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Kidnapping suspect arrested in Monongalia County, child reunited with family

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A suspect in a Berkeley County kidnapping of a child was arrested in Monongalia County Wednesday night.

The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department was notified by deputies in Marion County that Tiffanie Dokes-Klauser was at the truck stop at I-79 and Goshen Road and had an active felony kidnapping warrant.

At the scene, deputies located the missing child in the suspect’s car.

Deputies verified the status of the child with the National Crime Information Center database and placed Klauser under arrest.

Dokes-Klauser has been charged with kidnapping and is being held without bond following her arraignment in in Monongalia County.

Child Protective Services was able to reunite the child with family.





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