Man Arrested after Disorder Call on Wheeling Island

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Around 9:30 pm, on Wednesday, NOV 23, Wheeling Police officers were dispatched to a disorder call, possibly involving a firearm in the 100 block of Virginia Street. 

Upon arriving and subsequent investigation, officers arrested Aaron Dwayne Payne II, age 32 of Wheeling.  Payne was charged with the following:

  1. Burglary
  2. Fugitive from Justice (Outstanding warrant from Belmont County, Ohio)
  3. Possession of a firearm while being prohibited

There were no injuries during this incident that involved multiple subjects in a couple of apartment units.

Payne was transported to the Northern Regional Jail awaiting arraignment.

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