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In the Courts

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 1: * Jahbree Elijandel Sheppard, 4413 Ninth Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to having no insurance and fined $376.48. A charge of third-offense driving on a suspended license was dismissed, per a plea ...

Wood County Grand Jury indicts 13

PARKERSBURG — A man facing multiple charges of sexual assault and sexual abuse was one of 13 indictments handed down Monday by a special session of the Wood County Grand Jury. Micah Carr, 21, in custody at the North Central Regional Jail in Doddridge County, was arraigned on two counts of ...

Justice Department sues West Virginia, other states over voter information

CHARLESTON — The U.S. Department of Justice says it is suing five states, including West Virginia, over failing to produce their full voter registration lists upon request. The filing by the department’s Civil Rights Division also includes Kentucky, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Utah, and was ...

Former YMCA swim coach sentenced for sexual abuse

PARKERSBURG — A former local swimming coach was sentenced Friday to five to 25 years in prison on sexual abuse charges. David Andrew Adams, 38, of Parkersburg, was sentenced by Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jason Wharton to not less than one nor more than five years on each of five counts ...

West Virginia mother sentenced in death of emaciated daughter

A West Virginia woman was sentenced to up to life in prison Wednesday in the death of her teenage daughter whose emaciated body was found at their home in a case that prompted scrutiny of the state's overwhelmed child welfare system. Julie Miller will be eligible for parole after serving 15 ...