December 4, 2019: Seasonal Scams
Another several scams are going around… The first one involves a letter allegedly from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office’s Tax Division. Always independently verify the numbers you’re dialing are...
View ArticleDecember 6, 2019: Missing Man from Saint Albans
Last night the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office began investigating a missing person complaint. James Cecil Moore has been missing since 9:30 yesterday morning (December 5, 2019). His family says he...
View ArticleDecember 7, 2019: Missing Man Found
James Cecil Moore was located overnight at a hospital in Princeton, WV. We are grateful for your helping us spread the word of his disappearance so we could find him quickly and reconnect him with...
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December 11, 2019: Arrest in Multiple Property Crimes
On December 10, 2019, detectives with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office’s Property Crimes Unit and Deputies with our Warrants Squad arrested Justin Davis for several felony and misdemeanor offenses....
View ArticleDecember 30, 2019: NYE Patrols
As New Year’s Eve is a night of celebration for many people Deputy Sheriffs with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting additional patrols. Some of the additional deputies will be...
View ArticleJanuary 1, 2020: Officer Involved Shooting in Cross Lanes
On December 31, 2019 around 11:30 p.m. Deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office arrived on Dawn Street in the West Gate subdivision to investigate a suspicious person who may have pointed a...
View ArticleJanuary 1, 2020: Update To Shooting
A warrant for Michael Vincent Davis, 49 years old of Poca, WV, has been obtained in this case. Mr. Davis is still hospitalized following last night’s shooting. Upon his release from the hospital he...
View ArticleJanuary 5, 2019: Missing Person from Jonquil Drive Area
Courtney Renae Blankenship was reported missing to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Friday night. Her family has not heard from her since that day. She left a residence on Jonquil Drive that...
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January 10, 2020: Missing Person from Sissonville
Yesterday evening the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office was notified by immediate family members of the disappearance of 27 year old Kimberly Danielle Cline and her six year old daughter, Abagail Hope...
View ArticleJanuary 16, 2020: Update on Cross Lanes Officer-Involved Shooting
The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County has closed the criminal investigation into the New Year’s Eve shooting in Cross Lanes involving Kanawha County Deputies. Deputies were...
View ArticleJanuary 19, 2019: Shooting Overnight
Last night Deputies were dispatched to an address on Fishers Fork Road near Charleston for a reported shooting. Deputies arrived and detained, and subsequently arrested Paul Leon Parsons (63 years...
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January 22, 2020: Arrests in Cell Tower Cable Thefts
Recently there have been seven break-ins at cell tower sites in Cabin Creek, WV. Our Property Crimes detectives have been working the cases and have recently made several arrests. A cell tower in...
View ArticleJanuary 27, 2020: Deputy Struck by Car Fleeing Domestic, Suspect Jailed
On January 26, 2020, just after 6:00 p.m. Metro 911 received a 911 call indicating a disturbance was occurring on Bluebell Drive in Cross Lanes, WV. The first Deputy on scene saw Michael Oakes (34...
View ArticleJanuary 28, 2020: Fatal Crash on I-79
Last night around 6:45 p.m. a crash was reported near the 3 mile marker of I-79 South. Deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched and arrived to find a fatal crash. A sedan...
View ArticleJanuary 28, 2020: Pedestrian Killed in Clendenin
Last night in Clendenin, WV, a crash was reported to Metro 911. A Jeep Renegade struck a pedestrian walking in the 5500 block of Elk River Road North. The pedestrian, Warren "Wyatt" Young (20 years...
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February 3, 2020: Runaway Children
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for Lucas Holmes (age 11), Delaney Holmes (age 9), Kaylena Holmes (age 8). They ran away from their caregivers west of Saint Albans, WV....
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February 4, 2020: Missing Person from Davis Creek Area
Landon Moore (27 years old of Davis Creek, WV) has been missing since yesterday evening around 6:00 p.m. when he was last seen at his father’s residence in Davis Creek, WV. Today he was reported...
View ArticleFebruary 7, 2020: Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest
Overnight, in the early morning hours of February 7, 2020, Corporal J. L. Lester watched a vehicle driving in the Malden area. The vehicle stopped in a lane of traffic, then coasted backwards before...
View ArticleFebruary 7, 2020: Missing Woman and Child Found Safe
Kimberly Cline and her daughter, Abagail Hope Lester, have been located in another state. Law enforcement officers there have verified they are safe, and do not want their location revealed. We are...
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