Parkersburg, West Virginia – The Parkersburg Police Department said in a statement that it had arrested 69-year-old Patrick Vaughn Frazier for the sexual abuse of a 7-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl. According to a PPD statement, the investigation was initiated following disclosures of the victims to their parents that Frazier had inappropriately touched them … Read more
Charlestown, West Virginia – The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia announced that 66-year-old John Robert Coe, a retired Wood County Board of Education employee, had pleaded guilty to continuing to employ a known illegal alien. Court documents explain that a foreign national from Madagascar worked without monetary compensation at a … Read more
Update – The Wood County Sheriff’s Office has announced charges against two suspects in connection to a shooting on September 20 in the Briarwood neighborhood. According to WCSO, one suspect, Joseph V. Turpin, has already been arrested. The second suspect, Rodney D. Hill, has been charged and will be arrested pending extradition from Ohio. No … Read more
An arrest has been made in connection to the deaths of James Clifton Bailey and Felicia Jean Goff in Walker, West Virginia. Law enforcement agencies cooperated to arrest 41-year-old Bradley Cantwell in the 1600 block of Blizzard Drive in Parkersburg around 4:25 p.m. without incident. A second person, Gage Robert Foutty, was arrested on unrelated … Read more
The slow-moving city of Parkersburg is home to the historic Blennerhassett Island and nearly 30,000 West Virginians. Parkersburg is an area where there are few strangers and even fewer secrets. When something happens within the community, rumors immediately swirl and the community comes together to demand answers and seek justice. On a brisk December 19 … Read more