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Harrison County magistrate reinstated following acquittal

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has reinstated suspended Harrison County Magistrate Mark Gorby following his acquittal last week on a number of sexual abuse charges.

A Harrison County jury found Gorby, 62, not guilty of charges that he forced sexual intercourse on the accuser from the time she was 8 until she was 12.

MORE read Supreme Court order here

Gorby had been suspended without pay since October 2014.

Gorby will receive back pay from the date of his suspension through the date of his reinstatement.





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