Police and Courts

Another Berkeley Springs High School student has been expelled for drug possession on school property. The 16-year-old male 10th grader was expelled for 45 days after a disciplinary hearing at the May 1 meeting of the Morgan County School Board.

To be readmitted to school, the student will have to prove he stays drug-free for a year and has to attend regular counseling sessions.

Chief Deputy Vince Shambaugh reported these recent calls:

May 7

Town of Bath Police Chief James Minton reported these recent calls:

May 4

Chief Deputy Vince Shambaugh reported these recent calls:

Clarification. The reported arrest of Laura Simpson on April 22 should have read for a failure to appear in court warrant not a violation of protective order.

Recent sentences by Magistrate Kermit Ambrose:

Philip Charles McAnulty, Jr., 24, of Laurel Hill Lane, Berkeley Springs, was given a suspended sentence of a year in jail and ordered to pay $186 court costs for domestic battery. He was placed on probation and must attend counseling.

A Berkeley Springs woman was arrested for being a fugitive from justice last Friday afternoon, April 27, after a traffic stop on Harrison Avenue.

Brenda Lee Belanger, 41, of Betty Lane, was arrested after Corporal Craig Pearrell tried to stop her when he noticed that her brown Lincoln Town Car had no inspection sticker, according to Bath Police Chief James Minton.

Town of Bath Police Chief James Minton reported these recent calls:

April 23

Recent sentences by Magistrate Kermit Ambrose:

Edward Thomas Davies,

The State Supreme Court article in last week's Morgan Messenger reported a wrong date for one of the cases due to a misprint.

Chief Deputy Vince Shambaugh reported these recent calls:

April 15