Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has charged a Pendleton County man with criminal offenses following a 911 call for a physical domestic disturbance in progress at the Best Western hotel on Ridge Drive.

On Thursday, April 30 at about 3:30 p.m. a third-party caller stated they saw two people fighting at the hotel, according to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Deputy M.A. Butts.

The caller stated a woman in her 50s was on the ground, and alcohol was involved in a lengthy argument between the woman and a man in his 20s.

Deputy Butts arrived on the scene with West Virginia State Trooper Beard and Trooper Meyers.

The man, identified as Kristopher E. Justice, 29, of Riverton W.Va. admitted to picking his mother up and slamming her on the ground, according to the criminal complaint.

The victim stated physical contact occurred, but claimed it wasn’t criminal.

Two THC vape pens were found on Justice as he was being detained.

Justice was charged with domestic battery and possession of a controlled substance.

He is incarcerated at Eastern Regional Jail on a $7,500 bond awaiting a hearing.