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Victim waterboarded and beaten with bat over missing dope
RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A victim is waterboarded and beaten with a bat after dope went missing. On Monday, September 2, 2024, at approximately 10:00 am, a trooper received a call for service through the West Virginia State Police Beckley Dispatch about an assault that had already occurred. While speaking to the victim, he […]
Woman chased worker with hammer at storage building
RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A woman chased a worker at a storage building with a hammer. On September 4, 2024, the above-named defendant unlawfully entered the 4 Seasons Storage Building’s office located at 3319 Robert C. Byrd Dr. in Beckley, West Virginia. The complainant discovered the defendant inside when she arrived at work. The […]
Man tells police to arrest him at Princeton Community Hospital
PRINCETON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man was arrested after he became disorderly at Princeton Community Hospital, telling police to ‘arrest me.’ On Wednesday, September 4, 2024, around midnight, Ptlm E. D. Leftwich was dispatched by Mercer County 911 to Princeton Community Hospital about a disorderly person. Upon arrival, the officer observed the suspect, later identified […]
Raleigh County woman sentenced for federal theft crime
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A woman from Beckley was sentenced on Thursday, September 5, 2024 to five years of federal probation and ordered to pay $168,729.13 in restitution for theft from federal programs. According to a press release from The United States Department of Justice and court documents in 2018, Jennifer Douglas, 48, of Beckley […]
Traffic enforcement project to take place in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — A high visibility enforcement period will be held by members of law enforcement across West Virginia in September 2024. According to a press release from the West Virginia State Police, the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) reminded drivers to follow speed limits and slow down with a high visibility […]