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Belpre Police

BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports Oct. 3: Sept. 22 * Wayne A. Rhodes, 36, of Belpre, was cited for no operator license and arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail on a warrant for failure to appear on a seat belt charge through Marietta ...

Elkins pastor arrested for allegedly soliciting a minor

ELKINS — The pastor of the Summit Church in Elkins was arrested Wednesday and faces a felony charge after allegedly soliciting a minor. Kevin Curtis Jones, 33, is charged with one count of soliciting a minor via computer, a felony, and was being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports July 22: * Charles Dyvanne Estes, Waverly, pleaded guilty to domestic battery, sentenced to 30 days jail and assessed $176.48. He also pleaded guilty to obstruction and assessed $226.48. * Kayla Nicole Hemingway, ...

Ohio human trafficking sting yields Washington County arrests

MARIETTA — Three Washington County residents were arrested and charged during a week-long, statewide human trafficking operation conducted by more than 100 law enforcement agencies. Corey Noel, 27, of Marietta, was arrested on a charge of falsification and pandering obscenities involving ...

Trump deportations unconstitutional, judge rules

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s efforts to deport noncitizens who protested the war in Gaza was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston agreed with several university associations that the policy they described as ...