Leslie Rubin

'I wonder still to this day, why me?' victim tells court before ex-chief sentenced She came and sat in the center of the front row in the courtroom. Just a few feet in front of her, Larry Clay, Jr.

'I wonder still to this day, why me?' victim tells court before ex-chief sentenced wchstv.com/news/local/f...

She is free on a $20,000 property bond and will return to court in January for a pre-trial hearing.

JUST IN: Amy Allen, a former Putnam County bus driver who is accused of crashing her school bus full of kids while under the influence, has pleaded not guilty to a 51-count indictment recently returned against her.

City council urged to act on findings from police misconduct reports in Dunbar Status of investigative matters"As of recent months, we undertook to investigate two substantial matters of suspscted

More details surrounding the findings of two investigative reports focused on suspected police misconduct by two members of the Dunbar Police Department were released Monday during a police civil service commission meeting.

🫡🫡here to serve

FBI searches ex-officer's previous home who is person of interest in woman's disappearance Gretchen Fleming, 27, of Vienna was last seen Dec. 4, 2022.

This was by far our most read story last week. Will be paying close attention in the coming weeks to see what, if anything, comes next.

New W.Va. law meant to protect identities of sex crimes victims also shielding suspects A new West Virginia law meant to protect the identities of victims of sex crimes is also now shielding those who are accused of the crimes by limiting access to

Anyways, here’s an explainer of the law I did a while back. wchstv.com/news/local/n...

There’s no penalty or repercussions for releasing the documents. I also take protecting victims of sex crimes EXTREMELY seriously (as does every other journalist I know) and would never publish any identifying information about a victim without their consent.

Their reasoning to pass the law they claimed was to protect victims. Makes sense. However, it’s ended up protecting those charged with the crimes. Clerks are confused by the law, some don’t follow it all (either knowingly or unknowingly)

Not so fun fact about this story. I had to jump through hoops and fire to get a copy of this criminal complaint in magistrate court. Took 2 days when it should take 30 seconds. The reason - the WV legislature made it illegal for clerks to release complaints for defendants charged with sex crimes.

South Central Regional Jail officer faces charges of imposing sexual acts on inmate A correctional officer at the South Central Regional Jail is accused of having sexual contact with an inmate on more than one occasion.Stephen Anthony Elswick,

South Central Regional Jail officer faces charges of imposing sexual acts on inmate

Hi! Here to see what all the hype is about! I’m a longtime reporter in Charleston, WV. West Virginia is my home and always will be. I’m a total news junkie and excited to share my work here and interact with all of you 🙂