CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- West Virginia State Police officers have arrested three southern West Virginia residents on child abuse charges, including a Logan County man.

The following information is from a State Police news release:

On Monday, Feb. 8, Trooper First Class C. D. Kuhn and Senior Trooper E. B. McClung of the Logan State Police Detachment arrested Earnest L. Sheppard, 48, of Holden, W.Va., for sexual abuse by a guardian and obstructing an officer. The victim in this case is a 3-year-old relative of Sheppard.

On Friday, Feb. 5, Corp. D. C. Eldridge, of the Crimes Against Children Unit, along with troopers assigned to the Hinton State Police Detachment, assisted law enforcement officers from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department in Pennsylvania in the execution of a search warrant in Hinton, W.Va. The search warrant was issued following the arrest of Mr. Joseph J. McComas, 33, of Hinton, by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department (Pennsylvania) for the attempted procurement of a child for sexual exploitation through the use of the Internet.

On Sunday, Feb. 7, Trooper First Class Shrewsbury of the Princeton State Police Detachment arrested Katherine J. Boozer, 23, of Princeton, W.Va., for child abuse with serious injury and child abuse with injury. This arrest is the result of an investigation involving serious injuries suffered by Boozer’s 6-month-old boy. Boozer was arraigned in Mercer County Magistrate Court.