GAULEY BRIDGE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Gauley Bridge man faces felony charges in Fayette County. Sheriff Mike Fridley provides the following information regarding this incident.
In the evening hours of March 23, 2022, deputies were dispatched to a domestic in Gauley Bridge. Deputies met with the caller in her vehicle at a nearby gas station. She had told deputies that her husband had hit her, and when she left the residence with her juvenile children, her husband followed her in his vehicle and attempted to push her off the roadway. Deputies did see evidence to support her statements.
Shawn D Painter, 44 of Gauley Bridge, is charged with the felony offense of Child Neglect Creating Risk of Injury and the misdemeanor offense of Domestic Battery. Painter was transported to Southern Regional Jail to await court proceedings.
