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Recent News About West Virginia State Police
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THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
March 6 -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
March 3 -
Benjamin to help with launch of Domestic Violence Registry
Benjamin CHARLESTON -- Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin, representatives of the West Virginia State Police and the FBI, a domestic violence victim, and Director of Court Services Angie Saunders will speak at the launch of the Domestic Violence Registry and Statewide Database. -
Woman says Moorefield officer sexually assaulted her
ELKINS -- A Monongalia and Grant County dual citizen is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages after she claims a Moorefield police officer sexually assaulted her during a traffic stop. -
Suspended attorney faces criminal charge for forging judge's signature
CHARLESTON – A Hampshire County attorney recently suspended for falsifying court documents, including forging a judge's signature, may soon face related criminal charges, the Hampshire County Prosecutor's Office has confirmed. -
Troopers deny making mistake in arrest
MARTINSBURG -- Three West Virginia State Police officers deny they were wrong in arresting a Berkeley County man who they mistakenly believed was a fugitive. -
Ky. man says Kenova officer shot him in head
WAYNE -- A Kentucky man has filed suit against the city of Kenova, four of its police officers and two other city employees, alleging he was shot in the head by a police officer while working as a security guard at Big Sandy Superstore in Kenova. -
Man files $10 million suit against State Police
MARTINSBURG -- A Berkeley County man is seeking more than $10 million in a suit he filed against the West Virginia State Police and its head official, alleging officers set him on fire after pepper-spraying him while at the same time Tasering him. -
THEIR VIEW: As year comes to end, Maynard looks back
CHARLESTON -- As the year 2008 draws to a close, so does my third term as Chief Justice as well as my term on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. -
THIS JUST IN: Berkeley County
Oct. 21 -
Fayette man, Pa. investigator contradict Workman statements
Workman CHARLESTON – Both a Fayette County man and a Pennsylvania private investigator take issue with comments a state Supreme Court justice-elect made not only about her role in a wrongful death suit, but also a Putnam County attorney representing the man in an future lawsuit. -
THIS JUST IN: Berkeley County
Oct. 10 -
Boone woman sues State Police after arrest at adult club
CHARLESTON - A Danville resident has filed a suit against several state troopers, claiming they beat her while she was in custody after being arrested at a Logan County gentlemen's club. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
Sept. 4 -
Prisoner names McGraw in extradition-related suit
CHARLESTON -- A prisoner in St. Mary's Correctional Center has filed a petition against state Attorney General Darrell McGraw, alleging his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when he was seized and extradited to West Virginia after he fled to North Carolina. -
Woman claims troopers used pepper spray on genitals
A Logan County woman has filed suit against four state troopers, West Virginia State Police Col. David Lemmon and two state agencies, claiming the troopers pepper sprayed her genitals after arresting her. -
State fails to make case for reversing magistrate to dismiss attorney's DUI
Wolfe CHARLESTON – A magistrate's failure to reschedule a trial in a Charleston attorney's DUI case prior to the expiration on the statute of limitations is insufficient reason for the case to be reopened, a Kanawha Circuit judge has ruled. -
Inmates aren't 'employees,' so DOC wants Lakin sexual harassment suit tossed
Childs CHARLESTON – The state Division of Corrections is asking a suit naming it as a co-defendant in a sexual harassment case arising out of one its facilities in Mason County be dismissed because the acts that led to it were not done in the course of a normal employee-employer setting. -
Trooper wants attorney's beating case moved to federal court
Wolfe CHARLESTON – One of the State Troopers accused of beating a Charleston attorney so badly that spinal fluid leaked from his nose wants an ensuing civil lawsuit moved to federal court. -
Magistrate dockets at heart of attorney's dismissed DUI case
Wolfe CHARLESTON – The decision as to whether DUI charges are reinstated against a Charleston attorney awaits a judge's interpretation of how magistrates handle their dockets.