The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has charged a Berkeley Springs man with kidnapping, domestic battery and obstructing an officer after an incident on Monday afternoon, January 3.
Kenneth E. Merchant II, 36, was taken into custody after deputies investigated reports that a woman had been abducted along Tabor Road shortly after noon. According to Sheriff K.C. Bohrer, a passerby had witnessed the incident and reported it to police. That person had reportedly seen a female…






