WHEELING — A special prosecutor handling the case against Wheeling resident Anand Patel — pertaining to anonymous mailers sent out prior to the city’s 2024 municipal election — said Thursday that a proposed resolution to the case will likely be presented to the court in the future.

Patel and Wetzel County Prosecutor Tim Haught, who was named as special prosecutor in the case, both appeared in Ohio County Magistrate Court on Thursday for a hearing in the case before Magistrate Kevin Stryker.

Following an investigation by the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office into the mailers, Patel was accused of being the source of the material and was charged with a total of 22 misdemeanor counts related to the mailers. A total of more than 12,500 of these mailers were distributed in the Wheelin

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