) - A Kentucky registered nurse and a Logan County physician were both charged in West Virginia federal court for separate alleged substance abuse schemes. According to U.S. Attorney Will Thompson, these charges are part of the Justice Department’s 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action. Jacqueline...
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