A joint drug investigation among the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, Morgan County Sheriff’s Department, Martinsburg Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) led to the arrest of two individuals in Morgan County last Wednesday, January 21. According to police officials, an investigation into drug activities had[Read More…]

A Berkeley Springs woman has been charged with drug trafficking after being stopped by Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputies on January 9 along Hedgesville Road near the intersection of I-81. Crystal A. Burch, 43, was charged with possession of methamphetamine and cocaine with the intent to deliver the drugs. According to[Read More…]

Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has charged a Berkeley Springs man with multiple offenses, following a pursuit through the woods on Monday, December 22. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Deputy Ryan Diehl, police were dispatched to a residence on Pious Ridge Road for a[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox A 36 year old Hancock woman was killed in an ATV accident in southern Fulton County late Friday night, December 12, on Negro Mountain Road. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Holley Elizabeth Appel was the named victim of the crash. Police reported that the accident occurred just[Read More…]

Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has charged three people with drug offenses following a traffic stop in the area of Charlotte’s Café on Sunday, November 9 at about 9:30 p.m. During routine road patrol, police initiated a traffic stop upon observing a silver pickup truck with an expired registration traveling North[Read More…]

James M. Flint, 24, of Paw Paw was jailed on Wednesday, November 19 after his bond was revoked from Morgan County Circuit Court following two crimes committed last summer. On May 26, a warrant was issued in Morgan County for the arrest of Flint, who was wanted in connection with[Read More…]

West Virginia State Police have charged a Kearneysville man with domestic battery, third offense, after responding to a 911 call for a domestic assault in progress in Paw Paw on Sunday, November 16 at about 3:15 p.m. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Trooper[Read More…]

by Geoff Fox Troopers from the Maryland State Police Aviation Command performed an aerial hoist rescue on an injured person in the Flintstone area on Saturday, November 8. According to Maryland State Police, around 12:30 p.m., rescue personnel from Allegany County were dispatched to Green Ridge State Forest for an[Read More…]

Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has charged a Hedgesville man in connection with a crash that took place on Monday, November 3 around 1:30 a.m. in Berkeley Springs. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Deputy R.W. Diehl, the driver of a blue truck was observed[Read More…]

by Kate Shunney Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has been working with federal agents toward a 287 (g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for several months, an arrangement in which local officers can alert ICE agents to the presence of suspects without immigration documentation or legal status. Last[Read More…]