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LOCAL PAIR SENTENCED AS MAJOR DRUG OFFENDERS FOLLOWING 2 DAY TRIAL

LOCAL PAIR SENTENCED AS MAJOR DRUG OFFENDERS FOLLOWING 2 DAY TRIAL   Two Scioto County residents were each given 11-16.5 year prison sentences following a 2-day jury trial in the Scioto County Court of Common Pleas concluding on March 7, 2023.  40-year-old Brian Carr and 42-year-old Amber Aeh, both of West Portsmouth, Ohio, each faced…

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Bank Robbery

February 24, 2023 at 1147 hours, dispatch received a call of a bank robbery at People’s Bank Drive Thru in the 900 blk of Chillicothe St. The suspect did brandish a knife to the teller.   A description was given to patrol who located the suspect in the 500 blk of Chillicothe St and he…

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Indictments

    SHANE A. TIEMAN PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO   February 27, 2023   PRESS RELEASE     Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced today that the January term of the Scioto County Grand Jury met on February 24 and returned   _5 __Public Indictments.   The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows:   Sueann…

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Two Individuals Arrested After a Call of Shots Fired in the Wheelersburg Area

Two Individuals Arrested After a Call of Shots Fired in the Wheelersburg Area NEWS RELEASE February 9, 2023     Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman stated that his Emergency 9-1-1 Communications Center received a call on Wednesday, 02/08/2023 at approximately 10:38 pm of multiple shots fired in the area of Lang Slocum in Wheelersburg, Ohio.…

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Organized & Major Crimes Task Force Arrests Female in Pike County for Weapons Violations

Organized & Major Crimes Task Force Arrests Female in Pike County for Weapons Violations NEWS RELEASE February 11, 2023     Ohio Attorney General David Yost, Pike County Sheriff Tracy Evans, Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman, Pike County Prosecutor Michael Davis, Scioto County Prosecutor Shane Tieman, Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer and New Boston Police…

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Indictments

    SHANE A. TIEMAN PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO   February 7, 2023   PRESS RELEASE     Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced today that the January term of the Scioto County Grand Jury met on February 3, 2023 and returned   _27__Public Indictments.   The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows:   Tammy…

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Dayton man and Portsmouth woman arrested on drug charges after drugs seized

Dayton man and Portsmouth woman arrested on drug charges after drugs seized Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer and Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman announce that a Dayton, Ohio man along with a Portsmouth, Ohio woman were arrested on drug charges after an investigation conducted by the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force. At approximately 5:49 p.m.…

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Indictments

Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced today that the September term of the Scioto County Grand Jury met on December 28 and returned 5 Public Indictments.   The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows:   Jehwaun Booker, 29 of Dayton, Ohio, was indicted on: possessing criminal tools; aggravated trafficking in drugs (4 counts); trafficking in…

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Indictments

Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced today that the September term of the Scioto County Grand Jury met on December 16 and returned 25 Public Indictments.   The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows:   William Eric Scott, II, 18 of Portsmouth – rape (2 counts) Arthur Jones, 23 of Detroit, Michigan – possessing criminal…

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Four Arrested on Drug charges after drugs seized

Four Arrested on Drug charges after drugs seized Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer and Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman announced that a man and woman from Dayton, Ohio along with a man and woman from Portsmouth, Ohio were arrested on drug charges after an investigation conducted by the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force.   At…

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