Drug ring busted in Mercer County three arrested
A three year probe by the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force and Mercer County Sheriff's Department led to the arrest of Michael Armisted 35 of Yonkers New York Alaine McKenzie 40 of Princeton and Nicholas Edwards 24 of Princeton on charges tied to a Mercer County New York based drug distribution conspiracy. Investigators say up to 1000 dil a udid pills were moved weekly with a street value of about 6000 to 9000 dollars. The suspects are jailed on cash bonds with Edwards already under a prior arrest and bond revocation.
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Princeton
Southern Regional Drug & Violent Crime Task Force
Mercer County
C.J. Smothers
Sheriff’s Department
Armisted
Smothers
McKenzie
Edwards
Timm Boggess
Mercer
Jose Centeno
West Virginia State Police
Jose
A.D. Beasley
Mercer County Sheriff’s
Days Inn
Bill Sadler
Mercer County Circuit Court
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Beaver
Jerry Flanagan
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
State Police
Bill Archer
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Virginia Tech to replace memorial with 32 engraved stones
Virginia Tech will replace the temporary campus memorials with 32 granite gray limestone stones honoring the victims of the April 16 shooting. Each 300 pound stone will bear a name, be set in an arc near the administration building, and be offered to victims’ families as an intermediate memorial until a permanent site is chosen. Construction starts immediately and should finish by August return.
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Roanoke
Virginia Tech
Hokies United
Seung-Hui Cho
Charles Steger
Blacksburg
Larry Hincker
Steger
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Hincker
Two Seriously Injured In McDowell Motorcycle Crash
Two people were seriously injured Thursday when a motorcycle struck a dog while passing a crane on Route 16 in North Welch McDowell County. The male and female riders were taken to Welch Community Hospital and the woman may be moved to Charleston Area Medical Center. The dog died in the crash and Lt. Eugene Muncey led the investigation with Welch Police Chief Richard Van Dyke.
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McDowell
Welch
Route 16
McDowell County
S.P McKinney
Welch Police Department
Welch Community Hospital
Donna Baker
Charleston Area
Eugene Muncey
Richard van Dyke
Charles Owens
Cowens
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Police blotter report from June incidents in Bluefield area
June 6 blotter items include a bear hit on Route 460 near WVVA with no locate, thefts at Bluefield Community Center and McDonald’s on Bluefield Avenue, fireworks complaints, domestic battery arrest, a Talbot Street burglary deemed civil, a Bluefield Avenue crash, a Stolen vehicle on Preston Street resolved between parties, harassment on Rogers Street, tobacco violation on West Cumberland Road, and an improperly stored vehicle on Mountain View Avenue all investigated by local deputies and officers.
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Princeton
Wvva
Prim. J
Prim. R.D. Davis
McDonald’s
Bluefield Avenue
Talbot Street
Cpl
M.D. McPherson
Spruce
Prim
J.D. Vance
Sgt
D.M. Dillon
Preston Street
M.D
Cumberland Road
Ptim
Mountain View Avenue
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