BEDFORD CO.Va. — A former Morgantown city councilman and lawyer was arrested in connection with a series of commercial burglaries in Virginia.
Ryan Wallace, of Roanoke County, Va., was arrested Thursday after police allege they found items linked to several burglaries in his home as part of their investigation, according to a report from WSLS 10 News.
Wallace was elected to Morgantown City Council as a third-year law student to represent the Third Ward in April of 2017. He declined to run for reelection in 2019, citing a lack of employment opportunities in the legal field in the Morgantown area, and announced a move to Toronto, Canada.
At the WVU College of Law, Wallace was named one of the top student leaders in the country by the National Jurist and was a two-time recipient of a Public Interest Advocates Summer Fellowship.
Burglary reports in Bedford and Roanoke counties began in January, police in Virginia said. Detectives from multiple agencies used surveillance video images to identify Wallace as a suspect and obtain a search warrant.
Wallace was taken into custody without incident and charged with a number of felonies and misdemeanors.