Friday, July 22, 2011

Raleigh County Fugitive Captured

  • {West Virginia}...Jeff Morton, 50, a fugitive from Raleigh County who is accused of burglary and impersonating a police officer, was arrested after police found him hiding at his mother's residence in the Wriston area of Fayette County Friday. Morton was wanted in Raleigh County for felony daytime burglary and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, and a misdemeanor charge of impersonating a police officer. Officers found Morton hiding in a crawl space underneath the residence. He refused to come out, so a sheriff's K-9 unit was sent in and Morton was taken into custody. He now faces additional charges in Fayette County of resisting arrest and assault on a police dog.