Wanted for failure to register, Ronald Ward II, 27, of Eccles, turned himself in at the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office just before midnight Wednesday, reported Cpl. R.A. Daniel of the West Virginia State Police.
Daniel said the sheriff’s office arrested Ward on warrants for the sale and transfer of stolen property in addition to the state warrant for failure to register as a sex offender.
Police said Ward as been remanded at the Southern Regional Jail to wait arraignment before the Raleigh County Magistrate Court.
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Search begins for Raleigh County administrator
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Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister
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Traffic lights, more police needed in ’pike wrecks
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Panel ponders tolls to build, maintain roads
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