Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greenbrier County Sheriff's Office, six city agencies and five campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the regional jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Greenbrier County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Greenbrier County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greenbrier County
The Greenbrier County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greenbrier County. It reported 81 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists six cities in Greenbrier County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lewisburg, 3,765 residents: 184 arrests reported for 2020.
- White Sulphur Springs, 2,154 residents: 139 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ronceverte, 1,510 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rainelle, 1,190 residents.
- Alderson, 933 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rupert, 834 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2023.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Greenbrier County: Greenbrier County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force (other); the Department of Natural Resources in Greenbrier County and the State Fire Marshal in Greenbrier County (state agency); the Lewisburg State Police and the Rainelle State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Greenbrier County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- White Sulphur Springs: 139 for 2025, 158 for 2024, 150 for 2023 and 51 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Alderson: 10 for 2025, 31 for 2024, 23 for 2023, 62 for 2022, 52 for 2021 and 40 for 2020.
- Ronceverte: 1 for 2025, 4 for 2024 and 149 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Lewisburg: 184 for 2020 and 183 for 2019.
- Greenbrier County Sheriff's Office: 81 for 2024, 39 for 2021, 46 for 2020 and 87 for 2019; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Rupert: 1 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 150 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 150 in 2025 against 193 in 2024, down 22 percent.
Through April 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 35 arrests, against 76 in the same months of 2025.
Lewisburg and Greenbrier County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2025 (10 months and 6 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greenbrier County Are Held
West Virginia closed its county jails in favor of regional jails run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, so a person held after an arrest in Greenbrier County goes to the regional jail that serves Greenbrier County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 70 people, down from about 82 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 63 beds, and it ran at 102 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Greenbrier County Sheriff's Office at greenbrierwv.gov/agencies/sheriff/27 (page title: Sheriff | Agencies | Greenbrier County WV | Greenbrier County, West Virginia), phone 304-647-6634, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Greenbrier County
For Greenbrier County the place to look is the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greenbrierwv.gov/agencies/prosecuting-attorney/26, phone 304-647-6616).
West Virginia does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the West Virginia State Police goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Greenbrier County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Greenbrier County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 304-647-6634.
- An arrest in Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, Ronceverte, Rainelle, Alderson or Rupert: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Greenbrier County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, the Department of Natural Resources in Greenbrier County or the State Fire Marshal in Greenbrier County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 304-647-6616, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenbrierwv.gov/agencies/foia-requests/80 (page title: FOIA Requests | Agencies | Greenbrier County WV | Greenbrier County, West Virginia).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Greenbrier County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the eight cities in Greenbrier County: Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, Ronceverte, Rainelle, Alderson and Rupert. Quinwood and Falling Spring have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the regional jail and the case goes to the Greenbrier County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greenbrier County each year?
White Sulphur Springs reported 139 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 150 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greenbrier County?
Ask the Greenbrier County Sheriff's Office at 304-647-6634; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greenbrierwv.gov/agencies/sheriff/27.
Where are people arrested in Greenbrier County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Greenbrier County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Greenbrier County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Greenbrier County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the West Virginia State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Greenbrier County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greenbrier County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenbrierwv.gov/agencies/foia-requests/80.
Is this the official Greenbrier County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.