One person detained, but rumors of large immigration raids in Buckhannon not true, sheriff says

Social media rumors of broad Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Buckhannon on Wednesday are not true, according to Upshur County Sheriff Mike Coffman. Coffman told My Buckhannon that ICE did detain one individual on Wednesday, Alberto Cucul-Coy, after immigration issues were discovered during an arrest for DUI in December. “This was a targeted, planned…

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