Human trafficking task force member calls recent verdict a 'significant milestone'
Wednesday's human trafficking convictions for Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz marked a major milestone in West Virginia.
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Wheeling YWCA promotes STEP to combat human trafficking
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the Wheeling YWCA is hoping to get the word out on one of the only programs in West Virginia designe ...
Advocates call for state law against torture in West Virginia
In West Virginia, there is not currently a state law against torture. After the verdict of a human trafficking trial in ...
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Prosecutors look at recent human trafficking, child neglect case as learning experience
Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Debra Rusnak and Kanawha County Sherriff Joe Crawford came on 580 Live Thursday after the ...
Abusive parents learn fate over forcing adopted kids to work hard labor like 'slaves' and in a filthy shed
Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, went on trial earlier this month, each facing a slew of child neglect charges related to the treatment of their five adoptive children.
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Livingston-based attorney heads new human trafficking program
A Livingston-based attorney is overseeing a new anti-human trafficking program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crime.
Feds detain 58 suspected illegal immigrants in West Virginia
A jury on Wednesday found a couple guilty of human trafficking and child neglect in Kanawha County, with the mother also found guilty of civil rights violations.
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Law & Orders: Morrisey directs West Virginia, local law enforcement to cooperate with immigration enforcement
Citing the continued influx of fentanyl and other illegal drugs coming into West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey ordered all ...