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Recent News About West Virginia State Police
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State Police sued over 2004 Monongalia County wreck
MORGANTOWN - The West Virginia State Police Department is being sued for a collision a State Trooper caused with two Pennsylvania men. -
Maryland man seeks $10 million over newspaper article
CHARLES TOWN - A Maryland man seeks $10 million in punitive damages after a Martinsburg Journal reporter wrote a story that he says contained false and misleading information about him. -
This Just In: Monongalia County
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This Just In: Kanawha County
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Former House member says he doesn't need to register as sex offender
MORGANTOWN- A former House of Delegates member has filed a petition against the West Virginia State Police claiming he does not have to register as a sex offender because he never was sentenced in a felony conviction in 1979. -
This Just In: Monongalia County
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Troopers sue state over pension funds
CHARLESTON - Eleven troopers from the West Virginia State Police Department and one widow of a deceased trooper have filed a suit against the state and state government departments because they are not receiving the pension plan they were promised. -
Man says groups kicked him out of abuse conference
CHARLESTON - A Putnam County man is suing an unincorporated West Virginia organization because he claims he was wrongfully removed from a conference on abuse. -
Man says Trooper, another man to blame for accident
MARTINSBURG - A Berkeley County man is suing a West Virginia State Police officer and another Berkeley County man for failure to control their vehicles. -
This just in: Berkeley County
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Cabell man says State Police wrongly arrested him
HUNTINGTON - A Cabell County man is suing members of the West Virginia State Police Department, saying they wrongfully arrested him on child abuse counts. -
This Just In: Kanawha County
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This just in: Monongalia County
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Case all too familiar to domestic violence counselor
Richardson CHARLESTON – Though not aware of the case of a Charleston man who's conviction for the 1999 torture and kidnapping of his then-girlfriend was reduced by the state Supreme Court, one person who works with victims of domestic violence says the case is all too typical of what she sees on a regular basis. -
None indicted in Mason County forgery case
POINT PLEASANT – At least for now, no charges will be brought against anyone suspected in the forgery of a settlement check owed to a Mason County physician. -
Case against Mason attorney may see action soon
Westmoreland POINT PLEASANT – The beginning of the end may be in sight for a civil suit and criminal charges a Mason County doctor has against a Point Pleasant attorney with the doctor considering a new tactic to get the civil case moving, and investigators shifting their focus on who forged a disputed settlement check. -
Man says neighbor, a State Trooper, to blame for false arrest
CHARLESTON - A St. Albans man says his neighbor, a trooper with the West Virginia State Police, had him falsely arrested because the two had an ongoing dispute. -
Former state policeman sues Dept. of Public Safety
CHARLESTON - A former sergeant with the West Virginia State Police is suing the agency, the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention and J. Mattman Security for injuries he sustained from an allegedly dangerous BAT Mobile. -
Court asks officials to consider taking crime lab from State Police
CHARLESTON – Thirteen years after a shocking discovery that Trooper Fred Zain of the West Virginia State Police Crime Laboratory provided false and inaccurate evidence, a cloud still hangs over the crime lab. -
Supreme Court upholds Upshur magistrate's suspension
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has upheld the suspension without pay of an Upshur County magistrate accused of inappropriate sexual conduct.