By: Michael Lemley | Posted: April 15, 2018 | Source: WV News
GRANTSVILLE — One person was injured in a hit-and-run incident in Calhoun County early Sunday morning, according to West Virginia State Police.
The incident happened around 5:30 a.m. near the Calhoun/Clay county line.
Police said three men were in a dark red vehicle, either a Chevrolet or a GMC, and struck a pedestrian.
Troopers said the incident was captured on a neighbor’s security camera.
The three men got out of the car and checked on the pedestrian, but quickly returned to the vehicle and drove off, according to troopers.
The three then drove toward Clay County. Troopers said the three men stopped at a convenience store in Clay County and were seen on security footage.
State Police are investigating the incident and are still searching for the suspects.
The victim’s name and condition have not been released.
Bobby Gene Hall enters court for his arraignment on Aug. 16, 2017. Hall pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder before Kanawha Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey on Wednesday. Gazette-Mail photo
By: Lacie Pierson, Staff Writer | Posted: April 11, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
A Clendenin man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to two charges of second-degree murder in the 2017 case of a double murder at a home along Garrison Avenue in Charleston.
This 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer was donated to Kelly Cole’s family after they lost four cars in the June 2016 flood. Clendenin police say David Andrew White III hopped in the vehicle that did not belong to him Monday and drove off. (Clendenin Police Department)
By: Kalea Gunderson, Anna Taylor | Posted: April 10, 2018 | Source: WCHSTV
CLENDENIN, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Police said the man accused of stealing a car from a Clendenin family has been arrested in Roane County. (more…)
By: Lacie Pierson, Staff Writer | Posted: April 4, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
A Big Chimney man accused of killing his wife and claiming she died by suicide entered a plea of not guilty in court Wednesday afternoon.
Randall Todd Chapman, 48, of Big Chimney, entered his plea before Senior Status Judge Thomas Evans III, who is presiding over cases in Kanawha Circuit Judge James Stucky’s courtroom.
Chapman is charged with one count of first-degree murder, and Evans scheduled Chapman’s trial to begin on Aug. 27.
Chapman has been incarcerated at South Central Regional Jail since Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies arrested him in September. No bail was set in his case.
Chapman wore an orange jail-issued jumpsuit in court, and he only spoke to answer Evans’ questions about his case.
Chapman is accused of shooting his wife, Shirlene, in their home along Kennedy Drive, in Big Chimney, on Sept. 16, 2017, Kanawha Sheriff’s Cpl. A.R. Crawford said in the criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
Deputies responded to the Chapmans’ home after Randall Chapman reported that his wife shot herself, but he said he waited between 10 and 15 minutes to call 911 and didn’t perform CPR on her during that time, Crawford said.
Chapman told deputies he was asleep in the couple’s bedroom, but something woke him up, Crawford said. Chapman said he went to the living room, where he found his wife lying, bleeding and dead, on the living room floor, Crawford said.
However, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Shirlene Chapman said she was shot in the back, Crawford said.
Deputies found two spent shell casings in the Chapmans’ living room, Crawford said.
Deputies found one of the fired bullets lodged in a living room wall, and the second bullet was located in Shirlene Chapman’s body, Crawford said.
During a preliminary hearing in September, Crawford said the Chapmans had about $600,000 in savings and that Chapman told him the couple had a “tiff” during the early morning hours of the day Shirlene Chapman died.
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By: Joseph Fitzwater | Posted: Mar. 21, 2018 at 11:26 a.m. | Source: WOWKTV
One person is injured and another is under arrest following a shooting in Clay County.
According to West Virginia State Police, on Tuesday afternoon, officers responded to a reported shots fired on Post Office Street in Clay.
When officers arrived, they found a victim with multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
After troopers investigated the scene, they determined the shooter to be Jeremy White, 22, of Lizemores, WV.
Troopers determined that the incident occurred following a verbal argument between White and a woman.
The victim shot is identified as Justin Brown, 26, of Clay, WV.
White is under arrest for malicious wounding and was transported to Central Regional Jail. He is in jail on $200,000 bond.
By: Matt Samples | Posted: Mar. 21, 2018 | Source: WV News
CHARLESTON — A new unit will be responsible for taking out corruption in West Virginia.
U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart, along with federal and state law enforcement officials, said Tuesday that Public Integrity Special Investigations Unit had been formed. (more…)
By: Jessie Shafer | Posted: Mar. 15, 2018 at 8:41 p.m. | Source: WOWKTV
Derrick Shaffer is facing a number of felony charges following the March 15 incident.
ROANE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – A Roane County man is facing a number of felony charges following a violent attack on a family member, deputies told 13 News.
According to court documents, a female family member of Derrick Allen Shaffer called 911 around 2:06 a.m. on March 15. The incident happened along Hershberger Road in the Clendenin area of Roane County.
The victim alleged that Shaffer headbutted her and stuck a handgun in her mouth, court documents state.
The victim then told 911 dispatchers that Shaffer had fled the residence they were in, and he was headed down Thorofare Road in a maroon, Toyota Tacoma. The victim requested an ambulance. She said she was bleeding from the nose, mouth and eye.
The victim was transported to Roane General Hospital via ambulance, where a statement was taken by deputies.
The statement included graphic details of what Shaffer allegedly put the victim through the night prior. Those court documents state that the victim had locked herself in her room, and Shaffer forced himself in. He then slammed her on her back and began to choke her.
When she asked him to stop, that’s when Shaffer allegedly headbutted her in the face. He choked her again, and she lost consciousness, she told deputies.
She regained consciousness, and Shaffer placed a firearm in her mouth and “down the back of her throat”. He removed the gun from her mouth, and then placed it in his own mouth and began choking her again, according to the criminal complaint in the case.
He headbutted her two more times, according to the victim.
Court documents state that the victim was about to run out of the home with a car key while Shaffer was on the phone at one point.
Deputies investigating the case said they observed heavy bruising and swelling on the victim’s face, as well as red marks on her neck that support her statements regarding being headbutted and choked. The victim also had a defensive wound on her right hand.
Shaffer is charged with strangulation x4, malicious or unlawful assault, wanton endangerment, unlawful restraint, domestic battery, domestic assault, brandishing, and interfering with emergency communications.
The suspect turned himself into deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office in the afternoon hours of Thursday, March 15. His bond was set at $70,000 cash only.
Stay with 13 News for more on this developing story.
By: Alexander Thomas | Posted: Mar. 4, 2018 | Source: WCHS News Network
SPENCER, W.Va. — A man accused of stabbing a person in Roane County last week turned himself in Saturday.
According to West Virginia State Police, Joseph Daniels approached a trooper in Wayne County during a traffic stop.
Daniels allegedly stabbed a man Thursday. The victim suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
