On Monday, June 9 at about 9 a.m. Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an area of Hedgesville Road to locate a man suspected of armed robbery in Morgan County. Upon arrival, deputies located Daniel Spielman, 19, of Hedgesville, in a camper and took him into custody without incident. Spielman[Read More…]
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Weirton woman arrested in park disturbance
At around midnight on Tuesday, June 10 police were dispatched to Cacapon Lodge Drive for a verbal disturbance called in by the state park’s superintendent, Scott Fortney. Upon arrival, the officers observed a female detained in a police cruiser, according to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court[Read More…]
County’s emergency calls will come in via Next Gen 911 system under new contract
by Kate Shunney Modern methods of sharing information will be part of Morgan County’s new 911 call system in the coming months, following a decision by Morgan County Commissioners to approve a contract to implement Next Gen 911 here. That contract, with INdigital based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will cost[Read More…]
Click It or Ticket: Buckle Up Every Day
The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) is teaming up the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), urging drivers to buckle up ahead of a national Click It or Ticket campaign. The national high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday,[Read More…]
Deputies investigating shooting at rental house party
Morgan County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting at a party near Coolfont on Sunday, May 4 that resulted in a non-life-threatening wound to a victim’s leg. Morgan County Sheriff Johnnie Walter said Monday that officers are still interviewing witnesses from the party, some of whom are from Berkeley and[Read More…]
Police search vape store in Berkeley Springs, charge man with drug distribution
Officers from the West Virginia State Police and the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department served a search warrant at the Exotic Smoke House on Valley Road on Wednesday, April 2 on suspicion that the store was harboring the illegal sale of Schedule I narcotics and have charged a man in the[Read More…]
Bosben sentenced to life in prison with mercy for 2023 murder
by Kate Shunney A Maryland man was sentenced in Morgan County Circuit Court on Monday to life in prison with mercy, and two additional prison sentences associated with crimes he committed when he brutally killed a southern Morgan County man in March of 2023. Ian P. Bosben-Grayson, 32, sat in[Read More…]
Click It or Ticket seatbelt compliance campaign set for March 7-23
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is working with the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program to urge drivers to buckle up ahead of the statewide Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort, that runs Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 23. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department want seat[Read More…]
Fire destroys two dump trucks
by Kate Evans Fire engulfed two commercial dump trucks last Wednesday night in Berkeley Springs. The cause of the fire is undetermined. The 911 call came in to Morgan County 911 Dispatch Center on Wednesday, November 29 as a commercial vehicle fire on Mawani Village Lane just north of Caperton[Read More…]
Morgan County Sheriff’s Report
Chief Johnnie Walter reports the following calls, investigations and reports for September 3-9: September 3 Sheriff Bohrer responded to reported explosion in 13,000 block of Valley Road. Tractor Trailer blew tire. Vehicle moved from the highway and tow called. Deputy Knotts worked GHSP Patrol. Three citations issued. Deputy Diehl responded[Read More…]
