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.
Monroe County, West Virginia, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Monroe 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: Monroe County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Monroe County
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Monroe County. It reported 26 arrests for 2025.
The Alderson Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Monroe County, so its arrests are not broken out for Monroe County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Monroe County: the Department of Natural Resources in Monroe County and the State Fire Marshal in Monroe County (state agency); the Union State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Monroe County Sheriff's Office: 26 for 2025, 25 for 2024, 12 for 2022, 15 for 2021 and 15 for 2019; 2020 and 2023 are missing months.
Through August 2026, Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported 13 arrests, against 23 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Monroe 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 Monroe County goes to the regional jail that serves Monroe County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 26 people, down from about 30 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 24 beds, and it ran at 102 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Monroe County
An arrest in Monroe County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Monroe County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at monroecountywv.gov/clerk/online-document-inquiry/159); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at monroecountywv.gov/prosecuting-attorney-, phone 304-772-3083).
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 Monroe County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Department of Natural Resources in Monroe County, the Union State Police or the State Fire Marshal in Monroe County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 304-772-3083, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Monroe County Circuit Court, through the court records page at monroecountywv.gov.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Monroe County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Monroe County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the regional jail and the case goes to the Monroe County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Monroe County each year?
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported 26 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Monroe County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Monroe County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Monroe County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Monroe 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 Monroe County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Monroe 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.
Is this the official Monroe 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.