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The Megan Williams case involves a 20-year-old African American woman from West Virginia, who was kidnapped, raped and tortured by six people, including several members of one family [1] in a racist attack. Among other things, the suspects were charged with stabbing Williams, dousing her with hot water, and forcing her to eat rat, dog, and ...
Oct. 5—PRINCETON — A Mercer County man has been charged with felony strangulation and other domestic charges, according to a criminal complaint filed by a Mercer County detective. Aaron Miles ...
Nov. 9—A surgeon with Mon Health Medical Center appeared twice in Monongalia County Magistrate Court this week for hearings regarding domestic battery and violation of protective order charges ...
Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault, which is the act of creating reasonable fear or apprehension of such contact. Battery is a specific common law offense, although the term is used more generally to refer to any unlawful offensive physical contact with another person. Battery is defined by ...
In criminal cases they issue and record affidavits, complaints, arrest warrants, and search warrants, as well as set bail and make decisions concerning proposed plea agreements, the collection of courts costs, cash bonds, and fines. Magistrates issue emergency protective orders in cases involving domestic violence.
Feb. 8—ANDERSON — The Wilkinson man arrested by the Anderson Police Department SWAT team on Wednesday was wanted on a warrant for domestic battery with a deadly weapon. Isaiah L. Crawford, 19 ...
Thomas was held on charges of first-degree reckless injury, two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, theft ($2,500 to $5,000), and use of a dangerous weapon, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Jail or Agency: Milwaukee County Jail (MCJ) State: Wisconsin; Date arrested or booked: 4 ...
A few minutes later, Brashers was apprehended while wandering the beach and charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and using a firearm during the commission of a crime. He was convicted the following year and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment but was granted parole on May 4, 1989.