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Search for missing boy underway in Mingo County
Sheriff looking for rescue search volunteers BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN BEN CREEK, W.Va. — A search is underway for a 12-year-old boy missing from the Ben Creek community in Mingo County. Mingo County Sheriff Joe Smith is requesting the public’s help in locating Tucker Wolford. The boy was last seen Sunday morning as he…
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Kermit Swift Water Rescue team searching the river for a man in Lovely
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN Update 8/20/22 at 9:51 a.m. LOVELY — After eluding police Friday evening by jumping into the Tug River, a Lovely man was taken into custody shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday. Martin County Sheriff John Kirk arrested Jason Fields, 37, of Lovely, at a residence on Route 292 in Lovely. Fields is…
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W.Va. deputy sheriff charged with violating suspect’s civil rights
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A federal court unsealed a two-count indictment Thursday against a deputy sheriff in Monongalia County, W.Va., for using excessive force and writing a false report to cover it up. According to the indictment, Lance Kuretza, 38, punched and elbowed a suspect in the face and, after the man was handcuffed, sprayed him…
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Sheriff warns residents to be vigilant after string of burglaries
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk is warning residents to be vigilant after a recent string of burglaries in the county. “Folks, check your outbuildings and garages to see if you have tools or merchandise missing,” Kirk said Thursday in a Facebook post. “We have had a string of…
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Kentucky State Police troopers indicted for excessive force and cover-up
LONDON — Two Kentucky State Police troopers and a former trooper face charges after an FBI investigation into excessive force and a cover-up. A federal grand jury in London returned indictments against trooper Jeremy Elliotte, 28, former trooper Derrek Lovett, 30, and trooper Michael L. Howell, 32. Elliotte and Lovett are charged with depriving an arrestee…
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FEMA reps speak at fiscal court special meeting
Mobile disaster center opens Thursday in Inez BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — FEMA representatives attended a special Martin County Fiscal Court meeting Tuesday to advise residents ahead of the mobile disaster center that will open Thursday in Inez. The mobile disaster recovery center will be open Aug. 18-20 and Aug. 25-27 in the parking…
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Tomahawk man shot and killed in suspected burglary
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PEACH ORCHARD — A Tomahawk man was shot and killed early Tuesday morning in Lawrence County in what deputies said was a burglary. Jerry Lee Maynard, 45, was shot by the property owner. A second burglary suspect, Green Ramey, 42, of Louisa, was arrested on a second-degree burglary charge. The…
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Shooting on Riverfront Road sends one to hospital, another to jail
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — An incident Tuesday evening at a residence on Riverfront Road landed one man in jail and another in the hospital with a gunshot wound. Lovely resident Kenneth Mollette, 30, allegedly fired multiple shots at his wife’s ex-husband, 37-year-old Jason Fields of Lovely, striking him once in the leg…
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Inez leaves items on the table
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Inez City Commission left several items on the table at Thursday’s meeting. Mayor Ed Daniels said Ronnie Worrix, an engineer who works for Inez businessman Jim Booth, contacted him about annexing Park Place into the city road plan. “That would include all but the street where you…
