CHARLESTON, W.VA. – Fahim Abdul-Majeed (center) was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for second-degree murder in the death of Lee Davis. Fahim was arrested in 2021 in South Charleston during a traffic stop, according to a news release from the...
LINCOLN COUNTY, W.Va. — A plea deal is expected to leave a Lincoln County teen who killed his step-grandfather under state control for years. Charged as an adult, Ryan Perry killed his step-grandfather Bobby Waldon in Hamlin last year at the age of 17. The shooting...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to the 2021 shooting death of a woman on Charleston’s West Side. Christopher Neil Smith pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in the shooting death of 35 year...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Man accused of killing two women on Charleston’s West Side last fall told a judge Friday morning he’s not guilty. Marquis Jermaine Goodman was arraigned in Judge Kenneth Ballard’s courtroom in Kanawha County Circuit Court. Ballard...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge said Tuesday a 2019 murder case needs to begin moving toward a resolution. Judge Kenneth Ballard held a hearing in the case of Terry Kirby, 66, of Campbells Creek. Kirby was arrested in early September 2019 after the...
By Lori Kersey – March 22, 2022 A teenager convicted of accessory after the fact in the 2020 shooting deaths of four members of an Elkview family will be moved to an adult correctional facility, Kanawha County Circuit Judge Kenneth Ballard ruled Tuesday. click...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A detective testified in court Wednesday that a man accused of killing two women in Charleston confessed to the shooting after his arrest. Marquis Goodman, 22, of Detroit is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He appeared in...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Kanawha County judge handed down the maximum sentence possible under a plea agreement in what was initially a first-degree murder case. Clarence Haley Jr., 25, previously pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the shooting death of...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — An attorney for a 17-year-old girl who helped her boyfriend hide from authorities who were searching for him after they believed he had just killed four members of his family said the pair’s relationship was a “perfect...
Mr. Long and his co-counsel, Charles Hamilton, negotiated this binding plea agreement for Ms. Tyree in Kanawha County Circuit Court. Ms. Tyree faced life in prison for the charge of First Degree Murder. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Kanawha County judge accepted a plea...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the shooting death of a teenager on the city’s West Side last year. Kanawha Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey handed down the sentence Monday to Braheem Griffin, 27. Griffin had previously...
By SEÁN O’DONOGHUE Managing Editor HAMLIN – A guilty plea was entered in Lincoln County Circuit Court recently for a man charged with strangulation and other offenses dating from before the county courthouse closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lincoln...
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