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The Martinsburg Police Department announced today the initiation of another case under the city’s “Drug House Ordinance” for the rental property at 208 W. Martin Street following an intensive drug investigation, search warrant, and arrest for Heroin Distribution from the […]

            Chief Maury Richards announced the successful resolution of another Drug House Ordinance case and praised the responsible action of the landlord to fix the problem.  Close cooperation between the Martinsburg Police Department and Ms. […]

The Martinsburg Police Department announced today the initiation of another case under the city’s “Drug House Ordinance” for the rental property at 311 ½ W. King Street, after a recent investigation and search warrant by the Eastern Panhandle Drug & […]

On Thursday, February 14, 2019, Chief Richards of the Martinsburg Police Department and Captain Weller of the Martinsburg Fire Department submitted the 2018 EMS Operations and Joint Overdose Response Strategies report to the Martinsburg Municipal Council at the monthly meeting.  […]

On February 3, 2019 at approximately 4:00 p.m., Officers with the Martinsburg Police Department and the Martinsburg Fire Department responded to 405 South Raleigh Street for a call of a man  shot in the chest. Upon their arrival they found […]

Police Chief Maury Richards announced that successful resolution, with full cooperation of the landlord, of another case under Martinsburg’s innovative “Drug House Ordinance.” Yesterday, Richards and Assistant City Prosecutor Nicola Smith appeared in front of Municipal Court Judge Dale Buck […]

December 12, 2018 Police Chief Maury Richards announced today the arrest by MPD officers of Codie J. Calvert, a Martinsburg landlord for violation of the City’s Drug and Gang House Ordinance.  Last September, Richards obtained an Order of Abatement to […]

Earlier today, the Martinsburg Police Department announced the arrest of Clyde Sylvester Patterson III, 59, for yesterday’s robbery and shooting of Guadalupe Bustillos, 64, of Martinsburg, at Lupita’s Grocery store located at 149 N. Queen Street.  Patterson, who resides at […]

*Updated Press Release for Shooting at 149 North Queen Street*   Last night, the Martinsburg Police Department arrested and charged Clyde Sylvester Patterson III with the robbery and shooting of Guadalupe Bustillos at 149 North Queen Street.  The defendant is […]