Police blotter highlights multiple Nov. 22 to 29 incidents
Nov 22 29 blotter items report arrest for marijuana possession on Interstate 77 and 4.5 grams plus two pills. Nov 24 traffic stop with alleged drug sales leads to arrest of Jerry Poore and seizure. Nov 25 DUI with injury, leaving scene, assault on officer. troys Goins Jr bellicose at Mercer County facility. Nov 27 domestic battery, burglary and theft at local stores. Nov 28 Worthless check and cocaine possession at McDonalds. Nov 29 sexual assault concealment of a minor. petit larceny and property destruction follow up. Multiple counties, various suspects, local law enforcement investigated.
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W.E. Rose
Eagle Talon
Rose
Haden Hamby
North Carolina
Dep
D.A. Furbes
Poore Hollow Road
Jerry Poore
Duhring
Dep. S.A
Sommers
Montcalm
Angela Smith
Maybeury
Dep. S.A. Sommers
Hiawatha
S.J. Cary
Mercer County Sheriff's Office
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Cary
Jacob Clifford Roberts
Bluefield
William L. Ruble II
Durham
N.C
J.E. Parks
Glenwood
J’s Grocery
Kegley
H.L. Harmon
E.P. Parks
R.E. Haynes
Roy G. Roberts Jr
Princeton
McDonald's
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Howard J. Blankenship
PPD
Mercer County
J.E. Coulter
B.K. Ruble
M.B. Gergely
Green Valley
Adam Paul Cecil
J.D. Halsey
Sgt
Walker Street
Morrison Drive
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T.A. Gray
Ritter Street
M.K. Bolton
W.A. Peery
G.C. Paisel
Rogers Street
P. Hill
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West
Wooten
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Consol Energy
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West Virginia Coal Association
Chris Hamilton
the Wooten
Hamilton
Ron
United Mine
West Virginia mine safety chief vows safer operations and inspections
Ron Wooten, 61, director of the Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training, outlines aims to boost funding for inspectors, analyze 2006 fatalities, and consider restructuring the department to free inspectors for more field time. He cites a West Virginia drug use problem in the industry and signals a possible career finale in the state amid scrutiny from peers and critics.
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Steve Webber
Tempe apologizes after officer coaxes rap to dodge ticket
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Tempe
Hugh Hallman
Tom Ruff
Ruff
Phoenix
Chuck Schoville
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Action Network
Jarrett Maupin
Hall
Ryff
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