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Additional New Year’s Eve Patrols
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is assigning extra Deputies to patrol Kanawha County roads New Year’s Eve and into the early morning hours. Each of the 23 Deputies will be tasked with searching...
View ArticleJanuary 6, 2014: Woman Found Dead in Saint Albans Apartment
On January 6, 2014, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Metro 911 operators received a call of a cardiac arrest on Miracle Drive, near Saint Albans, WV. Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority medics...
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January 8, 2014: Texas Man Arrested in Malden on Drug Charges
On January 7, 2014 the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office S.T.O.P Team conducted an investigation involving the distribution of methamphetamine. The S.T.O.P Team received tips and information that...
View ArticleJanuary 10, 2014: Water Emergency Efforts
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office has mobilized Deputy Sheriffs and other assets to assist with the ongoing state of emergency. More than 30 Deputy Sheriffs are on-duty responding to emergency...
View ArticleJanuary 10, 2014: Threat Response at Freedom Industries
On January 10, 2014 at approximately 1:55 p.m. Metro 911 received a call from Freedom Industries. An employee reported a threat to the business’ employees. A male called Freedom Industries and said...
View ArticleJanuary 11, 2014: Water Emergency Efforts Update
On January 11, 2014 the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to implement its emergency operations plan. Additional staff has been operating throughout the previous night and today. The...
View ArticleJanuary 11, 2014: Murderer Sentenced to Life Without Mercy
On January 10, 2014, Tremale Straughter was sentenced to prison for life without mercy by Judge Jennifer Bailey. Straughter was convicted of first degree murder last November after shooting and...
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January 12, 2014: Traffic Assistance Leads to Arrest
At about 11:30 a.m. on January 12, 2014, Deputy Sheriffs were assisting with escorting a truck hauling a trailer of water to the West Side Volunteer Fire Department on West Main Street, near Saint...
View ArticleJanuary 13, 2014: Continuing Efforts with Water Emergency
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its emergency operations plan today, as it has since early Friday. Deputy Sheriffs are still assisting at water distribution sites by providing...
View ArticleJanuary 13, 2014: Cross Lanes Cold Spot Robbed this Morning
This morning, January 13, 2014, shortly after 7:00 a.m. the Cold Spot convenience store on Cross Lanes Drive was robbed. The suspect feigned having a handgun and demanded cash. He left on foot with...
View ArticleJanuary 14, 2014: Volunteer Fireman Struck by Vehicle During Water Distribution
On Monday, January 13, 2014 at about 11:00 a.m. at the West Side Volunteer Fire Department on West Main Street near Saint Albans, WV, a volunteer firefighter was struck by a passing vehicle. A...
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January 17, 2014: Arrests Made in Elkview Grand Larceny
On January 6, 2014 Deputies B. J. Pauley and M. S. Sims were dispatched by Metro 911 to a building owned by O. V. Smith and Sons. Among other businesses, the building housed Appalachian Independent...
View ArticleJanuary 17, 2014: Fatal Crash on Campbell’s Creek Drive
On January 17, 2014 at approximately 1:41 p.m. a vehicle traveling north on Campbell’s Creek Drive crashed. The driver was killed in the crash. Based on the evidence immediately available,...
View ArticleJanuary 23, 2014: Weather Related Crashes
From midnight, Tuesday morning (January 21, 2014) through Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. Metro 911 received reports of 107 motor vehicle crashes in Kanawha County, WV. Thirty-eight of those crashes were...
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I77 Shutdown at Mile Posts 104-106
Interstate 77 is temporarily shut down due to extreme road conditions southbound beginning at mile post 106. Vehicles are unable to move in the area due to slick ice on the roadway. Drivers are...
View ArticleJanuary 29, 2014: Sobriety 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 Friday, January 31, 2014. The checkpoint is...
View ArticleFebruary 3, 2014: Single-Vehicle Rollver on I-64
This morning, February 3, 2014, at approximately 6:00 a.m. a crash was reported to Metro 911 at the Cross Lanes interchange with I-64. A vehicle roll-over occurred. The vehicle was driven by a...
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February 5, 2014: Clandestine Meth Lab Located in Orchard Manor
On February 5, 2014 the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office’s STOP Team developed probable cause a clandestine meth lab was located in an apartment on Hutchinson Street in the Orchard Manor community of...
View ArticleFebruary 9, 2014: Fatal Crash in Elkview
On February 8, 2014 at approximately 9:48 p.m. A crash was reported to Metro 911. A Chevrolet pickup truck traveling the 5100 block of Elk River Road North struck a natural gas meter, a parked car, and...
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Road Conditions
Road conditions in and around Kanawha County are treacherous, so we urge anyone who does not have an urgent need to travel to please stay where you are. The snow is falling so great that the...
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