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CRIME & SAFETY
Ex-girlfriend activates ex-boyfriend’s debit card to make purchases
RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – An ex-girlfriend faces charges after activating and using a debit card in her ex-boyfriend’s name. On June 10, 2024, a male victim filed a walk-in complaint at the West Virginia State Police Beckley Detachment regarding fraudulent debit card use. Scott stated he had never owned any credit or debit card […]
Two arrested after drugs and guns found in Raleigh County home
CRAB ORCHARD, WV (WVNS) — Two people were arrested after different amounts of drugs and multiple guns were found while an arrest warrant was being carried out. According to a press release, on July 2, 2024, deputies were serving an arrest warrant for Joshua Trotter, 43, at a home on Pebblestone Drive in the Carb […]
Officials: Stewart to face escape charges when caught
PARKERSBURG — A Raleigh County man wanted for absconding from the Parkersburg Correctional Center will face felony escape charges upon apprehension, officials said Tuesday. Gregory Dale Stewart, 61, was last seen on Sunday at the Cross Church, 1122 Market St., Parkersburg, the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. The time of the escape was 11:55 a.m., according to the wanted poster from the corrections division.
Raleigh County Commission approves sheriff’s department grant for body armor
BECKLEY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Members of the Raleigh County Commission assembled on Tuesday for the Regular Session meeting of the commission at which a grant to the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office for body armor was up for consideration. The funds – issued through a Homeland Security grant – would total at $22,435.25 and would be […]
Clear Fork residents ask Raleigh County Commission for help with crime
CLEAR FORK, WV (WVNS) — The community of Clear Fork is one of Raleigh County’s most rural. It’s miles from downtown Beckley, but a group of Clear Fork residents said on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, that their neighborhood has not escaped addiction and the drug-related crime the rest of the county faces. Lewis and Megan […]
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