July 15, 2019: Pursuit Ends With Arrest
Craig Lee Smith, III (28 years old of Hampshire Drive near Jefferson, WV) is under arrest following a pursuit this afternoon. Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Property Crimes detectives spotted him...
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July 18, 2019: Drug Arrest on Dry Ridge
This afternoon detectives and K9 units executed a search warrant in the 1100 block of Dry Ridge Road near Saint Albans, WV. They located five marijuana plants growing and a plastic box with 58 grams...
View ArticleHomicide Investigation – 101 Howard Avenue, Dunbar
On July 28, 2019 at 3:34 am, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to 101 Howard Avenue in the Dunbar area, to investigate a shooting incident. Upon arrival, Deputies discovered a female...
View ArticleJuly 28, 2019: Name Release in Murder Investigation
We are now able to release the name of the victim of this morning’s murder near Dunbar: Alice M. Washington, 52 years old of Dunbar, WV. Anyone with information regarding this homicide is urged to...
View ArticleJuly 29, 2019: Child Abuse Arrest
David Stafford, 33 years old of Cabin Creek, WV, is under arrest charged with child abuse resulting in injuries, a felony. Mr. Stafford is accused of injuring a six year old male child of his...
View ArticleAugust 1, 2019: Operation GPA Press Conference
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office will be resuming Operation GPA (Graduate – Prom Alive) this month as a new school year begins. Our school safety initiative, funded by the Kanawha County...
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Crystal D. Kiser -Missing Person
On August 11, 2019, Deputies responded to Lessie Lane in Sissonville to take a report of a missing person. Missing since August 09, 2019, around 10:00 pm., Crystal Dawn Kiser, 37 years old, is a...
View ArticleAugust 29, 2019: On-Street Parking for Taxpayers
September 3, 2019 is the deadline for discounted first-half of the year tax collections. Each year about this time the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office’s Tax Division sees an increase in the volume of...
View ArticleSeptember 6, 2019: Arrest Made in Crystal Kiser Disappearance and Murder
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View ArticleSeptember 10, 2019: Shooting Death Near Saint Albans
This morning at around 10:30 am Metro 911 received a call of a domestic disturbance on Shadywood Lane in the Brown’s Creek area near Saint Albans, WV. The female caller told dispatchers a man was...
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September 11, 2019: Missing Runaway Juvenile
Overnight a 17 year old girl ran away from her home on Victoria Road near Dunbar, WV. Kristen Ellard is 5’3" tall, weighs approximately 100 pounds, and has a red heart tattoo on her left wrist which...
View ArticleSeptember 11, 2019: Names Released from Yesterday’s Shooting Death
Yesterday afternoon a man was shot and killed during what is believed to have been a domestic disturbance. We are now permitted to release the names of those involved in the incident. Thomas Parish,...
View ArticleSeptember 18, 2019: Pedestrian Killed on Childress Road
This morning around 6:30 a.m. a man was struck by a pickup truck while walking on Childress Road near Alum Creek, WV. The striking vehicle remained on scene and the driver called 911 immediately....
View ArticleSeptember 19, 2019: Pursuit Leads to Arrest
On September 18, 2019 Sergeant J. S. Cochran was dispatched to a disturbance on Quartz Road, Elkview, WV. A caller to 911 said a man and woman were fighting. He was pulling her hair and she was...
View ArticleSeptember 19, 2019: Operation Clear Track Participation
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office will be assisting with a nationwide effort called Operation Clear Track. Deputies will patrol near high-volume traffic railroad...
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September 26, 2019: Missing Person in Elkview Area
On Wednesday evening, September 25, 2019, Deputies were dispatched to take a missing person report on Weeping Willow Lane in the Elkview area. Miranda Myers, 38 years old of Elkview, WV, was last...
View ArticleSeptember 27, 2019: Felony Arrests in Elkview Break-In
On September 6, 2019 Deputies were dispatched to a breaking and entering on Coco Road in the Elkview area. Two suspects were seen fleeing the area on a stolen Polaris side-by-side, having taken...
View ArticleSeptember 29, 2019: Man Charged with Attempted Murder of Medics
On the evening of September 28, 2019 a Metro 911 dispatched Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies to the 5800 block of Elk River Road in Elkview, WV. Callers to 911 said there was a man on the side of...
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Follow up to Breaking and Entering at Cross Lanes Church
From the Office of the Sheriff Mike Rutherford: Detectives from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office have been following up on leads and have executed a search warrant pertaining to this incident....
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