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Arrest Records in Mingo County

Mingo County arrests may be made by the Sheriff's Office, one of the municipal police departments, or the West Virginia State Police. The agency creates its own incident and arrest report. Mingo County does not operate a conventional county jail, so intake normally takes place within the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation regional system at Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Holden.

An arrest history is not one master public file. WVDCR records the booking and custody event. Mingo Magistrate Court records the initial appearance, complaint, and bond proceeding. The West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau receives a fingerprint transaction and later reported dispositions. If the prosecutor brings a felony indictment, the Circuit Clerk opens another case file. Those records can use different charge terms at different stages.

Four Mingo Arrest Records Emerge

A single Mingo County arrest produces at least four sources. First comes the arresting agency's narrative. Second is the WVDCR intake and booking entry. Third is the magistrate complaint, initial appearance, and bond record. Fourth is the fingerprint transaction sent to the state CIB repository. An indicted felony adds a fifth record in Circuit Court.

Record flow: Agency Arrest Report › WVDCR Booking › Magistrate Case › WVSP Fingerprint Cycle › Circuit File if Indicted

The records may disagree for a time because officers arrest on probable cause, while prosecutors decide which counts to file. A custody entry can also remain visible before the court reports a disposition. Start with the record that fits the question, then verify the next stage rather than reading one source as the whole Mingo County arrest history.

Mingo County Arrest Lookups

The best first channel for a recent Mingo County arrest is the official WVDCR Offender Search hub. It brings together Daily Incarcerations, separate Jail and Prison searches, and Escapees and Absconders. Daily Incarcerations serves as the official booking-log substitute because no Mingo sheriff blotter, weekly arrest list, or county jail roster was located.

1. Check WVDCR Daily Incarcerations or Jail Search for recent regional custody. Note the facility and booking date without treating a charge as guilt.
2. Identify the arresting agency. Ask its records custodian for the arrest or incident report using the date, place, report number, and desired parts.
3. Search Magistrate Record Search for the complaint and initial court trail, then call the Magistrate Clerk for actual documents.
4. For an indicted felony, contact the Mingo Circuit Clerk. For one's own biometric statewide record, use WVSP Form 136A or the official IdentoGO process.
5. When a public page has no answer, call WVDCR or make a focused written request under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act to the agency that created the report.

The consolidated WVDCR search page shows why a jail result and a prison result must be checked as separate systems.

For Mingo County, that state hub replaces the county booking portal that many readers expect but that local government does not operate.

Mingo Bookings Go to Holden

Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is at 1300 Gaston Caperton Drive, Holden, WV 25625, in Logan County. It serves Boone, Logan, McDowell, and Mingo Counties. The official facility page lists 304-239-3032 for the jail and 304-239-3070 for visit scheduling. The facility opened in 1998 and has three pods. A 2018 audit listed a designated capacity of 749, but that figure is dated and is not a current population count.

This location creates Mingo County's most important arrest-search trap. An event may start in Williamson, Delbarton, Matewan, Gilbert, Kermit, or elsewhere in Mingo, yet the public booking record is published by a state agency from a facility outside the county line. A transfer after sentencing can move the person from Jail Search to Prison Search. Call the facility when a recent result is unclear.

No current sheriff records-unit page, direct office line, online request form, posted hours, or fee schedule was found. Use the county number to confirm the records custodian and submission channel before sending a request.

Arrest Records: What They Contain

A public WVDCR jail entry focuses on the intake event. Typical fields include a displayed name, a booking or custody identifier, booking date, facility, status, and alleged charges. A booking photograph may appear. Demographic and release fields vary. Internal medical, mental-health, suicide-watch, protective-custody, and unit-assignment data are not public profile fields.

Do not assume a bond amount, magistrate, warrant, hearing date, or release plan exists unless the actual public field shows it. For the filed charges and outcome, use the Mingo County court record instead.

Find the Mingo Arresting Agency

The police narrative stays with the agency that made or investigated the arrest. A sheriff report does not move to Williamson Police simply because the event occurred near the city, and the sheriff cannot supply a trooper report. Ask for the incident narrative, arrest report, CAD or dispatch entry, photographs, audio, body-camera material, and crash report as separate record parts when each is needed.

• Mingo County Sheriff requests start by confirming the records custodian through 304-235-0376.
• Williamson Police routes through City Hall at 108 East Fourth Avenue, 304-235-1510.
• Delbarton Police uses 1 Riverside Drive, 304-475-3359.
• Gilbert Police routes through 44 US-52 or Central Avenue, 304-664-9625.
• Matewan Police starts at Town Hall, 20 McCoy Alley, 304-426-4092.
• Kermit municipal requests begin at 160 Logan Street, 304-393-3563.
• West Virginia State Police criminal reports use Form 141 and the channels printed on that form.

A focused request should name the incident date, approximate time, exact place, involved agency, and report number if known. State whether inspection, an electronic file, a paper copy, or certification will meet the need. Mingo sheriff fees were not located, so ask for an estimate before authorizing copies.

Recent Mingo County Bookings

WVDCR Daily Incarcerations is Mingo County's official recent-booking substitute. Jail Search covers regional detention, while Prison Search covers the sentenced prison population. A record may move between systems. A released person may no longer appear in the same way, and a no-result screen cannot prove that no arrest occurred. Alternate spelling, a transfer, delayed reporting, a restricted case, or an older record may explain the gap.

The WVDCR disclaimer states that booking information can be incomplete or inaccurate and that presence is not an indication of guilt or innocence. It also restricts reuse of booking photos in arrest or mugshot compilations. The safe course is to consult the live official record and then trace the charge into the magistrate or Circuit Court file. No arrestee gallery or republished booking photo is needed to explain the process.

Note: Save the access date and verify fast-changing custody data with WVDCR before relying on a transfer or release status.

WVSP Arrest Reports Use Form 141

A State Police arrest or incident report uses WVSP Form 141, not the county sheriff counter. The criminal-report portion requests the date, crime type, location, victim name when relevant, and CI report number. It also collects the requester's name, address, email, and telephone. Send criminal report requests as directed on the form to the West Virginia State Police, with the stated payment and return materials.

The official WVSP forms index is the best place to check for the current version.

The forms page separates a trooper's report channel from WVDCR booking records and Mingo County court documents.

Form 141 prints its own fee and media schedule. It accepts the payment types stated on the form and rejects cash, personal checks, and starter checks. Those State Police terms do not establish the sheriff's local fees. Incomplete details, an incorrect fee, no located report, or unavailable media can cause a return.

VINE Tracks Mingo Custody Changes

West Virginia VINE provides custody status and change notifications. It can be reached at 1-866-WV4-VINE or through VINELink. The live jail search answers where a public custody record appears now, while VINE lets a registered user receive updates. It is not a court-disposition database and does not replace the Mingo Magistrate or Circuit Clerk file.

The official VINE instructions explain the scope and limits of the notification service.

Transfer notices can pause until a person reaches the new facility, so urgent custody questions still call for direct verification with WVDCR.

Written notice about release or a parole hearing follows a separate process through WVDCR and the West Virginia Parole Board under WV Code §62-12-23d. VINE alerts should not be read as proof of the charge result, sentence, or parole decision.

Arrest Records vs Conviction Records

A Mingo County arrest record proves that an agency recorded an arrest or booking event. A conviction record proves that a court entered a judgment of guilt. The first may exist even when no charge is filed or when a case ends in dismissal or acquittal. The second must be read from the judgment and disposition, not inferred from intake allegations.

Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt, and many booking allegations change or end without a conviction.

If a booking needs its outcome, use the case number or name in the Mingo County court case lookup. A dismissal does not itself erase the fingerprint arrest cycle. Qualifying relief requires the expungement process under WV Code §§61-11-25 or 61-11-26.