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No Trial Date Yet In Sandton Browder Murder Case

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Another pre-trial hearing has been scheduled in the Sandton Browder murder case. Browder, 23, of Virginia is charged with one count of murder with a gun specification and one count of having a weapon while under disability after allegedly shooting to death Jordan Dean, 24, ...

Candidates make their pitch in Shadyside

SHADYSIDE – It’s election season in Belmont County. Ohio Rep. Ron Ferguson, Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan, Belmont County Republican resident David Schafer, and former Belmont County Commissioner Josh Meyer all attended Shadyside Village Council on Monday evening. Ferguson is ...

Harris Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Prison

WHEELING – Former Wheeling lawyer Paul Harris didn’t just steal money from his victims, several of them said Monday. According to them, he also stole their trust and then stomped on it. Harris, 62, was sentenced to 97 months, or 8 years and one month, in federal prison on Monday by U.S. ...

Former Wheeling lawyer Paul Harris to self report to prison following sentencing

WHEELING – Former Wheeling lawyer Paul Harris didn’t just steal money from his victims, he also stole their trust and then stomped on it. Harris, 62, was sentenced to 97 months, or 8 years and one month, in federal prison on Monday by U.S. District Court Judge John Bailey. He was convicted last November of 29 counts of fraud and money laundering. As part of his sentence he must pay $701,623.86 in restitution to his victims. Harris must self-report to prison on May 6. Bailey said based on the evidence presented to the jury, Harris manipulated and lied to his clients in a variety ...