The charges stem from a multi-agency and jurisdictional investigation into multiple allegations against Shambaugh, 57. Those allegations include an alleged assault incident at a public store, threats of violence against his two courthouse employees, and reports that he pulled out a gun in his offices in the Morgan County Courthouse. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court on Wednesday, Cpl. A.R. Hanlon of the West Virginia State Police had secured an arrest warrant for Shambaugh based on video evidence and interviews with numerous people employed at the Morgan County Courthouse. Local state police served the arrest warrant on August 19.

Video from inside the courthouse reportedly shows Shambaugh on May 28 removing a small firearm from his pocket in front of employees and shifting it from hand to hand while talking to them and then replacing it in his pocket.

According to the complaint, the chief judge of the Circuit Court was informed of the firearms incident and drafted an order preventing Shambaugh from carrying a firearm in the courthouse. Local police served Magistrate Shambaugh with that order on May 31. According to the police report, a Circuit Judge had also ordered Shambaugh to seek counseling before he could return to work after making threats that he would place a tracker on an individual’s vehicle and commit violence against them or himself.

According to the police investigation, there was “growing concerns with the courthouse with all employees” about Shambaugh’s behavior in the county building.

In early June, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia’s Judicial Counsel contacted law enforcement officials to be briefed on their investigations. On June 13, the court temporarily suspended Shambaugh from his seat on the bench citing potential violations of the state’s Judicial Code of Conduct. Prior to being charged, Shambaugh had retained an attorney to challenge his suspension. A hearing before the Supreme Court was set for September 2.

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Police were dispatched to Alpine Drive at about 2:30 p.m. for a domestic disturbance.

At the residence, a man identified as William D. Twigg Jr., 53, held his hands out and asked the two responding deputies to take him, according to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Deputy B.K. Knotts…

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According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal, Joseph Brian Potter, 40, has been arrested on charges of first-degree arson, arson threat, first-degree malicious burning and malicious destruction of property over $1,000.

Hancock Volunteer Fire Company and nearby fire companies responded on July 29 to a house fire in…

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A Hancock man was struck and killed along Tollgate Ridge Road in Southern Fulton County, Pa. just north of Hancock in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 26.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, Jacob Allen Long, 34, of Hancock, was on the roadway in the 900 section of Tollgate Ridge Road, south of Younker’s Meat Market, just before 3 a.m. Thursday morning.

A Dodge van was traveling south on Tollgate Ridge Road when it struck Long, police said.

After striking Long, the van continued south on Tollgate Ridge Road as the driver lost control and impacted a fence.

Police said the driver fled the scene prior to their arrival.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police McConnellsburg at 717-485-3131.

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A Berkeley Springs couple has been jailed on charges of drug dealing after large quantities of drugs were found in their vehicle following a traffic stop in town.

Gregory Godman, 71, and Jodi Godman, 42, were each charged with multiple drug-related crimes.

According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department and a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court, Deputy B.K. Knotts was conducting traffic patrol…

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The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department will once again have a K-9 officer on its force, following a vote by the County Commission to approve up to $20,000 for start-up costs to add a trained dog to the department. Funds for the K-9 will come from the county’s fund of opioid lawsuit settlement money.

Sheriff Johnnie Walter outlined the costs and steps involved in adding the K-9 to his department, answering county officials’…

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Kathleen E. Virts, 31, was the driver in a single-vehicle collision that occurred on Green Oak Road at about 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 18, 2025, according to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by West Virginia State Police Trooper G.C. Warnick.

At the scene, Trooper Warnick and Trooper Meyers observed…

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The caller said they check on their cousin’s home there about once a month. This time, they saw signs of forced entry through a ground level front window.

They also reported seeing a woman in a pink or purple shirt and dark pants jump from a…

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Anthony A. Britti, 48, was initially arrested by warrant on Saturday, May 23 following a verbal disturbance at a residence on Burnt Mill Road at about 7:20 that morning.

A 911 caller reported Britti was outside beating on cars with a drainpipe and trying get inside, then…

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Police got behind a red Chevy Trailblazer with a missing headlight driving down the middle of the road, according to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Trooper T.E. Short.

The driver, identified as Linwood L. Markley Jr., 56, sped up and fled from two state…

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