CHARLES TOWN – Robert “Bobby” Shirley’s recent guilty plea to civil rights violations is the third time in a year a sheriff has admitted to criminal misconduct.
CHARLESTON – A Mingo County municipality has settled a civil rights suit accusing two of its former officers of wrongfully arresting a man following a traffic stop.
CHARLESTON - A harassment suit filed by Charleston resident Megan Lanham is the third filed this year alleging misconduct against former Dunbar police officer Raymond O. Conley.
CHARLESTON - On the heels of his conviction for tax evasion, the state Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of a Wood County attorney's law license.
CHARLESTON - In less than a fortnight, a former Dunbar police officer has been sued, and convicted on separate allegations he unlawfully arrested women for purpose of having sex with them.
Parkersburg attorney Richard A. Hayhurst, foreground, leaves the U.S. District courthouse in Charleston on April 14 following his sentencing on tax evasion charges. (Photo by Lawrence Smith) CHARLESTON -- As many West Virginians scrambled to file their taxes by the April 15 deadline, one Wood County attorney learned the hard way what happens when those taxes aren't paid.
Sadd CHARLESTON - A recently dismissed lawsuit against a Charleston law firm, and one of its associates should never have been filed in the first place, says one of the firm's partners.
CHARLESTON - The city of Montgomery has reached a settlement in civil rights lawsuit alleging one of its officers improperly administered a breath test, and detained a train engineer two years ago following an accidental death on the railroad.
CHARLESTON -- An anti-abortion group has filed a federal complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that would allow it to advertise its position through radio ads, mass mailings and petitions.