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Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
3 men charged after officers find fentanyl and loaded gun during Clarksburg traffic stop
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — Three men, including a key witness in an ongoing murder trial, were charged after officers found a loaded firearm and fentanyl during a traffic stop in Clarksburg. On Feb. 25, officers with the Clarksburg Police Department observed a vehicle in the area of E Main Street 'with a break light that was not functional,' according to a criminal complaint. When the vehicle turned onto Monticello Avenue, officers initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the vehicle's occupants, identified as Robert Rehnert, 45; Richard Dodd, 42; and Branden Landis, 25, officers said. A K-9 unit was deployed to perform a free-air sniff in the area of the vehicle which resulted in a positive indication for the presence of narcotics and led to officers performing a search, according to the complaint. CAMC sued after data breach may have impacted more than 67,000 people In the search, officers located a loaded firearm, which had a round chambered and the hammer back, as well as methamphetamine, a substance which field-tested positive for fentanyl, Xylazine and cash 'in denominations consistent with the sale/delivery of controlled substances,' officers said. Rehnert, Dodd and Landis have been charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. They are each being held in North Central Regional Jail. Rehnert, who is a key witness in the murder trial for Allen Schaffer happening in Harrison County this week, testified at the trial less than 24 hours after his arrest. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
Witness testifies suspect asked how to start fire after alleged murder, arson in Harrison County
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — Eight witnesses testified on Tuesday in the trial for Allen Schaffer, a Michigan man who is accused of shooting two people at a home on Good Hope Pike in Harrison County, West Virginia and then setting the house on fire in 2022. Schaffer was charged with murdering Harrison County residents Chasity Romeo, 33, and Corey Snider, 43 as well as arson in the case in 2023 and was extradited from Michigan, where he was being held on a parole violation from a previous crime. After jury selection on Monday, Schaffer's trial continued with the state calling witnesses on Tuesday. Among those witnesses were people who knew the victims and Schaffer, people who had purchased drugs from Schaffer, law enforcement officers, neighbors and the man who reportedly drove Schaffer back to Detroit, Michigan after the alleged crime, Robert Rehnert. Man sentenced for Memorial Day shooting at Grafton Walmart Rehnert testified that he had sold Schaffer the gun used to murder Romeo and Snider and had picked Schaffer up the night of the murder near the scene of the crime. Rehnert said that on that day, Schaffer had asked if he knew how to start a fire and Rehnert prepared a fire kit for him, but when they returned to the house later, it was already fully engulfed in flames. 'What I was there to do had already been done,' the witness said during the trial. Rehnert's girlfriend also testified that Schaffer smelled like paint thinner on the night of the fire. Another witness, a neighbor, identified items that were discarded along the road after the alleged murder, including the murder weapon and insulin needles; Schaffer is diabetic. The trial is scheduled to continue in Clarksburg on Wednesday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
