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In the Courts

Victim in Parkersburg shooting dies, charge upgrade to murder

PARKERSBURG - One of two people shot Monday in south Parkersburg died Thursday, Parkersburg Police reported. Chief Matthew Board said Thursday evening that Bradi Florence, a victim in the Monday shooting on Belmont Road, succumbed Thursday to the injuries he sustained in the incident. As a ...

Former YMCA swim coach enters Alford plea in sex abuse case

PARKERSBURG — A former YMCA swim coach will accept punishment for sexually abusing five underaged girls, but will not acknowledge his guilt in the matter, much to the disappointment of the girls’ parents. David Andrew Adams, 38, of Parkersburg, could face 5-25 years in prison after ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Oct. 10: * Wesley Leonard Jacob Anderson, 289 Davisville Road, Davisville, pleaded guilty to second-offense shoplifting and was sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for two years of unsupervised probation, and ...

18-year-old charged with three counts of attempted murder

PARKERSBURG — An 18-year-old Parkersburg man has been charged with three counts of attempted murder in relation to a shooting Monday that wounded two people. Butch Wayne Knight, 18, was arraigned Monday in Wood County Magistrate Court and is in custody at the North Central Regional Jail on a ...

Plea hearing today for former swimming coach on sexual assault, abuse charges

PARKERSBURG — A former local swimming coach will have a plea hearing today in Wood County Circuit Court on charges where he allegedly engaged in sexual assault and sexual abuse of girls under the age of 12. David Andrew Adams, 38, of Parkersburg, appeared before Circuit Judge Jason Wharton ...