| DEPUTY CHARGED OVER THREATS - A former Berkeley County sheriff's deputy stands accused of assaulting and battering his wife multiple times and threatening to shoot her.
A Berkeley County Grand Jury indicted 43-year-old Robert Lippman on multiple counts including one count of malicious assault, two counts of domestic assault and six counts of domestic battery.
The indictment contains allegations that Lippman is accused of strangling Cheryle Lippman and jamming the barrel of a loaded handgun into her chest.
The indictment also states that in June 2014 Lippman allegedly smothered his estranged wife with a pillow, injuring her eye.
In July 2014, he is accused of pointing a handgun at her and pulling the trigger, as well as slamming her face into a piece of furniture and striking her with his fists and choking her.
Lippman resigned from the sheriff's department.
POLICE SHOOT ELKINS MAN - A man accused of multiple break-ins is in the hospital after authorities shot him when he pulled a gun and refused to comply.
According to a press release from the city, at approximately 3:30 a.m. Sunday, officers from the Elkins Police Department, West Virginia State Police troopers and Randolph County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a 911 report of ongoing attempted break-ins near Eleventh Street.
Arriving on-scene, officers encountered an individual matching the description of the SUBJECT, When police attempted to contact this person, he produced a handgun and refused to comply with officers' instructions.
"Fearing for their safety and the safety of residents in the surrounding homes, officers were forced to defend themselves by firing on this person, wounding him," according to the release.
The suspect was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital.
An officer with the Elkins Police Department who fired his weapon has been placed on standard critical incident leave with pay while the incident is investigated.
Because all the troopers fired their weapons during this incident, the investigation will be conducted by the Randolph County Sheriff's Department.
MACHETE ASSAULT -
A Charleston man accused of slicing a man's head with a machete is now in South Central Regional Jail.
Court records say Keith Thompkins got into an altercation with another man, Larry Gaynor, on an empty lot.
After an argument, the two men went their separate ways, court records said. Thompkins allegedly came back later with a machete and cut Gaynor's head.
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