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THIS JUST IN: Wood County
Aug. 18 -
Couple accused of kidnapping sues police
CHARLESTON – A couple publicly accused of kidnapping their grandchild claim they did nothing wrong and are now accusing police of beating the man, unlawfully arresting them and holding them in jail without providing them needed medication. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
Aug. 7 -
State Trooper says he was fired for reporting affair
CHARLESTON -- A former West Virginia State Trooper says he was fired for telling his supervisor's wife that her husband was cheating on her. -
Jackson attorney indicted on meth-related charges
RIPLEY - A Jackson County attorney was among those caught in a methamphetamine dragnet police employed late last month in an effort to put a dent on the drug's impact on the county. -
Gates learned to talk back in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -– "Boy, you crazy sometimes," Henry Louis Gates Sr. told his namesake son in Piedmont about 50 years ago. -
Attorney: Settlement in Putnam sexual assault case a 'nuisance-value'
WINFIELD - Because of its minimal value, the settlement in a lawsuit a Putnam County teenager filed against her cousin alleging sexual assault was not worth consideration of the court's time, says the cousin's attorney. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
July 7 -
House Judiciary chair Webster sued for defamation
Webster CHARLESTON -- Charleston attorney and House of Delegates Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster is being sued by a man who says she filed a motion in a pending case that falsely said he is a sex offender. -
THIS JUST IN: Boone County
May 12 -
Va. Tech student newspaper sues State Police over records
CHARLESTON -- A student newspaper at Virginia Tech is asking a judge to enforce a Freedom of Information Act request it filed with the West Virginia State Police for records related to a long-missing student. -
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Man says troopers beat him, threatened to kill family
CHARLESTON – A Logan County man is suing the West Virginia State Police, claiming four troopers violently beat him and at least one threatened to kill his wife and children. -
Regional Summits on Domestic Violence and Firearms held in four locations
CHARLESTON -– West Virginia's domestic violence laws became stronger with the recent passage of House Bill 2739. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
April 14 -
Carney, Jarvis sue State Police
Carney CHARLESTON – Two women who were convicted of obstructing a Mingo County murder investigation only to have the conviction overturned later by the state Supreme Court are now suing the West Virginia State Police and three individual troopers. -
Man sues Mingo judge, commission, state over work program
Thornsbury CHARLESTON – A man convicted of felony drug charges in Mingo County is suing county officials and the state, seeking to stop the alleged misuse of a so-called "Judge's Work Program." -
Lawyer's alleged beating being investigated by federal grand jury
Wolfe CHARLESTON – A Charleston lawyer's claim that he was severely beaten by two West Virginia State Police troopers following his arrest for drunken driving is being investigated by a federal grand jury. -
Man says he doesn't have to register as a sex offender
CHARLESTON – A man convicted of a misdemeanor sexual offense in Clay County wants a judge to block the West Virginia State Police's attempt to require him to register as a sex offender.