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Benwood Fire Chief Garson Taylor was sentenced by 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Charles Wilson to serve 270 days in jail, with a year of parole afterward, for three misdemeanor charges stemming from a standoff with police officers on April 10. The three counts of brandishing a firearm, fleeing from an officer in a vehicle […]

Garson Taylor, the Benwood fire chief found guilty of three misdemeanors stemming from a standoff with police officers on April 10, was sentenced to serve a year for each of these counts concurrently by 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Charles Wilson. A suspended sentence from Wilson brought down the total time Taylor will serve to […]

On the third day of Garson Taylor’s trial, the former fire chief was found guilty of three misdemeanor charges — brandishing a firearm. Taylor was also found guilty of the other misdemeanor charges of fleeing from an officer in a vehicle and obstructing an officer. He was found not guilty of the felony charges of […]

The jury delivered it's verdict in the trial for the Benwood Volunteer Fire Chief Garson Taylor on Monday night, and he was found guilty of three misdemeanors.T

MOUNDSVILLE — A Marshall County jury on Monday found former Benwood Volunteer Fire Department Chief Garson Taylor guilty on three misdemeanor charges at the conclusion of a three-day trial. Taylor was convicted on charges of brandishing a firearm, fleeing from an officer in a vehicle and obstructing an officer. He was found not guilty of […]

Benwood Fire Chief Garson Taylor was seen in court Friday on the second day of his trial for charges of domestic battery, wanton endangerment and strangulation.

MOUNDSVILLE — During the second day of Benwood Fire Chief Garson Taylor’s trial, prosecution called upon state and county police officers to share their accounts of the standoff with Taylor while defense used expert testimony to question Taylor’s strangulation charge against ex-wife Taylor Hebb. On top of the strangulation charge, Taylor faces charges of wanton […]

The trial of the Benwood fire chief continued Thursday in Marshall County.Garson Taylor is accused of domestic battery and other charges.RELATED: Benwood fire c

Garson Taylor’s ex-wife, Taylor Hebb, took the stand during the first day of Garson Taylor’s trial to recount the couple’s altercation on April 10 that culminated in an hour-long standoff between Taylor and Benwood Police Department officers. Taylor faces charges of wanton endangerment with a firearm, strangulation, domestic battery, fleeing in a vehicle from an […]

What began as 75 potential juror candidates was whittled down to the final 12 jurors selected for the former Benwood Volunteer Fire Department chief’s trial for domestic battery. The Garson Taylor trial was set to begin Wednesday, but due to juror selection lasting the entire first trial day, the defense and prosecution will not give […]