West Virginia Man Convicted After Two Day Jury Trial

FORT WAYNE- Kevin Hartleroad, 64, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was convicted on the sole count of an Indictment charging him with attempted production of child [censored]ography following a two day jury trial…

September 25, 2021

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Southwest Virginia Nonprofit Receives Federal Funding to Assist Victims

Breaking News

ROANOKE, Va. – A Southwest Virginia nonprofit legal aid society will receive more than $585,000 from the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Program of the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against…

September 15, 2021

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West Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. residents indicted on firearms and drug trafficking charges

Breaking News

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Twelve people are facing multiple firearms and drug charges after a federal Grand Jury handed down a firearms and drug trafficking indictment on July 21, 2021, Acting United…

July 28, 2021

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Southwest Virginia Man Sentenced to 108 Months for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Scheme

Breaking News

ABINGDON, Va. – A Pound, Virginia man, who conspired with others to fraudulently file more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits, was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison. Gregory Marcus…

July 28, 2021

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West Virginia Man Charged With Making False Statements To FBI

Breaking News

SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 21, 2021, Christopher B. Tolley, age 35, of Hinton, West Virginia, was charged in a criminal…

July 22, 2021

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West Virginia Man Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison For Bank Robbery

Breaking News

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A West Virginia man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbing a bank in Moorhead, Minnesota. According to…

July 7, 2021

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West Virginia fugitive captured by U.S. Marshals in Berkeley County

Police Blotter·Virginia News

Martinsburg, WV – On June 25, 2021, members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested Quentrell Lowery, 21, of Martinsburg, WV. Lowery was wanted by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office…

June 25, 2021

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Southwest Virginia Man Sentenced for Dealing Firearms Without a License

Virginia News

ABINGDON, Va. – A Dickenson County, Virginia man, who illegally sold firearms without a license was sentenced last week to six months in federal prison. Tommy Roger Dotson, 65, pleaded guilty in…

June 25, 2021

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Jury Convicts West Virginia Doctor of Drug Distribution

Virginia News

A federal jury convicted a West Virginia doctor Thursday for prescribing a buprenorphine product in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Sriramloo Kesari,…

May 28, 2021

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West Virginia and Detroit residents indicted for drug trafficking operation

Virginia News

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Doriawn Eduane-Draphel Rogers, of Detroit, Michigan, appeared in federal court today after being charged with 10 others in a drug conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard…

May 26, 2021

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Columbus meth dealer admits role in West Virginia drug trafficking

Ohio News·Virginia News

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Dominic McCall, of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation in the northern panhandle of West Virginia, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard…

May 7, 2021

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West Virginia woman pleads guilty to smuggling and dealing meth

Virginia News

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA – Melanie Lynne Curnutte, 58, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. She was charged in an indictment returned by a federal…

April 7, 2021

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Cleveland Man Laundered Money While Incarcerated in West Virginia

Ohio News·Pennsylvania News

PITTSBURGH, PA – Lamar Middleton was sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiring to launder drug-trafficking proceeds between 2017 and 2019, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Middleton,…

March 26, 2021

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West Virginia Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Medication Intended for Veterans

Police Blotter·Virginia News

ABINGDON, VA – A former employee of the United States Postal Service pleaded guilty last week in United States District Court in Abingdon to stealing mail containing medication that was intended for…

March 2, 2021

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10 charged for trafficking meth in West Virginia

Police Blotter

CHARLESTON, W. VA – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a federal grand jury has returned two indictments charging 10 individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO), with…

February 27, 2021

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West Virginia hospital to pay more than $300,000 for Medicare fraud

In the News

CLARKSBURG WEST VIRGINIA – U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has announced that Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $320,175.71 for false medical claims. According the settlement, Grant Memorial…

February 26, 2021

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U.S. Attorney Bill Powell of West Virginia announces his resignation to make room for Biden Pick

Politics

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, of the Northern District of West Virginia, has announced his resignation effective midnight on February 28, 2021. Powell, a graduate of Salem College and…

February 11, 2021

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Did AOC really say New Yorkers should get a bigger stimulus than West Virginians?

Politics

NOT EXACTLY NEWS – New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared the standard of living costs in New York City versus West Virginia to argue that bigger stimulus checks are needed to help…

February 6, 2021

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West Virginia Woman Gets 8 Years in Prison for Plan to Sell NSA Top Secret Docs to Russia

Police Blotter

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Elizabeth Jo Shirley, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 97 months of incarceration for unlawfully retaining a document containing national defense information and 36 months of…

January 26, 2021

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Two from Ohio sold crack, meth in West Virginia, facing 20 years in federal prison

Ohio News·Police Blotter

WHEELING, WV – Dominique Revell Dungey, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, and Denico Anderson, of Columbus, Ohio, have admitted to their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Dungey,…

January 8, 2021

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