Man arrested for allegedly threatening trash crew

DUNBAR, W.Va. — Dunbar police were called the scene of an incident Tuesday morning when city trash collectors were confronted by a man in the 900 block of Park Drive.

Dunbar Police Chief Jess Bailes said Clarence Murry was arrested on charges of making terroristic threats and threatening government employees. Police say Murry accused the trash collectors of providing information to police in an ongoing drug investigation in which he is a suspect.

The sanitation workers told police Murry threatened to shoot them and the police if he found out they had provided information to investigators.

Chief Bailes said police had executed a previous search warrant on Murry’s home and he was charged with simple drug possession.

Dunbar police escorted the garbage truck as the crew collected the rest of the trash on the street Tuesday morning.





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