Joseph de Soto, a newly elected state lawmaker in West Virginia, was arrested Thursday in Martinsburg on charges that include making terroristic threats. The 61-year-old, who was set to represent ...

A newly elected West Virginia lawmaker was arrested on Thursday after he was accused of making "threats of terrorist acts" against his fellow lawmakers. Joseph de Soto, who was elected to ...

For 60 days, lawmakers had every opportunity to pass legislation to alleviate overcrowding and safety problems in West Virginia’s prisons and jails. Instead, they passed laws to lengthen prison senten ...