http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged West Virginia en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:50 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/4-in-10-choose-convict-keith-judd-over-obama-in-west-virginia-primary/ Keith Judd -- also known as Inmate No. 11593-051 -- made a decent showing against President Obama in the West Virginia Democratic primary Tuesday night. The inmate, currently serving a 210-month sentence for extortion at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas, not only managed to get on the West Virginia primary ballot, he also managed to win nearly 70,000 votes. That means Judd carried 41 percent of the vote in the Democratic presidential primary, while ... ]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 10:53:59 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/4-in-10-choose-convict-keith-judd-over-obama-in-west-virginia-primary/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/former-west-virginia-sheriff-county-clerk-plead-guilty-to-attempting-to-steal-election/ As the sheriff of Lincoln County, W.Va., Jerry Bowman is sworn to uphold the law. But the 58-year-old law enforcement veteran stood in a federal courtroom in Charleston on Wednesday and pleaded guilty in a shocking voter fraud case that has stripped him of his job and could send him to prison for a decade. Prosecutors say Bowman and former Lincoln County Clerk Donald Whitten, 62, were part of a scheme to steal the May 2010 Democratic primary by stuffing ballot boxes with illeg... ]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:39:27 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/former-west-virginia-sheriff-county-clerk-plead-guilty-to-attempting-to-steal-election/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/base-jumpers-celebrate-bridge-day/ It takes a certain kind of courage to jump off a bridge that is 267 metres high. More than 400 American adrenaline junkies did just that as part of a West Virginia festival. ]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:30:20 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/base-jumpers-celebrate-bridge-day/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/man-arrested-in-bra-panties-accused-of-stabbing-goat/ A West Virginia man found wearing women's underwear and standing over a goat's carcass told police he was high on bath salts. Mark L. Thompson of Alum Creek was arrested at his home Monday. A criminal complaint in Kanawha County Magistrate Court charges the 19-year-old with cruelty to animals. ]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 11:00:55 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/man-arrested-in-bra-panties-accused-of-stabbing-goat/