MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The former Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputy charged last year following a road rage incident in Monongalia County goes to trial Monday.
William Sothen, 63, of Salem, faces a misdemeanor battery charge following an Aug. 28, 2017 incident on Van Voorhis Road where he appears to put his hands on a fellow motorist.
Sothen, who retired from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department early in 2017, was captured on video in a struggle with 21-year-old Amber Generally, a fellow Harrison County native.
Generally has also filed a civil action against Sothen.