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The Marietta Police Department released the following reports: Jan. 1: • At around 10:40 a.m., police stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation. During the stop, a passenger was identified as Christopher Eugene Hooper, 50. An active warrant was on Hooper from Noble County. Hooper was also found to have an active temporary protective order against him with one of the protected parties being the operator of the vehicle. Hooper was arrested on the warrant and also charged with violation of a protection order. He was transported to the jail to await a court date. • At 2:17 p.m., ...

Belpre Police

BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports Dec. 4: Nov. 25 • Summer L. Starcher, 38, of Belpre was served a summons for arrest on the charge of assault. • Cynthia D. Randolph, 23, of Coolville was cited for speed, 50 mph in a 35 mph zone. • Amanda D. Rake, 37, of Williamstown was cited for no operator license. Nov. 26 • Jessica M. Lowe, 37, of Parkersburg was cited for expired registration. Nov. 29 • Thomas A. Treadway, 34, of Little Hocking was cited for speed, 74 mph in a 50 mph zone. • Aimee B. Wamsley, 35, of Little ...

Wood County Sheriff seeking escaped Parkersburg man

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who left home confinement on Sunday. The department reports that Jason Lee Hibbitts, of 1006 14th Ave., Parkersburg, absconded from home confinement on Sunday. Hibbitts was ordered to home confinement as a condition of bond for three counts of felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver by Wood County Magistrate Joe Kuhl. There is now a warrant on file for escape for Hibbitts’ arrest. He is described as being a white male, 6-foot tall and weighing 160 pounds with hazel eyes and brown ...

Police

The Marietta Police Department recently released the following reports: Aug. 27 *Michael Glen Jarvis, 33, was found highly intoxicated and unconscious in the grass area of the Peoples Bank. He was transported to the Marietta Memorial Hospital and cited for disorderly conduct by intoxication. Aug. 29 *Officers responded to speak to an individual about her husband. Upon arrival, officers found the individual and her husband had been separated for over a year. The individual stated her husband came to her house and entered through a window around 5:30 p.m. Aug. 31 *Delbert ...

Newport man sentenced for fatal 2022 accident

A sentencing hearing was held Friday for a Newport man who drove under the influence with a suspended or canceled license in 2022 and caused an accident that killed a New Martinsville man. Richard W. Evans, 61, was sentenced to four to six years during a sentencing hearing Friday morning in ...