CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A prominent lawyer is allegedly beaten by State Police while handcuffed.

State and county police reportedly target the wedding of a lawyer representing a woman who filed for divorce from a Kanawha County sheriff's deputy.

A trooper commits suicide while on duty, sparking hundreds of postings to a local news Web site, many of which contain criticisms of State Police leadership.

All three instances involve claims of misconduct by State Police at headquarters in South Charleston, but state officials say only one of those allegations is being investigated.

On July 18, Cpl. Marlo Gonzales committed suicide with his service weapon while inside his cruiser.

The following day on the Web site for television station WSAZ-TV, comments started being posted extending condolences to the Gonzales family. There were also numerous comments both praising State Police and criticizing the current police administration, including State Police Col. David Lemmon.

As of Friday, there were more than 600 posts on the Web site.

"This is not about a personal grudge a few men have against the department, but widespread," reads one anonymous post. "They pushed this man for well over a year. ... The simple truth is that, since this administration has taken over, we have been unable to be as affective as we once were."

The Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety has not learned anything that would require an investigation into Gonzales' suicide, said Jim Spears, secretary of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety

"First and foremost in our minds is the tragic situation with Trooper Gonzales. Our thoughts, prayers and attention are with his friends and family," he said. "Right now we are making sure their basic needs are being met."

Calls to Lemmon were not returned on Friday. On Thursday, calls to the superintendent were referred to Department of Military Affairs officials.

Spears said he has begun an investigation, requested by Gov. Joe Manchin on Wednesday, to study the issue of suicide among police officers. Manchin asked Spears to look at how other states have dealt with the problem to see if there were ways to reduce the chance of another suicide.

State and county police reportedly target the wedding of a lawyer representing a woman who filed for divorce from a Kanawha County sheriff's deputy.

A trooper commits suicide while on duty, sparking hundreds of postings to a local news Web site, many of which contain criticisms of State Police leadership.

All three instances involve claims of misconduct by State Police at headquarters in South Charleston, but state officials say only one of those allegations is being investigated.

On July 18, Cpl. Marlo Gonzales committed suicide with his service weapon while inside his cruiser.

The following day on the Web site for television station WSAZ-TV, comments started being posted extending condolences to the Gonzales family. There were also numerous comments both praising State Police and criticizing the current police administration, including State Police Col. David Lemmon.

As of Friday, there were more than 600 posts on the Web site.

"This is not about a personal grudge a few men have against the department, but widespread," reads one anonymous post. "They pushed this man for well over a year. ... The simple truth is that, since this administration has taken over, we have been unable to be as affective as we once were."

The Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety has not learned anything that would require an investigation into Gonzales' suicide, said Jim Spears, secretary of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety

"First and foremost in our minds is the tragic situation with Trooper Gonzales. Our thoughts, prayers and attention are with his friends and family," he said. "Right now we are making sure their basic needs are being met."

Calls to Lemmon were not returned on Friday. On Thursday, calls to the superintendent were referred to Department of Military Affairs officials.

Spears said he has begun an investigation, requested by Gov. Joe Manchin on Wednesday, to study the issue of suicide among police officers. Manchin asked Spears to look at how other states have dealt with the problem to see if there were ways to reduce the chance of another suicide.

State troopers are not given routine mental-health evaluations but do have access to counselors statewide on a voluntary basis, Spears said.

Meanwhile, Charleston attorney Roger Wolfe claims he was arrested by a State Police trooper on June 17 and then beaten so much that cranial fluid leaked from his nose, according to his lawyer Benjamin Bailey.

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, Bailey said.

Wolfe was arrested shortly after midnight near the Kanawha County Courthouse by State Police Trooper Paul A. Green. He was charged with driving under the influence, obstructing an officer, making an improper lane change and running a traffic signal.

There is an ongoing investigation into the incident, said Lt. G.A. Ingold, operations director of the State Police Professional Standards Section, which handles internal investigations. Ingold declined to say when the investigation would be complete, saying they vary in complexity.

The third incident took place on July 13, when Charleston attorney Lyne Ranson held her lavish wedding reception at Berry Hills Country Club for hundreds of guests, including the governor.

A State Police trooper and two Kanawha County sheriff's deputies were patrolling in the Davis Creek area that evening, according to police.

Ranson is the divorce attorney for a woman who filed for divorce from one of the two sheriff's deputies.

Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford has said that on the night of the wedding, he got a phone call at home from the governor asking about the law enforcement presence near the country club.

Rutherford said the investigation is complete and that the appropriate actions were taken. No one was fired or put on leave, he said.

A State Police administrator said recently that no official complaints had been filed about the trooper's patrol and that there was no investigation into the matter.

Staff writers Dave Gustafson and Andrew Clevenger contributed to this story. To contact staff writer Gary Harki, use e-mail or call 348-5163.