Portsmouth officers and EMS were called to the Speedway on Gallia Street just after midnight following a report of a suicidal man suffering from altered mental status. When officers arrived, they found the man calm and cooperative, but he admitted he was having thoughts of self-harm. Police said the man told them he was visiting from Cincinnati and had come to Portsmouth […]
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