Arrest Records in Tyler County
Tyler County arrest records can begin with the Tyler County Sheriff, Sistersville Police, the West Virginia State Police, or another authorized agency such as DNR or DOT enforcement. Paden City's current municipal page describes police functions, but the county E911 agency list omits that department. Confirm the agency from the citation, incident report, dispatch information, or booking entry rather than assuming who made the arrest. No active Middlebourne police department should be inferred from an old directory.
The arresting officer's file may record the date, time, place, agency, officer, probable-cause narrative, and charges alleged at arrest. A booking is a separate custody record. The court then creates another record for the complaint, probable-cause finding, bond, warrants, filed charges, and disposition. These products may differ because they were created for different tasks and at different points in the case.
Note: Charges stated at arrest can be changed, replaced, or dismissed after the prosecutor and Tyler County courts review the facts.
Tyler County Bookings Leave County
Tyler County does not operate a county jail. People committed to regional custody generally enter Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Moundsville. The facility serves Tyler along with Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, and Wetzel counties. That is why a Tyler County arrest may appear under a facility outside the county even though the arrest and court case remain local.
The official Northern Regional Jail page lists the facility at 112 Northern Regional Correction Drive, Moundsville, with 304-843-4067 as its phone number.
That regional role explains why the county sheriff's website does not function as a complete Tyler County booking roster.
Northern Regional Jail
112 Northern Regional Correction Drive
Moundsville, WV 26041
304-843-4067
Tyler County Arrest Lookups
No Tyler County sheriff booking blotter, public arrest portal, or mobile app was found. The practical route begins with the state regional-jail system, then confirms the agency and follows the court trail. Use every channel because recent custody can change quickly and a local report may not yet have a final court disposition.
- Open the WVDCR Offender Search hub. Choose Daily Incarcerations, select Tyler County, and inspect the Northern Regional Jail route, or use Jail Offender Search by name.
- Call Northern Regional Jail at 304-843-4067 to confirm custody. Online location, release, and status can change after an entry is posted.
- Identify the arresting agency from the entry, citation, or dispatch information. Request the arrest or incident report from the Tyler County Sheriff, Sistersville Police, Paden City public-safety channel, or WVSP office that created it.
- Call the Tyler County Magistrate Clerk at 304-758-2137 for the complaint, bond, warrant case, or preliminary proceeding. After felony transfer or indictment, call the Circuit Clerk at 304-758-4811.
- For an authorized statewide biometric history, follow the West Virginia State Police CIB and IdentoGO fingerprint process. This is not a public name search and may lag a new local arrest.
- When a nonposted agency record is needed, send a written request under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act to the office that created it. Describe the incident, agency, place, date, record type, case number if known, format, and delivery method, then ask for a cost estimate.
A written request does not override exemptions. Ask for reasonably segregable nonexempt portions if part of a Tyler County arrest file contains protected investigative, juvenile, victim, or private material.
Tyler County Arrest Agency Channels
The Tyler County Sheriff's headquarters at 10 Pleasant View Lane in Sistersville is the contact for sheriff-created arrest and incident reports, warrant service, and transport material. Sheriff Rodney Dean Pratt's office publishes 304-758-4229, but it does not publish a named records division, records email, online request form, copy fee, or walk-in hours. Call first and ask who holds the specific report.
Tyler County Sheriff
10 Pleasant View Lane
Sistersville, WV 26175
304-758-4229
Records hours not published
Tyler Magistrate Court
228 Main Street
Middlebourne, WV 26149
304-758-2137
Complaint, bond, and warrant case files
Sistersville Police publishes 304-652-1570 and a counter at 200 Diamond Street. The official Paden City police page routes public-safety contact through 208 West Main Street at 304-337-2295, but the city crosses Tyler and Wetzel counties, so confirm the county side. The WVSP Paden City Detachment is at 7223 Veterans Highway in New Martinsville and uses 304-455-0913. Tyler E911 at 304-758-4275 can answer dispatch or CAD questions, but it is not the default custodian for a responding officer's investigative report.
Arrest Records: What They Contain
A Tyler County arrest report and a DCR booking entry overlap, but neither is the full criminal case. The arrest report focuses on the event and alleged probable cause. DCR adds admission time, identity descriptors, facility, custody status, and charge information carried into the intake system. Magistrate Court adds the filed complaint, bond, warrant, probable-cause result, and hearings. Circuit Court later adds any indictment and felony disposition.
| Arrest Date, Time, and Place | Identifies when and where the arresting agency reports the event. |
|---|---|
| Arresting Agency | Shows which office should hold the original arrest or incident report. |
| Probable-Cause Narrative | States the officer's alleged basis for the arrest, subject to access limits and redaction. |
| Charges at Arrest | Lists allegations at that stage; later filed counts and outcomes may differ. |
| Admission and Facility | Shows entry into DCR regional custody and the institution tied to that booking. |
| Identity Descriptors | May help distinguish similar names in the official custody system. |
| Custody Status | Reflects changing jail status and requires current confirmation. |
No official Tyler County source reviewed publishes a blanket mugshot-release rule. DCR intake includes biometrics and a photo, but a record seeker should ask the custodian what is public in a specific matter. No arrest photos or individual booking identities are republished.
Tyler County DCR Booking Fields
WVDCR separates Jail Offender Search, Prison Offender Search, Daily Incarcerations, and Escapees or Absconders. Use the jail route for current or recent regional custody, not the prison route for sentenced state custody. Daily Incarcerations supports a county selection and date or institution navigation. The observed results show admission time and name, birth-date, gender, and institution fields. They do not prove guilt or state the final Tyler County court outcome.
| Search control | Type | Use | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Text | Optional or unspecified in the public interface | Use with other identifiers for common names. |
| Last Name | Text | Primary practical name key | A name alone does not confirm identity. |
| County | Dropdown | Select Tyler for the daily county route | The facility itself is outside Tyler County. |
| Date | Calendar or navigation | Moves through daily admissions | It is not a full historic arrest index. |
| Institution | Result link or selection | Choose Northern Regional Jail | Status can change after posting. |
WVDCR cautions that its data may be incomplete and location or release information can change fast. Contact the jail for custody and the Tyler County court for the case.
Recent Tyler County Bookings
Tyler County has no verified sheriff booking log. The official substitute is WVDCR Daily Incarcerations, which can be filtered through the county route and Northern Regional Jail. The listing is useful for checking recent admissions, but it is a custody snapshot. An entry can disappear after release or move as status changes. Absence from today's list does not show that no arrest occurred, and presence does not show a conviction.
Call Northern Regional Jail when current location matters. Then obtain the Tyler County Magistrate record for the complaint and bond. If a felony proceeds to indictment, the Circuit Clerk becomes the source for the later case file. VINE is available through WVDCR as a notification channel, but notifications also concern custody status rather than guilt.
Note: Do not treat a daily admission list as a permanent Tyler County arrest history or as the final record of filed charges.
No Tyler County Arrest App
No official Tyler County Sheriff, Sistersville Police, or Middlebourne Police app was identified. No app-only roster, arrest search, warrant list, or report portal was found. A searcher who sees no booking tool on a county page should use the WVDCR route and the agency phone chain, not a commercial people-search or mugshot site.
The Tyler County Sheriff Tax Office does have a narrower role. It accepts accident-report and fingerprint or background-check payments at 350 Park Avenue in Middlebourne during published weekday hours. That counter is not an arrest-search portal, the research does not identify it as an IdentoGO fingerprint capture site, and no report amount is published. Confirm the investigating agency and amount before paying.
The official Sheriff Tax Office page documents the payment function.
The image helps distinguish the payment counter from the sheriff headquarters that routes Tyler County arrest-report requests.
Tyler County Report Booking Split
A sheriff report, E911 record, DCR booking, and court file answer different questions. The sheriff or police report describes the response and alleged arrest facts. E911 keeps dispatch data or audio when that office created it. WVDCR records admission and custody at Northern Regional. Magistrate and Circuit Court record what was filed and decided. Asking one office for “the whole arrest record” can therefore miss most of the trail.
West Virginia law requires law-enforcement officers to fingerprint and describe people arrested or detained for offenses punishable by confinement and send that material to the West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau. Jails have a parallel reporting duty. Clerks and magistrates report dispositions. Reporting delay or error can leave a statewide CIB cycle without the final result even though the Tyler County court has entered it.
A record subject who finds a missing or wrong disposition can use WVSP-136A and first work with the court or arresting agency that supplied the data. CIB cannot create a court outcome that the originating office has not corrected or reported. That challenge path is for one's own statewide record, not a way to browse Tyler County arrests by name.
Arrest Records vs Conviction Records
An arrest means an agency took a person into custody or otherwise recorded an arrest event based on alleged probable cause. A conviction requires a guilty plea or finding entered by a court. The distinction is vital in Tyler County because the DCR roster can appear before the charge reaches court, and the charge filed by the prosecutor may differ from the one stated at arrest.
| Point | Arrest record | Conviction record |
|---|---|---|
| Creator | Arresting agency and separate DCR booking system | Magistrate or Circuit Court |
| What it shows | An arrest, allegations, and possible custody | A filed count that ended in a guilty result |
| Where to verify | Creating agency and Northern Regional for custody | The Tyler County clerk holding the case |
| Possible next event | Release, changed charge, no filing, or dismissal | Sentence, appeal, or qualifying expungement process |
Note: A Tyler County arrest is not proof of guilt, and many bookings do not end in a conviction on the arrest charge.
To follow filed charges, orders, and sentencing rather than the booking, use the Tyler County court case lookup and confirm the result with the proper clerk.