Criminal cases from as far back as 2019 have moved through Morgan County Circuit Court to legal conclusions in recent months. Here are some of the cases that have been closed or resolved: A Big Pool man who fled from police in a high-speed chase in September of 2022 while[Read More…]
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Man sentenced for armed robbery at River Road, others enter pleas and get jail time
Multiple individuals have entered pleas in felony criminal cases and been sentenced by Circuit Judge Debra McLaughlin in Morgan County Circuit Court. David Gerhard, 31, was sentenced for multiple felonies associated with an armed robbery on River Road in 2022. Judge Debra McLaughlin sentenced Gerhard to five years in prison[Read More…]
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[Read More…]
Several sentenced for threats, arson, harassment, child neglect
Morgan County Circuit Judge Debra McLaughlin accepted pleas and delivered sentences in multiple criminal cases during open hearings at the Morgan County courthouse recently. Jared A. Cubbage, 24, of Hancock was sentenced to 1-5 years in prison after pleading guilty to making threats of terroristic acts. Cubbage made the plea as[Read More…]
Judge denies Secretary of State’s request to correct primary vote count before General Election
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Circuit Judge Debra McLaughlin on Friday denied a petition from the West Virginia Secretary of State asking her to decertify the results of the May primary election so that a corrected vote total could be certified as the official results. The Secretary of State’s office[Read More…]
