WSAZ Charleston's Most Wanted | Crime Fighting Segment for West Virginia's Capital City

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).

117 LOCAL FUGITIVES CAPTURED
since WSAZ started this segment in January 2005
Charleston's Most Wanted Headlines
Police Seek Two Women for Questioning in Stolen Lottery Ticket Case
Last Updated: 11:46 AM 09/26/08 - South Charleston want to talk with two women about some scratch off lottery tickets they tried to cash in last week.
7 Comments
(Full Story)

Car with Amber Light Could be Key to Solving Kanawha Valley Robberies, Police Say
12 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Prescription Drug Thief Steals from Hospital
32 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Convertible Break-In Suspect
15 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Armed Robbery Suspects Caught on Tape
12 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Stolen Gift Card Suspect
19 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Shoplifting Suspect; May Call Himself "White Boy"
30 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Gas Tank Fill-Up Suspect
19 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Pawn Shop Fake Check Suspects
15 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
20 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspects
10 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Painting Scam Suspect (Wallace Lee Jackson)
29 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect Identified, Still on the Run
30 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
0 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
109 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspects
15 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Check & Credit Card Fraud Suspect
6 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Theft Suspect (Kelly O'Connor)
10 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
7 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Barry Edwin Cochran
2 Comments
STATUS: CAUGHT
Police need your help to catch an accused meth maker who's been on the run for nearly two years. (Full Story)
MOST WANTED: Stephen Knight
36 Comments
STATUS: CAUGHT
Your tips helped police in eastern Kanawha County quickly catch a man with a long list of charges. (Full Story)
MOST WANTED: Breaking & Entering Suspect
11 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Break-in & Fraud Suspects (Jessica Cook)
3 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Theft Suspect
2 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: YMCA Purse Thief Caught
2 Comments
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)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Theft Suspect
1 Comment
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)
MOST WANTED: Cigarette Theft Suspect
7 Comments
Police say she uses lottery tickets to distract store clerks while she steals cartons of cigarettes from behind the counter. (Full Story)
MOST WANTED: Credit Card Fraud Suspect
0 Comments
STATUS: CAUGHT
Police identified and captured a man accused of using a stolen credit card to buy cigarettes & beer. (Full Story)
WSAZ.com Helps Police Catch Media Impersonator
10 Comments
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)
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)
MOST WANTED: Anthony David Atkins
7 Comments
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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