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 between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Morgan County, West Virginia, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Morgan 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: Morgan County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Morgan County
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Morgan County. It reported 101 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Morgan County: the Berkeley Springs State Police (state police); the Department of Natural Resources in Morgan County and the State Fire Marshal Morgan County (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Morgan County
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.
- Morgan County Sheriff's Office: 101 for 2025, 70 for 2024, 106 for 2023, 98 for 2020 and 164 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Berkeley Springs: 0 for 2025, 2 for 2024, 1 for 2023 and 1 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 101 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 101 in 2025 against 72 in 2024, up 40 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 74 arrests, against 60 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Morgan 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 Morgan County goes to the regional jail that serves Morgan County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 36 people, down from about 40 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 35 beds, and it ran at 95 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 Morgan County Sheriff's Office at morgancountywv.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Morgan County West Virginia), phone (304)258-1067, 226 Gayle Drive Berkeley Springs, WV 25411, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Morgan County
Whether someone was arrested in Morgan County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Morgan County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at morgancountywv.gov/courts, phone 304-258-8554); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at morgancountywv.gov/courts/prosecutor, phone (304)258-8621).
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 Morgan 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 Morgan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (304)258-1067.
- An arrest by the Berkeley Springs State Police, the Department of Natural Resources in Morgan County or the State Fire Marshal Morgan County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (304)258-8621, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Morgan County Circuit Court, through the court records page at morgancountywv.gov/courts, phone 304-258-8554.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Morgan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Morgan County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'. The FBI's list also carries the Berkeley Springs Police Department as a city agency in Morgan County; Berkeley Springs is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the regional jail and the case goes to the Morgan County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Morgan County each year?
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office reported 101 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 101 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Morgan County?
Ask the Morgan County Sheriff's Office at (304)258-1067; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at morgancountywv.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Morgan County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Morgan County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Morgan County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Morgan 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 Morgan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Morgan 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 Morgan 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.