Mom charged with hiding kids from DHHR, CPS

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — A woman has been charged after allegedly not relinquishing five children to CPS after a circuit court order in Monongalia County.

According to a criminal complaint filed by the Morgantown Police Department, on July 3, the Circuit Court of Monongalia County granted custody of five children under the care of Megan Grimm, 34, to the Monongalia County Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) due to “there being imminent danger to the physical wellbeing of the children” and there being “probable cause to believe that additional abuse and/or neglect would occur.”

On that same date, DHHR and CPS workers contacted Grimm to notify her of the court order, and during that time Grimm “expressed non-compliance with the order and stated that she would be contacting her attorney,” officers said.

On July 10, officers spoke with a DHHR and CPS worker who stated that Grimm “did not contact” the office and that “multiple attempts had been made to contact Grimm via phone and at her last known address” with no results being made; officers noted that “[a]t the date of the complaint, DHHR/CPS are unaware of the location of the children.”

Grimm has been charged with concealment or removal of a minor. She is being held in North Central Regional Jail on $20,000 bond.

According to police, Grimm was located at a residence in Ohio with the children on Aug. 1, and CPS did go to Ohio to retrieve the children. All children are currently in the care of CPS; Grimm was arrested and extradited back to West Virginia as of that date.

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