Former student says Glenville bungled rape case | The West Virginia Record

CLARKSBURG - A former Glenville State College student is alleging campus police failed to properly investigate her claim she was raped two years ago following an improptu party in her dormitory.

The College, and Daniel Bell, chief of its public safety department, are named as co-defendants in a civil rights suit filed by Amanda Smith.  In her complaint filed Sept. 17 in U.S. District Court, Smith, 21, of Mineral Wells, says campus police not only failed to conduct the most routine of investigation into her allegation she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student in 2010, but also lost important evidence.

Additionally, Smith alleges hers is not the first time either campus police or GSC officials have shown deliberate indiffernce toward alleged rape victims.

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Photo:  State and Glenville State officials dedicate Goodwin Hall as GSC's newest dormitory on Aug. 19, 2010.  In her lawsuit filed Monday, fromer student Amanda Smith alleges she was raped there less than a month later, and campus police failed in their duty to conduct a proper investigation.

Personal injury suit between Glenville resident, College settled | West Virginia Record

Terms of the settlement were not immediately available except the payout would be split evenly between the College, and the Housing Corporation.

Suit between Gilmer Clerk, Va. bank settled for $40K | West Virginia Record

Details of dispute with property tied to Glenville State comes following Freedom of Information Act suit.

Injury suit against Glenville State set for August | The West Virginia Record

CHARLESTON - A Gilmer County man's lawsuit against Glenville State College for injuries he sustained at a motel the College owns is slated for trial later this summer.

Kanawha Circuit Judge Carrie Webster has set Aug. 20 as the trial date in the case of Dale J. Norman v. Glenville State College, et. al. In his suit filed Oct. 4, 2010, Norman, 53, a Glenville resident, alleges he sustained third-degree burns to his feet when he attempted to take a bath two years earlier at the Conrad Motel.

According to the College's Web site, the Glenville State College Housing Corporation, a non-profit arm of the College that aids in helping it acquire and construct property, purchased the 42-room building on July 1, 2008, from Susie Kidd Shipe, and her uncle, Jack Conrad, whose family first started a restaurant in 1926, and expanded their business into the motel three years later. According to the Gilmer County Assessor's Office, GSCHC purchased the motel for $500,000.

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Picture: This motel in downtown Glenville is where Dale Norman alleges he suffered third degree burns when taking a bath during an overnight stay in Oct. 2008. A lawsuit he has against the motel's owners, Glenville State College and the Glenville State College Housing Corporation, is scheduled for August.

Gilmer Co. officials don't know what 'public' means | West Virginia Record

Editorial chides Gilmer County Clerk, Commission for refusing to release details of lawsuit settlement against the Clerk's Office relating to the Rivers' View subdivision.

Reporter files suit to compel release of dispute between Gilmer Clerk, Va. bank | West Virginia Record

Suit comes two months after Clerk's Office, and county commission ignored repeated Freedom of Information Act requests for lawsuit settlement involving Rivers' View subdivision.