Welcome to WSAZ's crime fighting segment. It's designed to solicit the public's help to lock up people wanted by local police agencies in and around the Kanawha Valley.
You can watch Charleston's Most Wanted weekdays on WSAZ (as police ask for help in catching fugitives).
since WSAZ started this segment in January 2005
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Car with Amber Light Could be Key to Solving Kanawha Valley Robberies, Police Say
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Last Updated: 8:01 AM 05/08/09 - Detectives in South Charleston believe that the key to solving a pair of robberies in Kanawha County last week is car the suspect was driving. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Prescription Drug Thief Steals from Hospital
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Last Updated: 11:17 AM 09/26/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVES Police are asking for the public's help to ID a man accused of stealing prescription drugs from a local hospital. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Convertible Break-In Suspect
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Last Updated: 3:51 AM 08/26/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE Help Charleston Police identify a person caught on camera slicing open a convertible parked at a local hotel. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Armed Robbery Suspects Caught on Tape
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Last Updated: 10:16 AM 07/25/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVES Charleston Police need your help to catch several men caught on camera robbing a man while he rode his bike to work. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Stolen Gift Card Suspect
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Last Updated: 7:35 PM 07/16/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECT Detectives need your help to identify and catch a man they say went shopping with someone else's gift card. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Shoplifting Suspect; May Call Himself "White Boy"
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Last Updated: 11:04 PM 05/22/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE Police need your help to catch an accused shoplifter who may go by the nickname "White Boy." (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Gas Tank Fill-Up Suspect
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Last Updated: 10:53 AM 04/17/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE Police need your help to identify and catch a man they say drained someone else's bank account to fill his gas tank. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Pawn Shop Fake Check Suspects
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Last Updated: 4:29 PM 08/25/08 - STATUS: CAUGHT Police in South Charleston say your tips helped catch two people accused of cashing at least one fake payroll check. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
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Last Updated: 6:54 PM 03/20/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE Police in Charleston say a woman wasted no time clearing out another woman's bank account, racking up hundreds of dollars in purchases all over the city -- just minutes after her debit card was stolen. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspects
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Last Updated: 1:19 PM 03/14/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVES Charleston Police need your help to catch two women accused of going on a shopping spree with someone else's credit card. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Painting Scam Suspect (Wallace Lee Jackson)
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Last Updated: 10:53 PM 02/02/08 - STATUS: CAUGHT One of your tips helped track down a contractor police say frauded an elderly man out of $400. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect Identified, Still on the Run
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Last Updated: 11:34 AM 01/21/08 - STATUS: FUGITIVE Your tips have helped police identify a man accused of using a stolen credit card -- now police want to put him behind bars. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
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Last Updated: 3:52 AM 01/10/08 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE South Charleston Police need your help to catch a man accused of using a stolen credit card multiple times. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
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Last Updated: 6:04 PM 09/19/07 - STATUS: FUGITIVE Police are asking for your help to identify a man wearing hospital scrubs who is accused of using a stolen credit card. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspects
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Last Updated: 10:54 AM 09/19/07 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVES Police need your help to identify and catch four people accused of using a stolen credit card to go on a shopping spree. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Check & Credit Card Fraud Suspect
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Last Updated: 10:08 AM 08/03/07 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE Detectives need your help to identify and catch a man they say is cashing in on someone else's accounts. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Theft Suspect (Kelly O'Connor)
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Last Updated: 3:47 AM 01/10/08 - STATUS: CAUGHT One of your tips helped identify and catch a man accused of stealing a monitor from the Civic Center. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
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Last Updated: 1:13 PM 08/10/07 - STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE Police need your help to catch a man accused of using a credit card stolen from a wallet at the YMCA. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Barry Edwin Cochran
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STATUS: CAUGHT Police need your help to catch an accused meth maker who's been on the run for nearly two years. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Stephen Knight
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STATUS: CAUGHT Your tips helped police in eastern Kanawha County quickly catch a man with a long list of charges. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Breaking & Entering Suspect
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STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECT Police are asking for your help to catch a man accused of making regular visits to a closed doctor's office. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Break-in & Fraud Suspects (Jessica Cook)
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Last Updated: 3:39 AM 01/10/08 - STATUS: CAUGHT Police say two bold thieves went on a shopping spree with a stolen credit card. Police have now arrested the woman in the photo. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Theft Suspect
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STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE Police need your help to catch a man accused of stealing a hand held computer from a local grocery store. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: YMCA Purse Thief Caught
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STATUS: CAUGHT A nationwide crime spree has ended for one woman accused of an elaborate scheme involving stolen purses and the victims' ATM cards. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Theft Suspect
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STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVE Police need your help to catch a man accused of using a stolen bank card to cash in on someone else's bank account. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Cigarette Theft Suspect
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Police say she uses lottery tickets to distract store clerks while she steals cartons of cigarettes from behind the counter. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
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STATUS: CAUGHT Police identified and captured a man accused of using a stolen credit card to buy cigarettes & beer. (Full Story) |
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WSAZ.com Helps Police Catch Media Impersonator
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U.S. Marshals tracked one of Charleston's Most Wanted, Jacob Nathan Larese (aka Josh MacIntire), across the country and finally caught him in Washington D.C. over the weekend. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Robin Crystal Johnson
STATUS: CAUGHT Deputies caught a woman accused of violating her probation. She was convicted of having cocaine in Putnam County. (Full Story) |
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MOST WANTED: Anthony David Atkins
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STATUS: CAUGHT Deputies have caught an accused meth maker from Putnam County. (Full Story) |
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If you have any questions or comments about the segment, or if you're in law enforcement and want to feature someone on Charleston's Most Wanted, contact the producer at mike.waterhouse@wsaz.com.
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