CRIME & SAFETY
Twelve indicted for drug trafficking in West Virginia
WHEELING, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Twelve people from Ohio and West Virginia have been charged with distributing cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. According to U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld, ten individuals from the Greater Cleveland area plus two more from the Ohio Valley have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges. The cases were investigated by multi-jurisdictional drug […]
West Virginia man sentenced on meth charges
CLARKSBURG, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A West Virginia man has been sentenced on meth charges. According to U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld, Antwann Terrance Horton, age 29, of Clarksburg, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison and six years of supervised release for the distribution of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a protected location. According to […]
DOH worker thrown on a “60-foot flight path” after work zone crash in March
CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - A Divison of Highways worker says that he was thrown on a “60-foot flight path”, breaking multiple bones and fracturing his skull in three places after a work zone crash last month. Jordan Swiger was setting up traffic signs at the site of a...
Court hands down 15 2/3-year sentence to inmate or 2015 slaying of fellow prisoner at USP Hazelton
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — For the past 3,325 days — nine years, one month, six days — the family of 24-year-old Arvel Crawford has mourned his brutal demise inside the walls of USP Hazelton. And from their eloquent statements at the sentencing of the fellow prisoner...
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