Elkins police officer on administrative leave after battery charge

Elkins police officer on administrative leave after battery charge

BELINGTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — An Elkins police officer was charged with battery after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and slammed her head into a vehicle's windshield over the weekend. On March 30, officers with the Belington Police Department responded to a call of an incident taking place on Center Avenue, according to a criminal complaint. While en route, officers were informed that the communications center had "lost contact with the cal…