Police and Courts

Recent sentences by Magistrate Greg Miller:

Jonathan Robert Hayes, 21, of Adams Road, Winchester, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $236 fine & court costs for obstructing an officer. Twenty days of the jail term were suspended and he was placed on a year's probation.

A man charged with attempted murder was one of 20 people indicted by the Morgan County Grand Jury on Tuesday, January 8.

Timothy G. Evans, 45, of Hunters Camp Road, Great Cacapon, was indicted for attempted murder, malicious assault, brandishing a knife and domestic battery.

Chief Deputy Vince Shambaugh reported these recent calls:

January 6

A number of recent burglaries are being investigated by West Virginia State Police, the Morgan County Sheriff's Department and Berkeley Springs Police.

Two homes and one car were broken into with items stolen on Henry O. Michael Road over the holidays.

Recent sentences by Magistrate Kermit Ambrose:

Kevin Stotler, 39, of Paw Paw was sentenced to six months & a day in jail and ordered to pay $661 fine & court costs for fleeing in a vehicle from police. All but 10 days of the jail time was suspended and he was placed on a year's probation.

The West Virginia State Police will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on Friday, December 21 between the hours of 7

p.m. and 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 22 at the following

Circuit Judge Gina Groh sentenced two people and revoked the probation of two others in Morgan County Circuit Court in the past week.

Sentences

Recent sentences by Magistrate Kermit Ambrose:

Michael Malone, 39, of Highland Way, Berkeley Springs, was sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay $686 fine & court costs for domestic battery.

Recent sentences by Magistrate Greg Miller:

Jason Michael Cannon, 30, of Greenspring was sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay $521 in fines & court costs for fleeing from an officer and reckless driving. His sentence runs concurrent with a Hampshire County sentence and then he will be placed on a year's probation.

Chief Deputy Vince Shambaugh reports the following calls from December 3-10.

December 3