All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Man arrested on strangulation charge after allegedly choking child

Austin G. Cesaro, 32, of Crawford, West Virginia, was arrested on a felony strangulation charge after deputies say he choked his 14-year-old stepchild.

A man was arrested Sunday for allegedly choking his stepchild. Austin G. Cesaro, 32, of Crawford, West Virginia, was arrested for strangulation, a felony, on Sunday. According to the criminal complaint in the Upshur County Magistrate Clerk’s Office filed by […]

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