MARIETTA — A Monroe County man who suffered catastrophic burns in a 2025 orphan well explosion in Wayne National Forest is suing the drilling and cementing companies involved, alleging their safety failures caused the blast. Chazz Bates filed the civil complaint Aug. 21 in Washington County ...
CHARLESTON – The parent company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is prepared to settle a nationwide lawsuit for more than $17 billion, with West Virginia set to receive up to $114 million if a judge approves the deal. West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey announced Wednesday ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports May 27: * A preliminary hearing was waived for Sean Wayne Smith, 437 Meadow Lane, Apt. 14A, Parkersburg, on a charge of receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle. The case was bound over to Wood County Circuit Court. * Roger Dale Logston Jr., 1505 20th St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, methamphetamine, and held on a $200,000 surety bond. * Jesse J. McDaniel, 828 Lakeview Drive, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of battery ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports May 28: * Amanda Leanne Toney, 811 Sherwood Forest Drive, Belleville, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and obstructing law enforcement with threats of harm. She was assessed $662.96 and, as part of a plea agreement, a charge of battery on a government representative was dismissed. * Charles E. Dailey, 5126 Orchard Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to having no seatbelt and was assessed $25. A charge of no proof of insurance was dismissed upon providing proof. * Bradley David Duty, 409 Washington Blvd., Belpre, ...
CHARLESTON – Enouch Jairus Kermue, 37, of Columbus, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. 20, 2024, Kermue, while in a vehicle parked outside a Parkersburg business, sold approximately 212 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant. Investigators determined Kermue distributed large quantities of methamphetamine sourced directly from the Sinaloa Cartel to other dealers who redistributed the drug in ...
MORGANTOWN – Matthew L. Harvey didn’t parse words during his remarks Thursday. “The people are not misguided,” he said. “They are not ‘accidental’ criminals. They are predators.” Harvey, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, was speaking generally on Thursday about a conduit of one-way commerce lethally linking the Motor City of Detroit to the Mountain State of West Virginia. Specifically, though, he was at the Erickson Alumni Center of the state’s flagship university on the rainy morning to announce the takedown of an extensive drug ...
