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Lincoln Co. men sue sheriff's deputy, Kanawha Co. Commission for mistaken identity
S. Adkins CHARLESTON -- Two Lincoln County men are suing a Kanawha County sheriff's deputy and the Kanawha County Commission in separate lawsuits after they claim they were wrongly arrested and held overnight at the Western Regional Jail. -
CIVIL FILINGS: Kanawha County
Feb. 18 -
State Police, trooper sued by Logan woman over dismissed criminal charge
Trogdon CHARLESTON - A Logan County woman is suing the West Virginia State Police and one of its officers for what she calls a needless yearlong journey through the criminal justice system. -
Former Keyser councilman accuses prosecutor, now circuit judge, of pursing meritless criminal charges
CHARLESTON - A lawsuit filed in Kanawha Circuit Court accuses an eastern Panhandle circuit judge of malicious prosecution during the waning days of his time as prosecutor in the case of a former city councilman falsely accused of embezzlement -
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
Jan. 12 -
Woman sues state Department of Military Affiars and Public Safety, others for father's death
CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, the West Virginia State Police, the McDowell County Commission, McDowell County Sheriff's Department, McDowell County 911 and seven individuals after she claims they caused her father's death. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
Jan. 11 -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
Jan. 5 -
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Bar seeks admonishment for attorney, former state consumer advocate for sexual encounter with inmate
CHARLESTON - The state Bar is asking a Clarksburg attorney and former state official be punished for fraudulently representing to correctional officers he needed to meet with an alleged client only to have sex with her. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
Dec. 3 -
Man sues State Police, trooper after photo confrontation
On Sept. 23, Michael Kidd took this and other photos of multiple State Police vehicles illegally parked along Goshorn Street in downtown Charleston. (Photo courtesy of Michael Kidd) CHARLESTON -- A man is suing a West Virginia State Trooper and the West Virginia State Police after he confronted by the trooper while photographing an illegally parked police cruiser. -
State sues two people, two firms for fraud
MARTINSBURG -- The State of West Virginia is seeking to shut down a Web site to prevent its fraudulent continual operation and the acceptance of donations from third-person parties based on this fraud. -
Cadet sues State Police over academy injury
CHARLESTON -- A husband and wife are suing the West Virginia State Police after an injury. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
Oct. 26 -
Disclosure requirement in drug cases too much, prosecutor argues
Ketchum CHARLESTON - The Webster County prosecutor has asked the state Supreme Court to relieve him of an unreasonable burden a circuit judge placed on him regarding the disclosure of informants in a pending drug case. -
State Police settle brutality suit with Charleston attorney for $200K
Wolfe CHARLESTON - One of two lawsuits a Charleston attorney filed stemming from injuries he sustained following a DUI arrest two years ago has come to a conclusion. -
Webster seeks dismissal of defamation suit
Webster CHARLESTON - Even if a reference to a Kanawha County man as a registered sex offender wasn't mistakenly made, House Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster says attorneys have broad latitude in civil cases to make defamatory, and even false, statements. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
Aug. 28 -
Recent drug arrest latest in series for Charleston attorney
Alderman CHARLESTON - Including being on bond from one three months ago, court records show a Charleston attorney was arrested on three other occasions for drug-related charges in addition to his most recent arrest.