Chronicling police oversight in West Virginia
April 27, 2011
The commandant of the State Police Academy has contacted the Troopers Association to say the ...
April 26, 2011
The chief of staff for Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin called state Treasurer Joh ...
April 25, 2011
The current and former presidents of the West Virginia Troopers Association union have both been ...
April 2, 2011
New W.Va. State Police chief leaves retirement to lead troopers
March 13, 2011
A bill designed to stop problem police officers from moving from department to department won approv ...
March 10, 2011
State Police Superintendent Col. Timothy Pack is retiring, effective Wednesday. ...
March 10, 2011
Christopher Winkler solicited teen boy in parking lot, State Police say
A Princeton police officer who was knocked unconscious and got a blood clot in his brain while train ...
March 3, 2011
A Kanawha County jury found today that former State Police trooper Derek Snavel ...
March 2, 2011
The woman accusing a former West Virginia State Police trooper of forcing her to have sex t ...
March 1, 2011
The woman accusing a former State Police trooper of forcing her to have sex with him testified Tuesd ...
February 28, 2011
Derek Snavely is accused of forcing woman into sex
Former West Virginia State Police trooper Derek Snavely testified Monday that he didn't force a ...
February 20, 2011
The bill that will stop problem police officers from moving from department to department now h ...
February 19, 2011
A former Pocahontas County sheriff's deputy whose certification was revoked after he drunkenly ...
January 28, 2011
State agency database would list problem cops
Police departments would have to report instances of officer wrongdoing to the state, under a bill r ...
January 22, 2011
ATHENS, W.Va. -- Kay Deakins lies on the couch in her home with a home oxygen machin ...
December 27, 2010
Montgomery City Councilman Terrance Hamm won't point to a single incident as the reason he helpe ...
December 26, 2010
George Castelle, the chief public defender in Kanawha County, sees a parallel in the way the West Vi ...
December 26, 2010
State Police lacks oversight in abuse cases
There's a lot Roger Wolfe doesn't remember about the night in June 2007 when West Virginia S ...
December 25, 2010
Economics often drives hiring of questionable police officers
When West Virginia police officers get into trouble and are fired or quit their jobs, they often jum ...
November 8, 2010
Kanawha County prosecutor Mark Plants will not press charges against the police instructors involved ...
November 5, 2010
Police Capt. M.L. White, who is under investigation for allegedly harassing a woman and illegally ch ...
November 3, 2010
The Charleston Gazette filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the West Virginia State Po ...
October 29, 2010
A former Chesapeake police officer and West Virginia State Police employee is charged in Lincoln Cou ...
October 26, 2010
The FBI is investigating the Wood County Sheriff's Department over an Oc ...
October 17, 2010
A Charleston Police Department captain remains on paid administrative leave as police and prosecutor ...
October 13, 2010
The FBI is investigating two former West Virginia State Police officers for possible civil rights vi ...
October 9, 2010
As many as 200,000 people are expected to travel to the New River Gorge Bridge on Saturday for B ...
October 1, 2010
A former Montgomery police officer fired after his partner assaulted a man and falsely charged t ...
September 21, 2010
Montgomery officials and state Sen. Bill Laird, D-Fayette, swore in five people to serve on a ne ...
September 17, 2010
After several problems with city police, Montgomery's mayor and City Council members hav ...
September 13, 2010
A state senator wants to pass legislation that he hopes will mean fewer problem police offic ...
September 11, 2010
Gov. Manchin commissions new report
Officials at the West Virginia State Police Academy are reviewing the recommendations in a ...
August 26, 2010
The Cedar Grove police chief who witnesses say dragged an 80-year-old man off his ATV a ...
August 25, 2010
The FBI has started a civil rights investigation into the Cedar Grove police chief who witnesses ...
August 24, 2010
The police chief who witnesses say dragged an 80-year-old man off his ATV and slammed him to ...
August 23, 2010
The police officer who witnesses say dragged an 80-year-old man off his ATV and slammed him to t ...
August 21, 2010
80-year-old dragged off ATV, slammed to the ground by Cedar Grove police chief, witnesses say
An 80-year-old man spent three days in the hospital after he was dragged off his ATV and slammed ...
August 21, 2010
Galen Reel, the former Moorefield police officer who pleaded guilty to sexually assault ...
August 14, 2010
Speeding tickets more than 50% of town's revenue
Carol Wright doesn't think she was driving over the speed limit the two times she was gi ...
June 14, 2010
A Charleston Police captain placed on administrative leave is accused of harassing at least two ...
July 30, 2010
An investigation into the alleged beating of a student at the West Virginia State Police Academy ...
July 27, 2010
Charleston Police have started a criminal investigation -- in addition to the ongoing internal i ...
July 24, 2010
The FBI is investigating a West Virginia state trooper who accused of handcuffing a man ...
July 17, 2010
Derek Snavely, now Hinton police chief, is accused of raping a woman while he was on duty
West Virginia State Police didn't tell Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plan ...
July 11, 2010
A former West Virginia State Police trooper accused of raping a woman will not be prosecuted, Ka ...
July 10, 2010
Rules keep agency from releasing details on trooper conduct, spokesman says
On May 6, West Virginia State Trooper J.R. Martin went missing while on duty. By all accounts, t ...
June 10, 2010
A Charleston Police captain with more than 30 years on the force has been placed on paid adm ...
May 16, 2010
Almost as many former officers have lost their ability to be police in West Virginia so far ...
May 10, 2010
A West Virginia state trooper ended up in Ruby Memorial Hospital Thursday after the Preston Coun ...
May 8, 2010
Moorefield officer might lose ability to work in W.Va.
A Moorefield police officer who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman, then later said t ...
April 30, 2010
Two requests for investigations into what happened to a Princeton police officer who says he was ...
April 29, 2010
The Kanawha County prosecutor's office has asked for a third separate investigation into all ...
April 27, 2010
West Virginia State Police officials say allegations that a student was ...
April 24, 2010
2 trainers caused bleeding on brain, Princeton officer says
A Princeton police officer and West Virginia State Police Academy basic-class student says he ne ...
March 9, 2010
$375,000 taken, State Police say
A Fayette County sheriff's deputy is charged with two counts of felony fraudulent schemes for al ...
March 7, 2010
A Kanawha County woman says she was raped by a West Virginia State Police trooper and that the troop ...
February 16, 2010
Chief says facts, witnesses back officer
An internal investigation by Charleston police exonerates the officer who arrested an award-winning ...
February 7, 2010
Shawn Hutchinson just wants to get through college and get out of West Virginia.
January 30, 2010
A black woman says she was arrested Sunday by Chesapeake police after defending herself from a white ...
January 17, 2010
2 off-duty police officers, with a girlfriend in tow, in a drug bust gone bad
Beckley police Cpl. William Reynolds didn't want to be sitting in a Jeep at 4 a.m. with his frie ...
December 28, 2009
State lawmakers are starting to look into issues of police accountability, with an eye on the upcomi ...
December 27, 2009
Some have been accused of rape, others pleaded to misdemeanors. One witnessed a savage beating th ...
December 15, 2009
The video journalist arrested by Charleston Police after he took pictures of Santa Claus and a ch ...
December 15, 2009
Twan and Lauren Reynolds, who were assaulted and beaten by then-Montgomery police officer Matthew ...
December 10, 2009
An award-winning video journalist was arrested by Charleston Police Tuesday after he took picture ...
November 29, 2009
A former Pocahontas County sheriff's deputy who resigned after firing his gun at his girlfrie ...
November 28, 2010
State lawmakers are starting to look into issues of police accountability, with an eye on the up ...
November 25, 2009
South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens says the city settled a lawsuit by a man who claimed he was ...
November 24, 2009
South Charleston police have settled a lawsuit with a man who says he was subjected to a humiliat ...
November 22, 2009
Derek S. Snavely, who was accused of raping a woman while on duty as a West Virginia State Police ...
November 15, 2009
Just before 8 a.m. on July 13, 2006, a Madison police officer - beer in hand - pounded on the door o ...
November 7, 2009
Mother of Brian Good says fatal shooting unnecessary
The mother of the man killed during a September police chase filed a lawsuit against the city of ...
October 28, 2009
A woman who alleges she was gang-raped by Logan County police officers has filed suit in federal cou ...
October 28, 2009
Victim says she was told traffic violations would be ignored
A former Dunbar police officer is set to plead guilty in federal court stemming from a July incid ...
October 19, 2009
During an Oct. 9 news conference, Charleston police released the video from the night Patrolman J ...
October 18, 2009
Below is a list of incidents during the past five years in which West Virginia police agencies in ...
October 18, 2009
Many cities use citizen panels
Meshea Poore has seen clients walk through her door, bruised and battered, with claims of police bru ...
October 10, 2009
Chase, truck rammings, shots fired, all recorded
Police cruiser videos from the night Charleston police officers shot and killed suspect Brian Goo ...
October 1, 2009
Experts on police shootings say providing a detailed account of what happened in such cases such ...
September 30, 2009
Kanawha County officials say they won't release the names of officers who fatally shot Patrol ...
September 29, 2009
Officials withold names of officers who fired shots on Good, Jones
The Charleston police officers who shot and killed Brian Good and fellow officer Jerry Jones earl ...
September 29, 2009
Police released a timeline of the events the night of Sept. 12 that led to the shooting death of ...
September 25, 2010
Trooper was also on scene
Three Charleston police officers fired their weapons the night Patrolman Jerry Jones and Brian S ...
September 19, 2009
Truck passener tells her version of chase that ended in deaths
After ramming several police cars and surviving the first volley of gunshots, Brian Good tried on ...
September 18, 2009
Police identify officers present when Jones was shot approaching suspect's vehicle
The three Charleston police officers on the scene of a deadly friendly fire incident on Sunday ap ...
September 17, 2010
Jerry Jones described as a hero who wanted to serve
Outside the funeral for fallen Charleston Police officer Jerry Jones, a small table held mem ...
September 15, 2009
Kanawha man had a long criminal record; Mother blames cops
The identity of the man police were chasing Sunday morning - a chase that ended with two deaths - ca ...
September 14, 2009
Man killed by officers while ramming patrol cars 'Full throttle'
Charleston police officer was shot and killed in a friendly fire incident early Sunday after pursu ...
August 26, 2009
Family wants to know why it happened while he was in police custody
At 6 a.m. today, Jeremy Thomas Rinehart will be taken off a ventilator and die.
August 25, 2009
A man is in critical condition after going into convulsions as he was being taken to jail.
August 21, 2009
Officer is on indefinite administrative leave, but no one will confirm charges
A Dunbar police officer allegedly sought sexual favors from a young woman in exchange for ignoring h ...
August 4, 2009
A former Montgomery police officer is suing the town and his former police chief, claiming shifts ...
July 7, 2009
Ex-cop Leavitt faces jail time, large fine for two federal civil-rights violations
Kaleigha Reynolds was just 4 years old, sitting in her car seat and drinking some juice, when a p ...
June 11, 2010
Man accused of beating black man, false DUI arrest
A former Montgomery police officer accused of beating a black man in September has been charg ...
April 4, 2009
FBI agents are studying physical evidence linked to the alleged November rape of a 22-year-old Lo ...
March 2, 2009
Two days after a reporter from WSAZ-TV filed a complaint against Kanawha County Magistrate Tim Ha ...
February 24, 2009
Officer was charged with soliciting sex over the internet
When a Charleston police officer was arrested on a charge of soliciting sex with a minor on Frida ...
February 18, 2009
A former East Bank police officer who admitted to using a Taser on a pregnant 18-year-old and a t ...
February 10, 2009
Filing alleges Montgomery police chief says photos had legitimate use in robbery investigation
Two Montgomery police officers accused of beating a black man outside a 7-Eleven in September all ...
January 9, 2009
Daughter alleged police rape in September
The mother of a woman who says she was raped by three Logan County law enforcement officers says ...
December 24, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Matthew Leavitt, the Montgomery police officer suspended after allegedly bea ...
December 20, 2008
Two Montgomery cops accused of brutality against a black man
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As two Montgomery police officers allegedly beat Twan Reynolds last Septembe ...
December 11, 2008
State Police continue criminal investigation
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia State Police officer accused of rape by a Charleston woman ha ...
December 5, 2008
State Police begin two investigations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia State Police are investigating a state trooper accused of rape by ...
November 26, 2008
Woman makes accusations; No charges yet
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State Police are investigating three Logan County sheriff's deputies and ...
November 20, 2008
EAST BANK -- An East Bank police officer who admitted to using a Taser on a pregnant 18-year-old ...
November 13, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Another lawsuit claiming police brutality has been filed against the city of ...
October 11, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Three police officers, including one suspended in Montgomery last month after ...
October 10, 2008
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. -- The state Human Rights Commission held a meeting Thursday in Montgomery, but ...
October 7, 2008
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. -- Lakisha White doesn't understand why, after her husband called Montgomery ...
September 28, 2008
One Montgomery patrolman fired, one suspended
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Montgomery police officer was fired and another officer was placed on admi ...
September 16, 2008
A lawsuit filed Sept. 5 alleging a police officer in Smithers and Montgomery tried to shake down ...
September 12, 2008
An East Bank police officer admitted Thursday that he used his Taser on a pregnant 18-year-old an ...
July 12, 2008
Police chief, mayor admit magistrates may be right
Charleston police Chief Brent Webster and Mayor Danny Jones acknowledged Friday a police officer ...
July 11, 2008
Two magistrates say police got information from Clark
Two Kanawha County magistrates say police asked for leniency when setting bond on Desmond Demetri ...
July 9, 2008
Community continues to question slaying of Nalisha Gravely
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Four days after Nalisha Fiona Gravely was killed inside a Taco Bell on Charl ...
July 8, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston man accused of killing the mother of his 2-year-old son was cha ...
April 10, 2008
A man said he saw someone skateboarding in the middle of the road just before a State Police car ...
April 1, 2008
A West Virginia State Police officer's apparent suicide came on the same day an investigation ...
March 30, 2008
Family doubts police account of skateboarding son's death
Curtis Webb was a better skateboarder than his older brothers. He could do tricks they couldn't ...
March 28, 2008
Pocahontas deputy pleads guilty
Braxton County Assistant Prosecutor Dan Dotson said he has not been fired from the prosecutor' ...
February 14, 2008
A West Virginia State Police corporal was found dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide, shortly afte ...
February 1, 2008
Pocahontas County Sheriff Robert Alkire's son was taken to the hospital after a Nov. 30 incid ...
January 29, 2008
The son of Pocahontas County Sheriff Robert Alkire, a sheriff's deputy himself, was arrested f ...
August 25, 2007
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A report released Friday by the West Virginia State Police details the last da ...
July 29, 2007
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A prominent lawyer is allegedly beaten by State Police while handcuffed. State ...
July 26, 2007
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A prominent Charleston lawyer was arrested by a West Virginia State Police t ...
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