CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A prominent Charleston lawyer was arrested by a West Virginia State Police trooper last month and then beaten so much that cranial fluid leaked from his nose, according to the man's lawyer.

Roger Wolfe, senior labor and employment lawyer with the Jackson Kelly firm, was in CAMC General Hospital for six days because of the injuries he suffered at the hands of State Police on June 17, said Benjamin Bailey, Wolfe's lawyer.

"They kept him there that long ... to wait and see if they had to do surgery," Bailey said.

Wolfe has requested that State Police investigate the matter, he said.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Jay Powers could not say Wednesday evening if a request for an investigation had been filed.

"If he has filed a complaint through the State Police, our professional standards section would look into that," Powers said.

Wolfe could not be reached for comment this week. Bailey said he was out of town.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court, Wolfe was arrested shortly after midnight on June 17 by State Police Trooper Paul A. Green. Wolfe was charged with driving under the influence, obstructing an officer, making an improper lane change and running a traffic signal.

In the complaint, Green said he had just left Magistrate Court when he saw a blue Jeep Cherokee, with the vanity license plate WOOF, driving erratically.

Green wrote that he followed the vehicle on Quarrier Street and watched as it nearly hit another vehicle and ran a stoplight, according to the complaint.

The trooper pulled the Jeep over and asked Wolfe for his basic information. He wrote that Wolfe could not provide it, after asking the officer to repeat the information several times.

Green then wrote that he asked Wolfe to get out of the car. Wolfe had trouble standing, according to the complaint.

Roger Wolfe, senior labor and employment lawyer with the Jackson Kelly firm, was in CAMC General Hospital for six days because of the injuries he suffered at the hands of State Police on June 17, said Benjamin Bailey, Wolfe's lawyer.

"They kept him there that long ... to wait and see if they had to do surgery," Bailey said.

Wolfe has requested that State Police investigate the matter, he said.

State Police spokesman Sgt. Jay Powers could not say Wednesday evening if a request for an investigation had been filed.

"If he has filed a complaint through the State Police, our professional standards section would look into that," Powers said.

Wolfe could not be reached for comment this week. Bailey said he was out of town.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court, Wolfe was arrested shortly after midnight on June 17 by State Police Trooper Paul A. Green. Wolfe was charged with driving under the influence, obstructing an officer, making an improper lane change and running a traffic signal.

In the complaint, Green said he had just left Magistrate Court when he saw a blue Jeep Cherokee, with the vanity license plate WOOF, driving erratically.

Green wrote that he followed the vehicle on Quarrier Street and watched as it nearly hit another vehicle and ran a stoplight, according to the complaint.

The trooper pulled the Jeep over and asked Wolfe for his basic information. He wrote that Wolfe could not provide it, after asking the officer to repeat the information several times.

Green then wrote that he asked Wolfe to get out of the car. Wolfe had trouble standing, according to the complaint.

The trooper wrote that he asked Wolfe if he had any weapons on him. Wolfe said he did and then attempted to reach a handgun in the front floorboard of the Jeep, according to the complaint. The officer grabbed Wolfe and took him to the back of the vehicle, according to the complaint.

"The accused repeatedly became belligerent, cursing and making inappropriate comments toward this officer," Green wrote in the complaint.

After his arrest, Wolfe was taken to State Police headquarters in South Charleston, Bailey said. Wolfe was not given a Breathalyzer test, he said.

It was there, while handcuffed, that Wolfe was beaten, Bailey said. He said he did not know if Green was the officer who struck Wolfe.

Wolfe suffered multiple facial fractures, including fractures to his eye socket, Bailey said.

Wolfe was taken from State Police headquarters to Thomas Memorial Hospital, where he received some treatment. He was then taken to South Central Regional Jail, Bailey said.

He was held at South Central Regional Jail for about nine hours and then arraigned by Kanawha County Magistrate Carol Fouty.

"It shocked me, to tell you the truth," Fouty said Wednesday. "His face was pretty messed up. His eye was still swollen shut."

Fouty said she released Wolfe on a personal recognizance bond because she thought he needed to go to the hospital.

"To me he looked so bad that I thought the jail would not have taken him in that condition," she said.

Wolfe quickly went to a doctor and was admitted to CAMC General Hospital on June 18, Bailey said. Wolfe stayed in the hospital until June 23, he said.

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