Welfare check requested for two youths walking along expressway

Heard on: Raleigh County Area Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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I have a check the welfare.

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Mile marker 5.0 , Colfax Expressway southbound in Sophia.

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Complaint advisor, two juvenile males walking down the expressway towards Wyoming County.

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One has brown curly hair and the other has short black hair and was heavier set.

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One is wearing pajama pants.

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She's requesting law enforcement check on the juveniles.

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Copy. Show me in the area here on the four lane and ready to get off.

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Copy.

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One four two, 148 .

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Go ahead.

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Sir, those individuals walked past me on Tams Highway.

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They looked to be young adults, not juveniles.

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They came through here probably about 30 minutes ago.

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Copy, did you talk to them?

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And negative, they just smiled and waved.

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Copy.

2026-09-13 10:10 UTC

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Coalfields Expy, Sophia, WV

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, law enforcement was requested to check on two males reported walking southbound near mile marker 5.0 on the Colfax/Coalfields Expressway in Sophia toward Wyoming County. A follow-up report stated they had walked past on Tams Highway about 30 minutes earlier and appeared to be young adults; no contact was made.