MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The delegate elected to represent the 91st district out of South Berkeley County is being held in the Eastern Regional Jail this afternoon on $300,000 cash bond after allegedly threatening to kill fellow lawmakers. Joseph deSoto, 61, of Gerrardstown was arrested just after midnight and on Thursday appeared before Berkeley County Magistrate…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An incoming state delegate, Joseph de Soto of Berkeley County, has been arrested by State Police on allegations that he threatened other delegates. De Soto’s arrest occurred early this morning, according to a press release from the West Virginia State Police. He was charged with making threats of terrorist acts and listed…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man walking along the side of a road in Berkeley County was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle. West Virginia State Police report being dispatched just before 7 p.m. to the 100 block of Baker Road in Berkeley County for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Senator Charles Trump, R-Morgan, has resigned that body ahead of being sworn in as a newly-elected state Supreme Court justice. “It has been the great honor and privilege of my life to serve with you and our colleagues in the Senate over these last ten years,” Trump wrote in his resignation…