Police Blotter Highlights In Mercer Princeton WV Area
West Virginia state and Princeton police report multiple incidents. First offense DUI and no seatbelt charges against Basil Eugene Keffer. windshield broken on John Perry's Bluefield vehicle. harassing calls by Drema Swecker. stalking charge against Patricia Lawson. assault and wanton endangerment with a firearm against Janet Franklin. Also gas drive off, brick assault on Mercer Street, malice assault for Kevin Blankenship, baseball bat hit and $22 theft from Sandra Seal, shoplifting at Advance Auto Parts, car stolen from Ralph Martin and recovered, attempted breaking and entering at Mercer School lab, breaking and entering to a vehicle at Mercer Mall, theft of speakers and tapes from Alisa Akers’ vehicle.
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Princeton City
P.W. Hill
Mercer Street
Kevin L. Blankenship
Princeton
L.J. Harman
Sandra Seal
D.L. Spradlin
Advance Auto Parts
W.L. Harman
Ralph B. Martin
Washington Ave
Moose Lodge
Martin
J.W. Davis Jr
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Mercer Mall
Lashmeet
Alisa Akers
McDowell County Court Reports Include Stolen Vehicles and DUIs
Daily Record details multiple McDowell County incidents including a single vehicle crash in Prater Hollow after brake failure, a CD player theft in Green Valley, and two stolen cars in East Coast Auto Sales and Hurricane Ridge. Police log vandalism and alarms at local addresses, plus several arrests for DUI, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. Notes list suspects Nathan Snapp, Eric Matney, Jess Hollaway, Billy Vance, Willie Coleman with addresses and bonds.
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Puty
W.W. Worley
Prater Hollow
William Michael Sampson
Falls Mills
Lt. R. Earnest
Robb Flint
Green Valley
W.V. Worley
Teresa Burgess
Hurricane Ridge
R.A. Hill
Ron McKenzie
Nathan Snapp
Stoney Hill Road
Bluff City
Tenn
E.L. Smith
Welch Detachment
State Police
Eric D. Matney
Box
Avondale
Sgt
M.D. Shelton
McDowell County
911 calls clutter Mercer County center says Mullens
Mercer County 911 director T K Mullens says more than half of the 911 calls since launch are non emergencies. Through June 4 the center logged 34 582 calls with 16 338 911 and 18 244 administrative calls. Residents are urged to direct other inquiries to proper agencies.
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Princeton
911
T.K. Mullens
Mullens
Mercer County
Mercer Countians
McDowell residents air water concerns at public hearing
McDowell County residents voiced worries about future water services during a public hearing at the Welch Public Library. The McDowell County Water Resources Committee and engineers discussed dividing the county into two regions for separate water systems, with Region 1 near Munson and Region 2 around War near Lake Berwind.
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Welch
McDowell County
Welch Public Library
McDowell County Water Resources Committee
MCWRC
West Virginia- Virginia
Munson
Berwind
Virginia
Skygusty
Aaron Keno
Gannett-Fleming
Pittsburgh
Keno
Princeton grants funds to curb DUI offenses
Princeton Police Department has received a 3136 grant to enforce DUI laws by paying overtime for 90 days starting July. Police Chief C A Kassay notes the program previously yielded about 50 DUI arrests in three months, and a $9000 grant last year also supported similar enforcement.
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Princeton
Princeton City
C.A. Kassay
Kassay
Man acquitted in death faces stolen property charges
Fred Ray Buchanan, 49, of Bluefield Mercer County, was convicted Wednesday in Mercer County Circuit Court of transferring stolen property related to 1993 frozen meat from an R.G. Gunnee Farms truck parked near Route 19 in Bluefield. Sentencing set for July 21 after probation report. Witnesses defaulted. one left mid trial. Buchanan earlier faced acquittals in Virginia and in the 1993 death of Claudine Farmer Waddle. His brother James Buchanan was convicted in Bland County, Virginia, for Waddle’s death.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Fred Ray Buchanan
Mercer County
Buchanan
R.G. Gunnee Farms
Route 19
Charles Smith
David W. Knight
James Buchanan
Waddle
Bland County
Recount Breaks Tie in Oakvale Council Seat
Mercer County Oakvale recount ends with Iris Harry defeating James Hammond by two votes for the fifth council seat. Tuesday results had tied, three challenged votes were ruled invalid, and errors in counting were corrected during canvass. The new council includes Harry, Jack Thomas, Kevin Blankenship, Dorothy Copenhaver and Brenda Thomas. Swearing in is set for July.
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Oakvale
Mercer County
O Bee Boothe
Iris Harry
James Hammond
Harry
Hammond
Boothe
Jack Thomas
Kevin Blankenship
Dorothy Copenhaver
Brenda Thomas
Debbie Rachael
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Janet Lee Franklin
T.D. Bradley
Mercer School
M.W. Lytton
Daily Record
McDowell County Magistrate Court
Tazewell Ave
Jack Asbury
Virginia Ave
C. Saunders
Bluefield Family Medicine
E.J. Honaker
D. Brewster
Bluefield Police Department
Union Street
G.A. Haynes
Cumberland Road
D.M. Dillon
Colonial Jewelers
Princeton Avenue
T.L. Simmons
Opera House
Bland St
R.L. Carriger
Rogers St
Maybeury
Johnny Addair
Northfork Police Department
Billy Howard Vance
Bishop
Willie Coleman
Hemphill
J.R. Vandyke
Welch Police Department
Barbara Hawkins
The
Daily Telegraph
Inas Al-Attar
Board Certified
American Board of Pediatrics
New Hope Professional Park
New Hope Road
McDowell
Lance Tabor
West Virginia Conservation Agency
Tabor
West Virginia
U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
Gaston Caperton
Grant
Eddie Lee Isom
NEW Graham Pharmacy Inc
New Graham Pharmacy
Bluefield, VA
R. M. Kaufman
CPA
Atase Siv
Buck Stove & Pools
Roger St
Beckley Rd
Princeton, WV
Christ
Angels
Billy Graham
P.O. Box
WDBJ
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