Tag: Sexual Assault

Feds Hosting Domestic Violence Discussion in W.Va.

A federal prosecutor is holding a roundtable discussion on domestic violence and sexual assault.U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld will conduct the meeting…

  A federal prosecutor is holding a roundtable discussion on domestic violence and sexual assault.

U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld will conduct the meeting at the YWCA of Wheeling on Thursday afternoon.

Others expected to be in attendance include county sheriffs and prosecutors and members of violence prevention programs.

Ihlenfeld’s office says the discussion about domestic violence and sexual assault in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle is one of several scheduled throughout the state this week in response to the case of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.

A video surfaced last week showing Rice punching Janay Palmer, now his wife, in a casino elevator. Within hours, the Ravens released Rice and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended him indefinitely.

Mingo Co. School Administrators Removed After Students Charged with Sexual Assault

West Virginia’s attorney general says some school administrators have been reassigned after a lawsuit claimed they brushed aside allegations that two boys at a middle school sexually abused female classmates.
 
Patrick Morrisey says Burch Middle School in Mingo County will have an outside professional serve as an administrator until the school year ends June 12.

Morrisey says in a news release that a Mingo County judge signed a preliminary order Wednesday prohibiting all defendants in the lawsuit from having contact with the alleged victims and their families.
 
 Morrisey filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging the abuse and that school officials interfered with a state police investigation. The lawsuit says school administrators retaliated against the girls for reporting allegations.
 
 The boys also face criminal charges filed by Mingo County’s prosecutor.

Rape Evidence Collection Bill Passes W.Va. Senate

Legislation to regulate and improve the training of nurses who collect forensic evidence in sexual assault cases has passed in both the West Virginia…

Legislation to regulate and improve the training of nurses who collect forensic evidence in sexual assault cases has passed in both the West Virginia Senate and House.
 
The Senate passed the bill Thursday to create a Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Commission to regulate these specially-trained registered nurses at the county and state levels.

Sen. Corey Palumbo said the bill aims to address inadequacies in the collection of evidence in sexual assault cases. He said not every health facility currently has a trained sexual assault nurse, which can impede or prevent evidence collection.
 
The bill’s sponsor, Del. Barbara Fleischauer, has said the State Forensics Lab estimates up to 75 percent of rape kits have collection or documentation errors.
 
The bill will now go to the governor.

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