Tag: Sheriff Department

Second Man Charged With Beckley Hit-and-Run Death

Police have charged a second person with murder in the death of a Raleigh County man who was hit by a pickup truck.

Media outlets report that Raleigh County sheriff’s deputies arrested 23-year-old Austin Ray Redden of Glen Morgan on Friday.

Redden’s brother, 28-year-old Willis Wilson of Princewick, was arrested earlier last week.
 

The sheriff’s office has said that Wilson and the victim, Tommy Joe Lambert of Besoco, were involved in an altercation on May 9.

Witnesses told deputies that they saw a pickup truck intentionally swerve and hit Lambert in Besoco before fleeing.
 

 A criminal complaint says Wilson was driving the truck and Redden was a passenger. Both brothers are being held at the Southern Regional Jail.

W.Va. Law Enforcement Get Money for Drug Disposal Boxes

Three West Virginia law enforcement departments getting money to buy boxes for residents to safely get rid of unused prescriptions.

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the Shepherdstown Police Department and sheriffs departments in Boone and Roane counties received grants to buy the drug disposal boxes.

The grants were awarded as part of the Dispose Responsibly of Prescriptions program through the Public Health Trust. The program seeks to provide a permanent medicine disposal container in each county.

Morrisey says prescription drug abuse is a significant problem in West Virginia and the trust is committed to helping city, county and state law enforcement in in their efforts to dispose of unused or expired medicine.

Law enforcement departments may still apply through Morrisey’s office for a grant to purchase a drug disposal box.

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