According to Nolo, the most serious criminal offence is a felony. Offences may involve some severe threat of harm or physical harm to the victims. Similarly, they may include some offences, such as fraud schemes and white-collar crimes. However, some offences that are...
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What does aiding and abetting mean?
While dealing with drug crimes, it is important to know what each charge means. Aiding and abetting is an often misunderstood term which refers to a specific action. According to the Legal Dictionary, aiding and abetting is the act of encouraging or helping someone...
Who is not permitted to have a gun?
While many adults in West Virginia are eligible to own and possess a firearm, some people lose their right to gun ownership if certain circumstances warrant it. It is important to understand what state law says about people who cannot own a firearm. If law enforcement...
WV now providing food assistance to convicts
When convicted felons are released from prison, reassimilating into regular American life is one of the toughest challenges they face. The longer they were incarcerated and the more serious the crime, the worse this is. People may shun them and employers may refuse to...
Do you know your rights if your employer accuses you of fraud or theft?
There may come a time when you find yourself on the receiving end of an accusation of theft or fraud from your West Virginia employer. Do you know what rights you have as an employee? Chron offers fundamental knowledge on the subject. Understanding your rights is one...
A felony conviction may not always result in jail time
Individuals facing a felony offense charge experience an enormous amount of stress, especially over the amount of jail time they may receive if convicted. When a West Virginia resident forged her deceased mother's handwritten will, she found herself facing...
Stress, depression and drug charges
Our law office has discussed many examples of drug-related offenses on this blog. From those facing charges as a result of prescription medication to people charged with possessing or selling other types of drugs, people are accused of various offenses involving...
What Does It Mean to Embezzle from a Business?
In the offices and shops that give Wheeling its bustling business district, money regularly changes hands from customers to cashiers, and from vendors to business partners. Many of the transactions that businesses make are done electronically and no physical currency...
What charges might I face following a Superbowl Sunday DUI?
What some in the Wheeling area may argue is the biggest sporting event of the year -- the Superbowl -- is a great time to get together with your buddies and knock back a few beers. If your favorite team doesn’t win, what could make the evening even worse is if you got...
Former correctional officer sentenced for meth scheme
On Dec. 12, a former correctional officer from West Virginia was sentenced to four years in prison. The man was charged with participating in a plot to bring methamphetamine into the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston and distribute it. The defendant was...