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Courtesy of the WPD Fb web page
A two-week particular operation by the Wheeling Police Division resulted in seven arrests and three citations, with one case nonetheless open.
WPD introduced Monday morning the outcomes of “Operation Silent Evening,” which ran from Dec. 12-23 and focused particular nuisance crimes in a number of sections of town, the place particular knowledge and crime developments from the WPD Bureau of Crime Evaluation have confirmed a rise in incidents. Areas monitored by police included East Wheeling, South Wheeling, Heart Wheeling, Wheeling Island and Downtown.
Moreover, officers in each marked and unmarked automobiles targeted on bettering high quality of life points for metropolis residents.
There have been two main incidents throughout the operation, WPD mentioned. The primary occurred on Friday, December 16, when officers tried to conduct a visitors cease on a car in East Wheeling for visitors violations. The driving force then allegedly fled from the officers at a excessive fee of velocity, and an image of the automobile couldn’t be maintained. Officers situated the car within the space a short while later and located it unoccupied with the home windows down. No suspects have been recognized and the incident stays beneath investigation.
The second occasion occurred on Monday, December 19, when officers obtained an arrest warrant for Joseph Helmbright, 54, of Wheeling, and charged him with sustaining/working a drug institution. This was the results of a search warrant at 82-45th Avenue in South Wheeling. Helmbright remains to be needed on that cost.
Different individuals arrested throughout the operation embrace:
— Jessie Covington, 39, of Wheeling; capias belongings for a breach of bond
— Arliena Henry, 46, of Wheeling; fugitive from justice from the state of ohio
— Ruby Holley, 42, of Wheeling; capias municipal court docket within the metropolis of Wheeling
— Stephen Hoppin, 54, of Wheeling; fugitive from justice from the state of ohio
— Seth Nelson, 34, of Wheeling; possession of a managed substance
— Paul Strick, 68, of Bellaire, Ohio; DUI first offense and possession of managed substance
Three others acquired citations:
— Richard Britton, 38, of Wheeling; driving with a suspended operator’s license
— Benjamin Edwards, 51, of Wheeling; no operator’s license and possession of managed substances
— Steven Stewart, 66, of Martins Ferry, Ohio; possession of a managed substance
Throughout the whole operation, officers seized the next approximate whole portions of unlawful managed substances and objects: roughly four.55 grams of methamphetamine; roughly 1.7 grams of crack cocaine; about 2.5 buprenorphine drugs; roughly 38.45 grams of marijuana; a firearm and a big amount of drug paraphernalia.
The operation was financed largely from the Group Growth Fund. Extra time beyond regulation was coated by the Metropolis of Wheeling.