Jury convicts Hedgesville man of armed robbery

Jurors serving in Morgan County Circuit Court last week handed down guilty verdicts on all four charges in a trial stemming from an armed robbery on River Road last summer.

Deliberations by the jury took less than 30 minutes at the end of a trial lasting a day and a half. The lead investigator was Sgt. Sam Smith of the West Virginia State Police, assisted by Captain Tim Stapleton of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department.