Former Area Police Chief Sentenced to Six Months in Jail after Being Found Guilty of Count of Harrassment
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on June 11, 2024
According to WDTV, the former Monongah police chief was sentenced to six months in jail for harassing a woman in Monongalia County.
Gregory Knight, 57, of Core, was arrested and charged with stalking in April 2023 after deputies said he was following a woman after she continuously asked him not to. The woman told deputies she arrived home, found Knight’s vehicle in her driveway and went to confront him at the vehicle when he came out of the woods dressed in all black, according to court documents. She also said he showed up at one of her friend’s homes and had to be forcibly removed.
Knight was found guilty of one count of harassment and was sentenced to six months in jail. He was booked into the North Central Regional Jail on May 22.
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