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Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 2-4: * Daron Kyle Carswell, 1104 26th St. Apt. 2, Vienna, had a charge of possessing a controlled substance without a valid prescription dismissed after a successful deferred sentence agreement. * Justin ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on April 29: * Heather Lee Wagner, no address given, was arraigned as a fugitive from justice out of Washington County, Ohio, for failure to appear for a preliminary hearing and was held on no bond. She was also ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on April 25-27: * Andrew Cole Pratt, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of domestic battery and released on $500 surety bond. * Geneva Jean Brady, 2020 Middle Ridge Road, Waverly, was arraigned on charges of ...

Ritchie County man pleads guilty to gun possession charge

CHARLESTON — A Ritchie County man pleaded guilty Monday to a federal gun crime in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Charles Dana Johnson II, 36, Cairo, admitted he possessed a loaded SCCY model DVG-1 9mm pistol and a loaded Walther model P22 .22-caliber ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on April 21: * Rodger Lee Smith, 105 WPA Road, Walker, pleaded guilty to second-offense driving on a revoked license for DUI, possession of a controlled substance without a valid prescription, fined $1,607.96 and ...