Monday, June 10 2013 10:43 AM EDT2013-06-10 14:43:29 GMT
Dustin Rutledge
Two men from Tornado were arrested in Saint Albans just after noon Saturday for trying to cash a stolen check at the B B & T bank's drive-thru.St. Albans Police say the pair drove up to the drive-thru
Two men are in jail for trying to cash one a check belonging to one of the men's grandmother.
Thursday, June 6 2013 12:56 PM EDT2013-06-06 16:56:42 GMT
The northbound lane of I-77 near the Mahan area of Fayette County is shut down due to a tractor trailer accident. The accident is within a couple miles of the Kanawha County line.
Both northbound lanes of I-77 were shut down near the Mahan area of Fayette County after a tractor trailer flipped. The accident was within a couple miles of the Kanawha County line.
Members of area law enforcement agencies are coming together to prevent West Virginia's growing pill epidemic.
Law enforcement officers from Kanawha, Raleigh, and Greenbrier counties held a news conference Wednesday in Kanawha County to talk about a new idea. The West Virginia Trooper's Association wants to get rid of cash payments and use a national tracking database at pharmacies. The group plans to present the idea to the legislature.
The tracking system is already being used at 93% of pharmacies nationwide. The system will send a red flag when too much of one drug is being prescribed. The system also tracks when a prescription is filled, so people do not go to multiple pharmacies, trying to get the same prescription filled.
Raleigh County Sheriff Steve Tanner says a vast majority of the state's prescription drug pill comes after a prescription is written.
"In Southern West Virginia, we lost 360 people to drug abuse last year. What that means... is we're losing a person a day to prescription drug abuse," said Steve Tanner, Raleigh County Sheriff.
Law enforcement officers also say it is crucial to get surrounding states involved, so people do not travel across state lines to get their fix.
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