Thursday, January 26, 2012

Kanawha County Dispatcher On Paid Leave

{Charleston, West Virginia}...Fifty-one year old Joseph Coen of Charleston, a Kanawha County 911 dispatcher, has been placed on paid administrative leave after he was arrested on sexual abuse charges. Coen is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl on September 5, 2011. The girl was15 years old at the time. Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper says an internal investigation has been launched. If convicted, Coen could face 10 to 20 years in prison.