Man arrested for allegedly illegally possessing ‘destructive device’

BUCKHANNON – A Philippi man was arrested recently for allegedly possessing an oxygen canister filled with gunpowder. Richard Farnsworth, 37, of Philippi, was arrested for illegal possession of a destructive device, a felony. According to the criminal complaint in the Upshur County Magistrate Clerk’s Office filed by investigating officer Cpl. TR Collins with the Upshur…

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