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Erratic driver pursued and rammed vehicle with child inside
CABELL COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – An erratic driver tailgated a vehicle, trapped them in a driveway, and rammed their vehicle where a 3-year-old was seated. On July 1, 2024, the defendant, Timothy Butcher, pursued two adult victims and a 3-year-old child along Tyler Creek Road in Salt Rock, West Virginia. The defendant tailgated the victims’ […]
Huntington man arrested after violently shaking woman
HUNTINGTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Cabell County man faces domestic charges following an incident last week in which a woman was reportedly forcefully grabbed and violently shaking. According to Cabell County Magistrate Court documents, at 3:16pm on Friday, June 28, 2024, authorities responded to the scene of 700 1st Street in Huntington regarding a domestic […]
Man beaten and robbed in parking lot
HUNTINGTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man was beaten and robbed in a parking lot after a suspect wanted to exchange stolen beer for money and cigarettes. On July 2, 2024, around 3:36 AM, Huntington Police responded to the parking lot beside 804 6th Avenue in Huntington, West Virginia, where a male victim had been beaten […]
Children discovered living in ‘disgusting, unhealthy’ home replete with bugs, fecal matter, drug paraphernalia
LESAGE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – West Virginia State Police Troopers have arrested one woman after multiple children were discovered residing in a single-wide trailer described by responders as “deplorable, disgusting, and unhealthy.” According to Cabell County Magistrate Court documents, on Friday, June 28, 2024, at approximately 4:49pm, Trooper Ellis with the West Virginia State Police responded […]
At least one dead in Barboursville-area crash
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - At least one person has died Thursday night in a five-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 60 and Davis Creek Road (Alternate Route 10), according to emergency officials responding to the scene. Entrapment and several other injuries were reported. The crash was reported just...
Arrest warrants issued following fatal Route 60 crash
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Investigators from the Barboursville Police Department have obtained arrest warrants for a driver involved in a crash that claimed the life of a teenager on July 4. The crash happened just before 9 p.m. on U.S. Route 60 at Davis Creek Road. One driver,...
'He will always be a Knight'; Cabell Co. school officials react to death of student
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Cabell Midland High School and its community are mourning the death of a student who died in a car crash Thursday evening. Braxton Hayden McComas, 17, of Huntington, died in a three-vehicle wreck near Davis Creek Road in Barboursville just before 9 p.m. and a teenage passenger was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital with “major injuries.”
Victim identified in Barboursville crash, driver of second vehicle charged
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — An Ohio man is charged with DUI causing death after a deadly crash Thursday night in Barboursville that claimed the life of a Cabell County teenager. Barboursville police said Joshua Wilson, 23, of Middleport, Ohio, was driving under the influence when his vehicle hit a car being driven by Braxton McComas, 17, of Huntington, at the intersection of U.S. Route 60 and Davis Creek Road at about 9 p.m.
Police investigate after man's body found in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Police are investigating after a man's body was found in Huntington Thursday morning, according to emergency dispatchers. Dispatchers said the body was located in a parking lot in the 800 block of Sixth Avenue shortly after 8 a.m. Cabell County EMS and the Huntington Fire...
Drunk man arrested after reportedly ‘beating and kicking’ dog
HUNTINGTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Cabell County man faces charges following an incident on Sunday during which a dog was reportedly beating and kicking a dog. According to Cabell County Court documents, on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at 7:05pm, authorities responded to the Huntington area with regard to reports of a male “beating and kicking […]
Parkersburg Resident Detained for Lincoln County Homicide
Tony Williamson, a 35-year-old man from Parkersburg was detained in the early hours of Monday due to an allegation of first-degree murder linked to a case in Lincoln County. Agents from the Violent Crime and Narcotics Force alongside officers from the Uniform Division of the Parkers Police Department conducted the arrest.
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