MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Morgantown man is accused of pulling out a firearm during a struggle with police.
On Friday, police arrested Wilbur Marvin Higgenbothem, 50, as a person prohibited from possessing a firearm. Higgenbothem was picked up by police as part of a traffic stop for moving violations. That traffic stop turned dangerous when he was unable to produce a driver’s license or proof of insurance and eventually tried to physically fight one of the officers. During the struggle, Higgenbothem is accused of pulling out a semi-automatic firearm before escaping the first responding officer.
The suspect fled from the area but was captured moments later by another responding officer. Officers recovered a .22 caliber, Walther Semi-Automatic Pistol that had been reported stolen from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Higgenbothem is charged as a person prohbited from possessing a firearm.
In an unrelated incident Saturday, a Charles Town, West Virginia man was identified as a wanted fugitive in two states. Police say Charles Davis Ford II, 40, was “huffing” aerosol gasses while inside of a vehicle parked on Retail Drive Saturday morning.
Ford II was wanted in both Maryland and Pennsylvania. His awaiting extradition as a fugitive.