July 12, 2014: Update on Fatal Motorcycle Crash
The scene of the motorcycle crash on U.S. Route 60 near Hughes Creek in Kanawha County is now cleared. The deceased driver of the only vehicle involved, a motorcycle, was Robert Payne (52 of...
View ArticleJuly 14, 2014: Bank Robbery in Elkview
On July 14, 2014 at approximately 12:45 p.m. a man entered the Elkview branch of Poca Valley Bank and committed a robbery. He brandished a firearm and left on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash....
View ArticleJuly 17, 2014: DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Saturday
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program will be conducting a high visibility sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, July 19, 2014 from 9:00 p.m. to...
View ArticleJuly 25, 2014: Fleeing Felon Caught on Wills Creek Road
On the afternoon of July 24, 2014 Deputy S. Cowan of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a breaking and entering on Newhouse Branch Road, in the Elkview patrol area. When he arrived...
View ArticleAugust 6, 2014: Fugitive Found in Virginia
Members of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Division tracked Fatima Richardson (25 years old of Hopewell, VA) to her mother’s residence in Hopewell, VA. Richardson was wanted on a circuit...
View ArticleAugust 6, 2014: Fugitive Arrested on Circuit Court Capias
On August 6, 2014 the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Warrant’s Division and Deputy United States Marshals arrested Tiffany Ann Graley (22 years old of Saint Albans, WV) at the Motel 6 in Cross Lanes,...
View ArticleBank Robbery Elkview
A male just robbed the Chase Bank in Elkview minutes ago and the suspect vehicle is a gold, tan or beige Chev Malibu. We don’t have a direction of travel. Please broadcast. Thanks, Captain...
View ArticleSchool Zone Safety Patrol
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is again leading the way toward school safety. Protecting our children is paramount and school zone patrols are just one of the many programs throughout the year...
View ArticleAugust 8, 2014: Update on Suspect Vehicle in Robbery
Detectives with the Kanawha Bureau of Investigation have been investigating the robbery of Chase Bank in Elkview yesterday. Initially attention was given to a gold Chevrolet Malibu seen leaving the...
View ArticleAugust 13, 2014: DUI Checkpoint Thursday Night
Please see the attached release from our Traffic Enforcement Sergeant. – Corporal B. D. Humphreys Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office 301 Virginia Street East, Charleston WV 25301 desk:...
View ArticleAugust 13, 2014: Still Searching for Juvenile
As of 5:15 p.m. on August 13, 2014, Erica Brown of the Poca area is still missing. She is 16 years old. Below is the original press release sent by Sergeant S. D. Snuffer of the Kanawha County...
View ArticleAugust 13, 2014: Update to Bank Robbery in Elkview
Detectives with the Kanawha Bureau of Investigation and Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office have been investigating the robbery of Chase Bank in Elkview, WV, on August 7, 2014. Investigators are asking...
View ArticleAugust 14, 2014: Sexual Assault of Minor in Cross Lanes
On August 13, 2014 Deputy A. L. Collins was dispatched to an address in Cross Lanes for a reported sexual assault of a four year old girl. Upon arrival the Deputy began an investigation, and later...
View ArticleAugust 14, 2014: DUI Checkpoint Scheduled
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, will be conducting a high visibility sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, August 16, 2014 from 7:00 p.m. to...
View ArticleMalicious Wounding and Wanton Endangerment
Just after 9:30pm last night Deputy T.A. Fouch was dispatched to the South Charleston area after Patrolman J.A. Bailes stopped a car for speeding in on MacCorkle Avenue. Patrolman Bailed discovered a...
View ArticleUpdate: Malicious Wounding and Wanton Endangerment
George McColgan III, later told detectives he went to Oliver Street in St. Albans on the pre-tense of repaying a “drug debt” by doing some mechanical work on a car. Once he got there, he was attacked....
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