Federal grant to address statewide sexual assault kit backlog goes to Monongalia County

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –  The Monongalia Prosecutor’s Office will become the statewide clearinghouse for previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs). A grant from the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative will completely fund the services of retired Morgantown Police Department detective Lawrence Hasley. The grant is from the Bureau of Justice’s National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative through the…

Two face child neglect charges in Fairmont

FAIRMONT, W.Va. A pair in Fairmont are facing charges after police allege they restrained a child to a chair with a leash and a dumbbell. On Tuesday, the Fairmont Police Department learned of a CPS investigation into reports that a 2-year-old child was allegedly being abused at a residence on Gaston Avenue. CPS workers told…