Steven A. Siegel
PARKERSBURG A man accused in the death of a child in March 2020 has been returned to Wood County to answer charges, the Parkersburg Police Department said.
Officers on Wednesday went to the Trumbull Correctional Institute where Steven A. Siegel, 31, Parkersburg, was imprisoned on unrelated charges from Washington County of receiving stolen property, illegal possesion of a firearm and failure to appear.
Siegel was indicted by the September 2020 term of the grand jury in Wood County for the offenses of child neglect resulting in death and maintaining a dwelling for the keeping of a controlled substance.
The investigation began in March 2020 when the Police Department along with the Fire Department and EMS responded to a residence on Kanawha Street where there was an unresponsive 18-month-old child, the police department said. The child was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead, the department said.
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PARKERSBURG A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting a police officer and emergency medical technician following an incident last summer involving physical violence, racial slurs and drug use.
In August 2020, officers responded to a call reporting an unresponsive male, Daniel Joseph Shmigal, 52, 808 Jackson Ave., Apt. 3, Parkersburg, according to a criminal complaint filed with the Wood County Magistrate Court.
EMTs administered Narcan to Shmigal, after which he threatened to punch the medical worker and responding officers, the complaint said.
Shmigal did not comply when told to cease and desist while making inappropriate comments and racial slurs directed at one of the officers, the complaint said.
PARKERSBURG The Wood County Sheriff’s Office released the following reports Jan. 7: From Jan. 4-6, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office answered 119 calls, including: four traffic stops; 24 complaints by phone and in person; four domestic calls and domestic protective orders served; eight suspicious persons and vehicles; 14 check area, subject, welfare; six disorderly subject, motorist; two accidents; three intrusion alarms; and seven mental hygiene orders On Jan. 4, a deputy responded to I-77 and Staunton Turnpike in reference to a two-vehicle accident. Only minor damage was observed and both drivers exchanged information. On Jan. 4, a deputy responded to Gihon Road in reference to a breaking and entering that had already occurred. The complainant reported that an unknown person had thrown an object at her vehicle breaking the driver side back window to her vehicle and removing a car charger and leaving the area. Investigation is ongoing at this time.