As attacks on police officers maintain a national presence in the media, the city of Dunbar is taking steps to protect their patrolmen with the purchase of six Tasers.

"Right now we have three for the whole force," said Mayor Terry Greenlee during Monday's City Council meeting. "We want to arm every patrolman with a Taser. With today's shootings, we want to ensure our men are safe."

Purchase of the Tasers will come at a cost of $6,500, with $3,500 coming from the city's escrow account and $3,000 from local forfeiture.

Any concerns over the police department's possession of the equipment were assuaged by Police Chief Jesse Bailes.

"These will greatly diminish the amount of times we have to go hands-on with people," said Bailes. "Just about every officer, including myself, has allowed ourselves to be hit with the Taser. We know what it feels like and we know it's safe."

Ward 2 Councilman Greg Hudson echoed the sentiments shared by the mayor and other councilmen, stating that the city's officers face substantial challenges and the Tasers are much needed.

"In today's times, if you're wearing a badge as an officer, you're a target," Greenlee said. "Hopefully, times will change back eventually. We have a great police department and we hope to keep it that way."

Focus shifted away from the police force as comments from residents brought concern over the condition of the city's roads. A number of streets were mentioned, with 16th Street and Dunbar Avenue receiving the bulk of the attention.

"I spoke to the Division of Highways over the weekend and was advised that Dunbar is on the list for Roxalana Road to be paved this paving season," Greenlee said.

He noted that while 16th Street is not on the DOH's list at this time, he plans to take action to change that status.

"I am writing a letter to send to the Division of Highways and will hand-deliver it to the Governor's office," Greenlee said. "Others are welcome to join me.

"Dunbar Avenue and 16th Street are terrible. It's time we take stronger action on this."

In other business, council:

n Approved the payment of invoices totaling $127,808.95.

n Approved $5,000 payment to the Beautification Committee for the 2015-16 program.

n Approved $54,400 bid from Ed's Home & Commercial to replace the Bingo Building roof.

n Adopted an ordinance to raise the pay of the fire department's chief, captain and lieutenant.

n Adopted an ordinance to set the pay of the deputy fire chief.

n Announced the date of the annual fire department pancake breakfast, set for 8 to 10 a.m. Oct. 10. The breakfast is free.

n Announced the citywide yard sale will be held Oct. 3, with the start and end times to be determined by residents.

n Scheduled Trick-or-Treat for Thursday, Oct. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m.

n Announced Halloween Bayer Boo Bash will take place Saturday, Oct. 24 at Dunbar Landing from 5 to 9 p.m., tentatively.

A Detroit man was sentenced Monday to six months in prison, followed by six months of home confinement for a federal drug charge, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin's office.

Anthony Curtis Beckley II, 34, had pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston to possessing oxycodone with the intent to distribute it. Beckley admitted that on Oct. 7, 2013, he had over 200 oxycodone pills that he planned to sell.

A Huntington man who assisted in the distribution of prescription pills on multiple occasions in July 2014 was given five years of probation, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin's office.

Eric Lawrence Silverstein, 39, had pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington in January to distributing oxymorphone, Goodwin said in the release.

On July 25, 2014, Silverstein drove a confidential informant to the 1400 block of 4th Avenue in Huntington where he arranged for the informant to receive 10 oxymorphone pills in exchange for $600. Silverstein was paid $100 for setting up the drug deal.

Silverstein also arranged the sale of 8 oxymorphone pills with an informant on July 28, 2014, in Huntington.

A Detroit man who assisted in the distribution of heroin in Huntington in 2013 and 2014 was sentenced Monday to four years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced.

Ramone L. Wells, 20, pleaded guilty in June of 2015 to conspiracy to distribute heroin, according to a news release from Goodwin's office.

Wells worked with multiple co-conspirators who were selling heroin transported from Detroit to Huntington from February 2013 to Dec. 8, 2014. He supervised street-level heroin dealers in Huntington, collected cash from drug sales and sold heroin he received from his co-conspirators.

Multiple people have been convicted for their roles in the conspiracy. They include Paul A. Roberts, who pleaded guilty to maintaining a residence for the distribution of heroin in March 2015; Pricilla Lee Dylan, who pleaded guilty to maintaining a residence for the distribution of heroin in August 2015; Dustin S. Barton, who pleaded guilty to distributing heroin in August 2015; Kenneth E. Baxter, who pleaded guilty to distributing heroin in August 2015; Coty S. Richardson, who pleaded guilty to attempting to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in August 2015; and Sean L. Gist, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin earlier this month.

A Huntington woman has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin.

In December of 2014, a undercover member of the Drug Enforcement Administration bought drugs twice from Jazzmyn Rochon Litzy, also known as Zoe, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin's office.

After obtaining a search warrant, agents found more than 70 grams of heroin and several guns at her home at 127 Oakland Ave. Litzy, 35, had been convicted of robbery in 2001 and drug trafficking and tampering with evidence in 2007, making it a federal crime for her to possess any firearm.

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chambers imposed the sentence.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Martinsburg woman will spend at least two years behind bars after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a fatal heroin overdose.

Multiple media outlets report that 41-year-old Kenyatta White pleaded guilty on Monday to involuntary manslaughter and delivery of heroin.

Berkeley County Circuit Court Judge Michael D. Lorensen sentenced White to a year in jail on the misdemeanor manslaughter charge, followed by one to 15 years in prison on the felony drug charge.

The charges stem from the death of 37-year-old Kelli Christina Austin of Gerradstown in May 2014.

Prosecutors say White helped facilitate a heroin deal that led to Austin's death.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Harrison County commissioner faces charges of fraudulently obtaining money.

Multiple media outlets report that a grand jury indicted Commissioner Bernie Fazzini on four felony counts. The charges include obtaining more than $1,000 under false pretenses and falsifying accounts.

Fazzini's lawyer, Mike Benninger, told The Exponent Telegram that he hadn't seen the indictment. Once all the facts are known, he says he thinks it will be established that Fazzini didn't commit any of the crimes.

Fazzini paid a $3,500 civil fine in May to settle an ethics complaint. The West Virginia Ethics Commission said Fazzini had twice requested the same $3,100 reimbursement for a work trip to Portland, Oregon.

MOOREFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - Moorefield police are continuing to investigate the slaying of a teacher following the death of the suspect.

Police Chief Steven Reckart tells multiple media outlets that 47-year-old Jared D. Connors died on Sept. 18 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Reckart says the investigation of 45-year-old Joy Coby's death is continuing. Connors was the Moorefield Middle School teacher's boyfriend and lived with her.

Police have said Connors shot himself inside Coby's car in the parking lot of a Walmart in Staunton, Virginia, on Sept. 16 as a Virginia State Police trooper approached him. Police began searching for Connors after Coby's body was found that day in woods near her home. He was tracked by his cell phone to Virginia.

A truck carrying an oversized load found itself stuck Tuesday morning in the contraflow lane of Interstate 64 westbound just after the Fort Hill bridge in Charleston.

The truck was traveling through a portion of the sectioned-off lane just before 10 a.m. when it found the fit too tight as the road slightly curved after the Eugene Carter Memorial Bridge, locally known as the Fort Hill bridge. The carrier, Transport Bellemare International from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, struck a bridge support with its load, a large piece of equipment being transported to Mexico.

Officials with the West Virginia Department of Transportation noted Tuesday that wide and oversized loads are notified by the department's Permitting Division to use detour routes while the contraflow lane is in place. Detours are marked along interstates approaching the contraflow lane, and message boards are in place to tell oversize vehicles to exit at 58C, West Washington Street.

The driver, Michael Bernier-Fortin of Cad St-Ignace, Quebec, Canada, and the lead escort driver John Bessy of Canton, New York, were both given citations for failure to obey a traffic control device, said Cpl. Brian W. Jones, of the Charleston Police Department's Traffic Division.

Transportation officials closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 at the 58 mile marker at about noon so they could move the tractor and trailer, which took about 45 minutes.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Two Murray Energy subsidiaries have filed a lawsuit against the United Mine Workers of America alleging breach of contract.

The lawsuit says union workers have refused to report allegedly unsafe working conditions to management. The lawsuit also says union workers have refused to make a sincere effort to resolve any such issues with management.

The Dominion Post reports that Murray Energy American and Consolidation Coal Co., along with five mines, filed the federal lawsuit last week.

Union spokesman Phil Smith tells the newspaper that the lawsuit is without merit.

Under the mines' previous owner, the lawsuit says the union customarily brought health and safety concerns to management before filing a complaint.

Murray Energy acquired the mines from CONSOL Energy in December 2013.

William Kellibrew IV begged for his life when at the age of 10, his mother's ex-boyfriend squatted next to him and put a gun to his head.

"Please don't kill me," he pleaded. "I'll do anything."

The man, who had just shot dead Kellibrew's mother and 12-year-old brother in front of him in his family home, said "You can leave," and told him to call the police.

All Kellibrew could say when he banged on the door of a neighbor's house was "my mother, my mother," before he collapsed.

"I lost everything," he recalled. "I lost my mom. I was a momma's boy. That day, I wanted to go with her."

Today, Kellibrew is a nationally-recognized advocate for survivors of trauma. He regularly travels to public speaking events around the country and world, relaying his experience and using it to help audience members better understand victims of violent events.

Kellibrew spoke of his experience to hundreds of medical professionals, substance abuse prevention specialists, educators and others during lunch Tuesday at the Integrated Behavioral Health Conference, hosted by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and held at the Charleston Civic Center this week.

He said he was unable to speak during the police interview after the shootings.

"I had to draw the scene for law enforcement on what actually happened in that room," he said. "I lost my voice. I lost my choice."

Addressing a roomful of people, many of whom work with survivors of trauma, Kellibrew described how three people became his advocates as he found his voice again.

His grandmother, who took care of him after his mother's death, was one. As a teenager, he didn't quite realize how hard-working and dedicated to him she was.

"To me she was an ordinary person," he said. "Little did I know she would be the extraordinary person in my life."

Another was Charles Christian, an assistant principal who always let Kellibrew sit in his office when he needed some time.

Kellibrew said Christian told him, "You want to come in the office, you can sit. You can sit here and get yourself together. You don't need a pass. Let your teachers know this is your spot."

At 13, his grandma handed him $5 as he left for school, as she always did. She didn't know it was the day he planned to end his life.

"I said I've had enough," he said. "I can't continue to breathe on earth because every single breath was anxious."

He stood on a bridge, preparing to jump, and debated whether he would go to heaven or hell, and whether he would ever see his mother again.

"It was so confusing to me that I guess the best strategy or solution was just to come back at 3 p.m.," he said. "Maybe I'll have a decision about this."

Christian noticed the distress on Kellibrew's face once he got to school. Christian told Kellibrew's grandmother, and they arranged for Kellibrew to have a psychiatric evaluation.

The children's program was cut off at 12 years old, so Kellibrew was sent to an adult inpatient psychiatric program for 30 days. He was the youngest person in the program.

After that, he was referred to an outpatient program, where he met a therapist named Christine Pierre.

Kellibrew remembers starting the session in an office, then moving to the cafeteria, where Pierre asked him "what do you want for lunch?"

He said he thought to himself, "I am going to clean you out," and headed for an ice cream machine to build the biggest ice cream cone he could.

"I don't remember much about what we talked about, but I remember her listening to me," he said.

After five months of therapy, he never saw her again. He also never saw his principal after he left school.

As an adult, Kellibrew decided he wanted to find the people who saved his life.

After tracking them both down online, Christian told Kellibrew he had been keeping up on his success. Pierre didn't remember his name, but she had a vague memory of the time and his face.

She told them she couldn't tell him at the time, because he was her patient, but her mother had died while he was a patient.

Kellibrew said she told him, "When you walked into my office and you shared those stories, those experiences ... little did you know that I was with you."

One of the tenets of trauma-informed care, which Pierre demonstrated when she asked Kellibrew "what do you want for lunch?" involves helping patients feel empowered.

Trauma-informed care also involves creating a safe environment and building trust, like Christian did by providing a safe space, and other principles that ask healthcare providers, educators and other professionals to be sensitive to the effect of traumatic experiences in their approach.

In that phone conversation with Pierre, Kellibrew also found out that while he may have referred to her as his "life-saving therapist," she was actually a first-year social work intern.

She told him that she was the youngest one on the team, and wasn't even an employee.

"I said, well Miss Pierre, you did the job," he said.

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A bicyclist was struck along the northbound lanes of U.S. 119, known as Corridor G, early Wednesday morning.

The man, identified as 30-year-old John Jump, of Nitro, was hit at approximately 5 a.m., said Sgt. Randy Sampson, traffic commander of the Charleston Police Department. Jump was taken to Charleston Area Medical Center's General Hospital, where he is in critical condition. Sampson said Jump's family has been notified of the accident.

The driver, a Logan man, has not been charged as of Wednesday morning; however, Sampson said an investigation into the accident is ongoing.

Corridor G was closed after the accident, and reopened for morning rush hour traffic. Partial lane closures will occur in the area after rush hour, so police can take measurements at the scene.

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A Glen Dale woman who admitted to taking money from a nonprofit will spend two years on probation.

Richelle D. Blair, 37, was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Wheeling. She had pleaded guilty in June to theft from an organization receiving federal funds.

U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II says Blair formerly worked for the Marshall County Starting Points Center. She used the social service organization's funds to buy items for her personal use.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Parkersburg Police Chief Joe Martin says an officer has been suspended after a video showing her berating a man circulated online.

Multiple news outlets reported that Martin identified the officer in the video as Sgt. W.J. Cox. The video was shot in July at Southwood Park.

Martin said he became aware of the video Monday and suspended Cox without pay.

News outlets reported that the video shows Cox swearing and shouting at a man who had made an inappropriate gesture. Martin identified the individual only as an 18-year-old male.

He said Cox accepted the suspension and took responsibility for her actions.

Martin said there have been no other complaints or disciplinary actions against Cox.

The video is believed to have been made by a teenager who was nearby.

Police are investigating the death of a Detroit man who fell from a ninth-floor window at Charleston's Vista View Apartments as a homicide.

Charleston Police Lt. Steve Cooper said during a press conference that police are searching for other men from Detroit. Police believe those men were inside the apartment early Wednesday morning when the man fell to his death. Police did not identify any of the men.

Neighbors, also in the 1311 building of the apartment complex located on Renaissance Circle, called Metro 911 just after midnight and reported what sounded like a violent struggle, Cooper said.

When police arrived, they forced their way into the apartment and found evidence of a struggle. No one was inside the apartment when police arrived. After inspecting the apartment, police realized a body was below the window in the grass.

Evidence of a struggle could be clearly heard from downstairs apartments, Cooper said.

"There was an actual fight taking place, they could hear physical struggle, several people shouting. It was pretty clear to the witnesses that what they were hearing was a violent struggle," he added.

None of the men police suspect is involved resides at the apartment, but some might stay there when they visit the area, Cooper said. To gain access to the affordable housing units, a person must present identification and their name is documented.

Cooper said police are investigating security footage from the scene.

At about 11 a.m. more than a dozen officers were at a house on Dixie Street. Cooper confirmed it involved the investigation into the death at Vista View. A man was detained and questioned, but eventually released.

Vista View used to be named the Spring Hill Apartments at Roseberry Circle, and Cooper said that in the 1990s, the apartments might have well been dubbed "murder central." New owners have since taken over and things have improved, he said.

"A lot of improvements have been made to security. Things have quieted down and we have much fewer violent crimes up there than we used to," Cooper said. "This is an unfortunate incident. We do have leads in the case and we expect to, at the end of the day, maybe not this day, but at the end of the day, we plan on solving the case."

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A former Fayette County teacher was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston after receiving exploitative images of a student on his cellphone.

Joshua Mark Taylor, 32, of Weirton, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver to 15 years in federal prison to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin's office.

Taylor pleaded guilty in June to receiving child pornography, according to court records. He admitted that in November 2013, he exchanged numerous text messages with a 12-year-old female student at Collins Middle School, the release stated.

Taylor also admitted that from about November to January of 2014, he persuaded the student to take photographs of her genital area and send them to his cellphone.

Taylor admitted to distributing or attempting to distribute the exploitative images through interstate commerce. He also admitted to receiving an explicit image of the student through interstate commerce.

State Police began the investigation in January 2014 after the girl's father reported her missing.

Taylor picked the girl up at her family home and brought her back uninjured. She had been missing for nearly 22 hours.

Taylor was arrested the next day in St. Marys. Before the arrest, he sent the girl a text message urging her not to cooperate with the investigation.

Taylor will be required to register as a sex offender.

According to court documents and proceedings, Taylor was employed by the Fayette County Board of Education as a teacher at Collins Middle School from about March of 2013 to January of 2014.

Taylor also pleaded guilty in Fayette County Circuit Court to the felony offense of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in position of trust to a child. He faces a sentence of not less 10 years and up to 20 years when he is sentenced on Sept. 28.

Goodwin praised the West Virginia State Police, West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Fayette County Sheriff's Department, and the FBI.

"Their cooperation brought yet another child predator to justice, and made all of our children safer," Goodwin said in the release.

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MONTCALM, W.Va. (AP) - Police say a combination of alcohol and heroin caused the deaths of three men whose bodies were found in a Montcalm home.

Mercer County sheriff's Detective Sgt. L.B. Murphy tells media outlets that the medical examiner has ruled the deaths as accidental.

Murphy says the investigation is continuing to determine where the men obtained the heroin.

A neighbor found the bodies of 38-year-old Lesly Joe Hicks; his brother, 52-year-old Joseph Dean Hicks of Bluewell; and the brothers' great-uncle, 57-year-old Ernest David Hicks of Bluewell, at Lesley Joe Hicks' home on July 10.

WESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Four years after her disappearance, police continue to seek answers to what happened to Aliayah Lunsford.

The child was 3 years old when she was reported missing from her home in Lewis County on Sept. 24, 2011.

Lewis County Sheriff Adam Gissy tells The Exponent Telegram that authorities periodically receive phone calls about the investigation. But the flow of calls has slowed significantly over the past few months.

FBI special agent in charge Scott S. Smith says there haven't been any new significant developments. But he says investigators remain optimistic that publicizing Aliayah's story will generate information from the public.

The girl's mother, Lena Lunsford, spent eight months in prison for welfare fraud after her daughter vanished.

A Parkersburg man died in a fire early Wednesday morning, firefighters said.

The call came in around 3:45 a.m., said Capt. Tim Flinn of the Parkersburg Fire Department.

A tenant in the eight-unit apartment building at 801 8th St. in Parkersburg called 911 after smelling what she thought might be smoke, Flinn said.

Firefighters found soot around a locked upstairs apartment, Flinn said. They forced entry and when they did, found a man lying in a hallway within the apartment, he said.

They found the remains of a fire, largely self-extinguished, but still smoldering, in a spare room, Flinn said.

Firefighters attempted to save the man, but he was already dead, Flinn said.

He declined to name the man, but local media have identified him as Steve George, a former Wood County magistrate.

Flinn said the death was fire related - it appears to be smoke inhalation - but no major visible burns were found on the body.

The fire department called local police and the State Fire Marshal's office. At this time, pending an autopsy, firefighters do not suspect foul play, Flinn said. The fire appears to be accidental, he said.

Firefighters found no working smoke detectors in the apartment, Flinn said. They found one smoke detector but it had no battery.

No other apartments were damaged, but firefighters had to ventilate the building, Flinn said.

A self-proclaimed "sovereign citizen" from Wood County has been arrested and charged with threatening to commit a terrorist act after he advocated a violent takeover of the West Virginia Capitol during multiple conference calls with associates and an undercover officer, according to police.

Thomas David Deegan, 39, of Mineral Wells, was arrested Wednesday by the West Virginia State Police.

Earlier this month, Deegan appeared with Phil Hudok, a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014, in a lengthy, rambling YouTube video in which Deegan calls the government "a creature of the mind, a fiction of law" and calls for a return to a "lawful form of government."

"I'm not a citizen of their corporate system," Deegan says in the video. "I am a real man with hands and legs."

The video had more than 7,800 views, as of Thursday afternoon, and dozens of encouraging comments.

A criminal complaint against Deegan alleges that he made at least four conference calls from his home in Wood County over the past month.

"We are at war," Deegan allegedly said. "The more bodies that come to Charleston, the less likely for bloodshed."

During a call on Sept. 14, Deegan asked several times for assistance in removing multiple government leaders from their offices in Charleston, the complaint states.

"Following the removal of these officials, control of West Virginia government would be assumed by members of the sovereign citizen movement," the complaint states. "Deegan states that any resistance to combat law enforcement or military personnel should be met with gunfire if necessary."

He allegedly said he did not want gunfire but would fire if necessary.

The more supporters he could attract, Deegan allegedly said, the less violence there would be.

"If there are more bodies on the ground, then less bloodshed," the complaint states.

On the conference call, Deegan was asked if police would support his movement, according to the complaint. "If you see the police coming and pulling up in a vehicle, I suggest you shoot them," he allegedly responded.

Deegan said the removed officials would then be charged with treason, among other crimes, and court hearings would be held.

In a later statement, Deegan advised that the punishment for treason would be death, the complaint states.

In the Sept. 14 call, Deegan gave details about how "sovereign citizens" in other states should go about overtaking their own state capitols, investigators wrote in the complaint. Deegan said West Virginia would be the "foothold" for taking back the United States.

He told others on the call that the event was scheduled for Sept. 24 and that they should learn the location of the state Capitol, the State Police office, the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office and the West Virginia National Guard facilities in Kanawha County, according to the complaint.

"Technically, a militia is all able-bodied persons between 18 and 49, so you don't have to say you're in a militia to do anything. It's time to effectuate citizens' arrest," Deegan says in the YouTube video. "We would like to see thousands of people here, I would like to see it by the end of the weekend."

Members of the sovereign citizen movement generally try to reject taxation and local, state and federal laws. According to a report last year from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, sovereign citizen groups were the largest perceived terrorist threat among American law enforcement agencies.

Deegan, Hudok and a third man, Gene Stalnaker, have repeatedly filed documents with the West Virginia Supreme Court, the Governor's Office and the state Legislature, seeking the arrest of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Clerk of the House of Delegates Steve Harrison.

The Supreme Court denied a petition by the three men last month.

In the documents, Deegan identifies himself as Thomas David House of Deegan and the documents are stamped with a bright red fingerprint in what looks like blood.

Also named in documents posted online by the three men are all five justices of the state Supreme Court; State Police Col. Jay Smithers; Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety Secretary Joe Thornton; and two assistant state attorneys general.

Lawrence Messina, spokesman for the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety said, "State officials are aware of information circulated through social media and are taking appropriate steps to ensure the safety of public officials and employees, National Guard and law enforcement personnel and visitors to such public facilities as the state Capitol."

Deegan is being held on $300,000 bail in the North Central Regional Jail. A video arraignment was planned for later Thursday. An employee of Wood County Magistrate Court said Deegan was uncooperative when officials tried to arraign him Wednesday.

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