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Five arrested in Portsmouth after suspected drugs, firearms and cash seized
Five arrested in Portsmouth after suspected drugs, firearms and cash seized Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer and Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman announce that two Portsmouth, Ohio residents and three out of town residents have been arrested on drug and weapon offenses resulting from an investigation conducted by the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force.…
Read MoreHoover Combat Athletics making sizeable dent among participants with strong culture, structure
By Kevin Colley The Scioto Voice Writer The definition of ‘hidden gem’ is something that possesses a value or beauty that is immediately apparent, which therefore has received far less recognition than it deserves. When one visits the Hoover Combat Athletics facility that sits not even a stone’s throw away from Carey’s Run in…
Read MoreFranklin Furnace Man Arrested After Armed Standoff on Bussey Road
NEWS RELEASE July 11, 2023 Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman states that on July 10, 2023 at approximately 6:52 p.m. his Emergency 9-1-1 Commination’s Center received a call from a mother, stating that her son had forced his way into her house on Bussey Road in Wheelersburg. Deputies were advised that the son…
Read MoreIndictments
Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced today that the May term of the Scioto County Grand Jury met on June 30 and returned _ 12__Public Indictments. The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows: Rusty Rule, 41 Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on: Aggravated Vehicular Homicide (3 Counts) Vehicular Homicide Failure to Stop After an…
Read MoreHit-Skip Driver Indicted
On December 5th, 2020, at approximately 5:54 pm Richard K Moon (70) of Portsmouth was struck by a Minivan traveling west on US 52, 12th Street, in the left lane. Moon entered the crosswalk, south bound, from the west Chillicothe Street sidewalk, crossing 12th Street. Moon had been consuming alcoholic beverages at an establishment prior.…
Read MoreLOCAL 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…
Read MoreBank 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…
Read MoreIndictments
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…
Read MoreTwo 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.…
Read MoreOrganized & 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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