Man camping illegally near Justice Center tent refuses to leave, Morgantown WV

Disorderly Conduct

Reported: 11/3/2025 05:59 PM

Center St, Morgantown, WV 26508

A man set up a tent near the side entrance of the Justice Center on Kirk Street. He claimed he had permission to be there but refused to leave when told it was county property. Police responded to the illegal camping complaint.

Audio|Source: Monongalia County Law Enforcement

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Transcript:

00:00

I'll be out on Kirk Street on the side of the Justice Center with someone who has set up a tent in one of the entranceways.

00:09

Do you go on to start morning down?

00:11

Yeah, you can go ahead and start one this way. I'm going to see if anybody's in this tent.

00:15

Okay.

00:20

5-1 Mecca.

00:23

Go ahead. Go ahead.

00:26

Yeah, go ahead and start that unit this way if you don't mind mega.

00:34

We have them started that way. You are your father of the Justice Center.

00:38

Have an illegal camping complaint on Kirk Street, 178 is out there.

00:44

Yeah, I'm on the side entrance off of Kirk Street.

00:48

Stand for. I'll be in or help.

00:51

Mercy.

00:52

2100.

00:54

Very sick them out.

00:57

Okay,

00:58

can you confirm if someone's in the tent?

01:00

Okay,

01:02

6-4-4-4-4-4? Yeah,

01:06

there's a mail in the tent for sure. He's trying to tell me that he has permission to be here, and I've explained that this is county property, but he's refusing to come out of the tent.

01:15

Okay.

01:18

Is he going to be near the general home?

01:22

The advice is going to be on the side entrance of the Justice Center, just readvisement. There's a mail in the tenant advising that he has permission to be there.

01:33

Yeah.

01:36

Meg, 136. Go on.

01:38

27, 16.

01:40

Good.

01:41

Goal.

01:43

253602.

01:48

You're suspended out of state on paid citation to an Austin subject.

01:52

Units responded to Kirk Street just for your advisement.

01:56

The subject was advised that he was out of his county property and he is refusing to leave.

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Center St, Morgantown, WV 26508

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